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dbreuniglast Tuesday at 12:43 AM1 replyview on HN

I studied linguistic anthropology, in addition to CS. Been at it since 2002.

And I wrote the first post before the meme.


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refulgentislast Tuesday at 1:55 AM

I've read these ideas a 1000 times, I thought it was the most beautiful core of the "Sparks of AGI" paper. (6.2)

We should be able to name the source of this sheepishness and have fun with that we are all things at once: you can be a viral hit 2002 super PhD with expertise in all areas involved in this topic that has brought pop attention onto something important, and yet, the hip topic you feel centered on can also make people's eyes roll temporarily. You're doing God's work. The AI = F(C) thing is really important. Its just, in the short term, it will feel like a buzzword.

This is much more about me playing with, what we can reduce to, the "get off my lawn!" take. I felt it interesting to voice because it is a consistent undercurrent in the discussion and also leads to observable absurdities when trying to describe it. It is not questioning you, your ideas, or work. It has just come about at a time when things become hyperreal hyperquickly and I am feeling old.