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Generative AI is just computers

Most of what you now see described as "AI" is now just computing, software and idiots boosting their garbage techniques that don't work.

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Sarah Smith
Jan 30, 2026
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Why is anyone listening to the self-serving hyperbole of these techno-cultists?

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