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Hot take: The reason why so many people think ChatGPT can be sentient or even divine is that capitalism has atomized us so badly, many of us forgot what it's like to talk to an actual human being. (hexbear.net)

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On a deeper level than small talk, of course.

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 22 hours ago

then "well there must be a little dude in there somewhere"

One of my earliest memories is my mom showing me how a cash register works and telling me there was a little gremlin inside the machine powering it.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

It's true though, they eat the coins. Times have been tough for cash register gremlins since everyone started using cards to pay for everything. deeper-sadness

[-] [email protected] 6 points 16 hours ago

6 year old me has verified this info as TRUE

[-] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Why do you think its called horsepower ? Ofc cars are powered by little horsies

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