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Snake oil is something not medicine sold as medicine. AI is something not a colleague (a slot machine), sold as a colleague.

• tptacek 4mo ago
  Right, that's what you already said. What I don't understand is the "slot machine" analogy you're making. In what sense is AI a "slot machine"? Are you talking about the stocks of AI companies?
  • specproc 4mo ago
    Variable intermittent reward. Pull the lever, get something nice or something bad. I've had far too much bad today and I'm furious.
  • fragmede 4mo ago
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    • specproc 4mo ago
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      • tptacek 4mo ago
        Spoken like someone who's never lost a day fighting the borrow checker.