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      1 month ago

      Specifically this context. Like “falling behind in school,” I get. There are grades. Some people do better while some fall behind. It’s a scaler value with a good end and a bad end.

      But the AI bros are co-opting the phrase and presupposing that ALL OF TECHNOLOGY is on a linear scale where the good end is more AI shit and the bad end is less AI shit. They’re using a scaler when they should be using a vector.

      I’ve mentioned it before on here, but my cousin is taking an AI class in college. He tried to convince my business-owner uncle to let him create an agent for his company’s website so he won’t “fall behind.”

      My uncle owns a gas station.