Paul Graham on Twitter: "The rule that one can disregard claims about AI coming soon has served me well for 30 years, but I see signs it may stop working."

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1. nick kokonas‏ @nickkokonas 27 Mar 2017
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  define AI. It's already crushing the world. General AI not far behind.
  
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1. Ethan Stillman‏ @estill01 27 Mar 2017
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  Like what? Largely agree, but curious your perspective. Thanks. Very cool time to be hacking the things.
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1. теле‏ @phunckys 27 Mar 2017
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  dude, punctuation is your friend!
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1. crankycatcoder‏ @crankycatcoder 27 Mar 2017
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  Super domain-specific, non-generalizable "AI" that takes oodles of money to perfect? Sure. Unless I'm a truck driver, not sure I care
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1. Sigurt the human‏ @Bladtman 27 Mar 2017
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  I think it holds in general. "Within x years we'll see y product" can be disregarded, unless said by someone working precisely on y.
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1. Bob Bouthillier‏ @BobBouthillier 27 Mar 2017
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  Did Siri or Alexa tell you that AI is coming soon? 'Cause they may be biased.
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1. Manuel Hernandez ‏ @manuelhe 27 Mar 2017
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  mo memory, mo memory, mo memory! It's letting us do everything we every dreamed of doing.
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1. Chris Lee‏ @cglee 27 Mar 2017
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  would love an essay on this topic.
  
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