We Spent 50 Years Explaining Computers Don't Think — Now They Do
menhguin · x · 2026-09-24
A viral observation: humanity spent 50 years explaining that computers don't think like humans, and just as the public finally got it, computers started thinking like humans. The quoted tweet adds that tech people badly underestimate how many still believe AI is "programmed" the traditional way — that OpenAI employees literally decide what ChatGPT says in each moment.
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