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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

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Any tool can be a hammer if you use it wrong enough.

A good hammer is designed to be a hammer and only used like a hammer.

If you have a fancy new hammer, everything looks like a nail.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Basically what I said to people who asked me about my opinion on AI.

Exactly it was: "AI is a tool like a hammer. If you hit your finger, don't complain about the tool, but because you simply used it wrong."

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Some hammers use enough energy to power a small country in order to show you a cake recipe without an entire backstory and 50 ads.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Welcome to capitalism.

AI is the new thing, so cramming it into a product increase funding and/or stock price.

Even if it hurts the product.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Even if it hurts the product

Because the product is not the product. The stock valuation is the product.

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