logoalt Hacker News

ozimtoday at 11:11 AM1 replyview on HN

I call "AGI" or "100x miracle" a bullshit but still existing stuff definitely is "10x miracle".


Replies

runarbergtoday at 12:42 PM

This is a known sales trick, called door-in-the face. First you introduce your victim to an outrageous claim, and then follow with a more modest and more reasonable sounding claim.

In truth neither claims are reasonable, but because of the door in the face, the victim is more susceptible the the latter claim. Without the more outrageous claim it is unlikely the victim would have believed the latter claim.

In reality, both "AGI" and "100x miracle" AND the "10x miracle" are all outrageous claims, and I call bullshit on all of them.

show 1 reply