• biddy@feddit.nl
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      5 months ago

      Of course they’re not using AI to solve quadratics, it’s part of the calculator analogy. It’s a whole lot quicker to solve a quadratic formula in a calculator than by hand.

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      5 months ago

      No, I use a calculator. My point was that technologies that suck now get better as they age.

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        5 months ago

        It mostly sucks ungodly amounts of electricity for a mediocre result. And I don’t think the energy consumed for things like driving a two ton vehicle around, when people can take a bus or a train, is worth it.