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Seasons greetings

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BTW: If You ask the so called AI Perplexity, what "how long" means in the context of written text, it says: "the optimal length."

It has no Idea, that how long means how many pages or how many sentences or how many characters.

And, if You ask: "How many pages is the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report?" bypassing this weakness in the understanding of simple language, it tells You the names of the volumes and ignores the specifics in the question. It is absolutely impossible for this ignorant construct to simply admit: "I don't know."

Perplexity is simply a poser.

It poses to be intelligent, knowledgeable and truthful, of which it is nothing.

It is not even "learnable". Just try to teach it anything, just once!

How could such a thing bring about any kind of progress?

But, if You ask Google Bard, You get a completely different answer:

https://g.co/bard/share/0acf12455ed7

Bard is open, accurate and current. Google would not restrict its AI from reading the full Assessment Reports of the IPCC. The "mindsets" of the AI-companies are quite different. Traditionally Google collects all Data it can get, even those which it is not allowed to collect. And it never forgets any data, not even the one it was forced to delete by law.

The minds of the decision makers have a heavy influence on the "minds" of the AIs.

So, if You know the mindset of any Fintech company's decision makers, You can foresee, how they would use AI and where this will lead to. The AIs will amplify the neurotics of board of directors. This will take the Clown-World to the next level.

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Painting: Why this painting for today's edition?

Is it, because most talk about AI is not more than religious belief?

Is it, because "Virgin Mary" actually was a pregnant woman which old Joseph could get cheap?

Like "Batteries included", the son and later Worker in his carpentry business was included in the deal.

And now this Woman, which might have been impregnated by a soldier of the Roman occupation force, is so overhyped as holy as a woman can get.

Is she the symbol for the very much used and abused AI that is presented to us as means for economic salvation?

The always passive tool without own will for the always hungry power mongers?

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