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[–] vzqq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 133 points 1 week ago (6 children)

The Dunning Krugers are at it again.

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 week ago (5 children)

That's exactly it. Here's a quote from what he said during the article. Dude is so uniformed that he thinks AI is doing amazing stuff, but doesn't understand that experts realize AI is full of shit.

“I pinged Elon on at some point. I’m just like, dude, if I’m doing this and I’m super amateur hour physics enthusiast, like what about all those PhD students and postdocs that are super legit using this tool?” Kalanick said.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Out of context, and I didn't read the rest, that sounds reasonable.

"If my dumbass is learning and finding, what about actual pros?!"

[–] CautiousCharacter@awful.systems 37 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"If I'm learning this much from Baby's First ABCs, imagine what a literature professor could do with it!"

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

"Turns out there are 319 letters in the alphabet and 16 Rs! When the experts get a hold of this, they're going to be blown away!"

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