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Yavin4

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Wed Aug 23, 2023, 12:14 PM

Aug 2023

People sit back and ignore technological transformations, and then get mad when a new Elon Musk, or Zuckerberg, or Bill Gates emerges. Don't rely on govt to save you from such people.

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When the Netscape Navigator browser dropped in the mid 90s, a lot of people were dismissive about... [View all] Yavin4 Aug 2023 OP

so there's no socially awkward not white guys developing AI? nt msongs Aug 2023 #1

No. There are there in droves. Yavin4 Aug 2023 #4

I think Mad_Machine76 Aug 2023 #12

14 Torchlight Aug 2023 #19

Started with AOL. then found Mozilla. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2023 #2

I dont think the net has ever been viewed as a passing fad Blues Heron Aug 2023 #3

AI is a subset of the field of Computer Science Yavin4 Aug 2023 #5

Agree. we need to understand and keep an eye on it no question Blues Heron Aug 2023 #6

+1, ... and Fuzzy Logic has existed at different levels for 80 years. uponit7771 Aug 2023 #24

In the beginning days it was, the 2000 election took everyone's eyes off the ball. In 2006, I was Hestia Aug 2023 #36

56k buad modems, BRI, PRI, T1, 10/100 Ethernet, Fiber to the house Snooper9 Aug 2023 #7

most of us in telecom aren't really scared of AI (FYI) Snooper9 Aug 2023 #8

The Sales Rep from SkyNet is right! We should trust all tech blindly and follow orders. Or else. ZonkerHarris Aug 2023 #9

"the general consensus was that the internet was a passing fad." Earth-shine Aug 2023 #10

Yeah I have beard people repeat this edisdead Aug 2023 #14

There were folks predicting the internet as a fad... spudspud Aug 2023 #16

Yeah, this had me scratching my head Sympthsical Aug 2023 #25

I heard it CelticCrow Aug 2023 #28

That's not a relative metric, the claim the "general consensus" was among whom? Matrixed Fuzzy Logic uponit7771 Aug 2023 #33

I think you are confused, I'm not sure how you would interpret my post as any kind of "metric" CelticCrow Aug 2023 #42

I was working for Nortel Networks at the time. Earth-shine Aug 2023 #40

Well, you must not have grown up in a rural-ish area because that is still the general consensus Hestia Aug 2023 #37

I think you are referring to people who have never accepted technology ... Earth-shine Aug 2023 #39

Had to really hurt to know that Netscape was sold to AOL Kennah Aug 2023 #11

I first signed onto "the internet" in the late 'seventies and got into some mischief too. hunter Aug 2023 #13

Just a little Doom Humor TlalocW Aug 2023 #15

I haven't used a MS browser since then unless forced like at work. I just can't...system yes, but Hestia Aug 2023 #38

I'm certainly not dismissive of AI on the whole, but, just like with the internet in the past, there's going to be hype... Silent3 Aug 2023 #17

Whenever there's a major technological transformation... Yavin4 Aug 2023 #18

Netscrape and Internet Exploder? MineralMan Aug 2023 #20

Those two companies went to war, didn't they? Yavin4 Aug 2023 #21

They did. Netscape lost. MineralMan Aug 2023 #22

"general consensus " ... do you have any source for this? I didn't witness this in the 90s uponit7771 Aug 2023 #23

See post #16 as an example. n/t Yavin4 Aug 2023 #29

I agree with you for the most part Sympthsical Aug 2023 #26

Exactly. Thank you very much for the support. Yavin4 Aug 2023 #30

Sort of an aside Marthe48 Aug 2023 #27

100000000++++ Yavin4 Aug 2023 #31

Pretty much Everything posted about AI on the forum is fear based. BannonsLiver Aug 2023 #32

This new technological transformation is too important to let another Musk or Zuckerberg Yavin4 Aug 2023 #34

MS gave away a browser and was fined billions of dollars. Mosby Aug 2023 #35

AI doesn't really have an upside IMHO. Demsrule86 Aug 2023 #41

Again, there were people who said the exact same thing about the internet Yavin4 Aug 2023 #43