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imlaggingsobad t1_j1getif wrote

The fact that the rate of progress in AI has been surprising even to people in the ML community, lends credence to the views shared in this Reddit sub. The people here are closer to reality than most. Future progress in AI will be astounding and catch everyone off guard.

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Ok_Homework9290 t1_j1h648d wrote

>The people here are closer to reality than most.

Heavy disagree. This sub is heavily populated with hyper-optimists, and the hyper-optimists are never right in regards to basically anything.

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kmtrp t1_j1htm6x wrote

This is the classic problem of trying to represent a huge group (of varied people that occupy the whole spectrum in intelligence, knowledge, age, etc.) in a few neat words to prove a point. It's nonsensical.

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camdoodlebop t1_j1gvlgs wrote

one of the wright brothers himself said that man wouldn't fly for 50 years... in 1900

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