Mehticulous
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> None of it, I would guess.
You guess? Are you the author?
> AI is radical
Is it? Or is it a logical unfolding that has been predicted and theorized for the better part of a century? Perhaps aspects of its implementation are radical?
> It is literally free
So are disposable razor blades when you buy the handle. Who has the most to benefit from some companies' AI products being free? I bet it's not the end-user.
> Some people don't know what a metaphor
Is that passive aggression? If so, how thoughtful. Some people are autistic.
All I'm saying is: Show me how much AI has actually changed and for whom. Then we can start this conversation. I was in fact, challenging the use of the plow as a metaphor.
AI seems very much a top down kind of tool, where a plow is bottom up.
It seems to me to me to gloss over hundreds if not (tens of) thousands of years of human ingenuity.
Subtract AI, most people will probably be fine. Take away the plow and people will starve and die. AI is a luxury product and should be treated as such.
I would go so far as to say that AI "copilots" and "assistants" should not be allowed to refer to themselves in the first person. Can a plow refer to itself in the first person? Should a plow say, "Woah dude, we just hit a big rock"?
How many technologies came before the plow? How many people does it take to make a plow? How many people does a plow feed? How many technologies is AI contingent upon? A plow is a simple tool that has far more impact than AI has shown. It addresses a basic human need. AI, does not.
There are so many logic gaps in this argument. I don't want to go on.
The feel of quality paper.
The way the spine cracks when you first open a book.
The way the spine creases after you've read a book a few times.
It is easy to imagine that the bible and Christianity most likely tapped into an existing metaphor.
Cheers, M
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