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Jim__

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2. At about 1:35 he says, "We have to wrap our heads around what it can do and how it can do it."

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Wed May 20, 2026, 09:47 PM

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Roman Yampolskiy is a doomer. He has a doctorate in computer science, he's not a crank. Here's his wikipedia entry. His belief is that humans can't wrap their heads around a super intelligence. He makes his argument on this video which runs for a little over an hour - the first 1:15 is an intro and an ad - then the actual argument.

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This is basically pro-AI propaganda. They talked about AI in education without a single word on the highplainsdem Wednesday #1

At about 1:35 he says, "We have to wrap our heads around what it can do and how it can do it." Jim__ Wednesday #2