Edit: for the record, Fuck AI

Image of a bell curve.

The left side has a dumb man saying "Computers have magic elves inside"

The center has an angry nerd saying "Computers are deterministic logical systems. They give the same outputs for the same inputs"

The right side has a man in a hoodie saying "Computers have magic elves inside"
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[–] [S] 9 points 1 month ago (3 children)

For the record, Fuck AI and tech bros with a rusty pole.

What I mean is that computers are so complex they end up being very fragile, in a way.

A few years ago, a friend was having random issues with her PC. Random crashes, garbled data. Long story short, it ended up being a couple of faulty bytes on one of her RAM sticks.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

    That's a very... unique interpretation honestly. I've never seen anyone associate this meme (including all the "we trapped lightning in a rock and taught it to do taxes" variants) with the fragility of complex tech, only the idea that microprocessors are such a ridiculous technology that anyone reaching expert level is back in the state of wonderment.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Yeah. The thing is, the finicky interactions between components, and the obscure bugs that may arise are reminiscent of some moody magical creature living inside, just saying "fuck it, here's a kernel panic" out of nowhere.

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