this post was submitted on 31 Jul 2024
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago (4 children)
  • "Can AI teach us more about the dinosaurs?"

done already

  • "How AI will solve the climate crisis."

pretty sure I've seen this

  • "New AI technology let's you speak with deceased loved ones with staggering accuracy."

done

  • "How AI can help you save money."

done

  • "New AI model lets us translate dead languages."

done

  • "Soon all your friends will be AI."

pretty sure japan already has this problem

  • "AI can help you lose weight."

i'd be shocked if not already done

  • "How we can use AI to find aliens."

pretty sure I've seen this

i think these are predictions of last week

[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago

The great thing about using AI to search for aliens is that it'll find them, whether there's any out there or not.

[–] uranibaba 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)
“Soon all your friends will be AI.”

pretty sure japan already has this problem

I remember reading not to long ago about people having AI as girlfriends.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And then the company behind it made the AI girlfriends less horny unless you paid for the premium plan.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is the Blade Runner 2024 made to the best of our abilities

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

The blade runner we have at home

[–] RememberTheApollo_ 7 points 4 months ago

We already know how to solve the climate crisis. We just don’t want to because it would cost too much, inconvenience us, and really upset the shareholders.

The only reason to ask AI would be like asking the butler to take out the trash, we just can’t be bothered to do even that much work and want to hit the “easy” button.

[–] TommySoda 4 points 4 months ago

Sounds about right. And I'm sure at least half of them are just click bait while the others are wishful thinking. Or just sad...