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Barack Obama: “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine. Music like Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder, that's different”::Barack Obama has weighed in on AI’s impact on music creation in a new interview, saying, “For elevator music, AI is going to work fine”.

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[–] Water1053 29 points 1 year ago (24 children)

Why would people think he knows anything about AI?

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (10 children)

Because we often look up to public figures for stuff they are not qualified to comment on.

[–] Inmate -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If he's an unqualified bystander, then what the fuck are you?

I'm always surprised that the people with all the answers only share them with thirty other assholes on the Internet.

I'm confident a 14 year old can write their own AI, maybe even a smart 10 year old.

Here's instructions for kids:

https://youtu.be/XJ7HLz9VYz0?si=1QN3fqT03HSMufib

You think Obama can't wrap his head around a little algebra?

Why, when speaking intelligently and thoughtfully in the subject, is he so wrong in his assessment, when you, in one lazy sentence, are so right?

I'm really worried about would-be wise people just throwing in the towel cause they don't know how much better they could be with a little discipline, and settle for being clever here and there.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

As far as I know, Obama has nothing to do with IT and doesn't have a big interest in it. A lot of people on here are probably more qualified than he is when it comes to these topics simply because they spent a lot of their free time learning about it.

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