Fifty-Year AI Dream Finally Built — Yet Its Creators Insist They Made God
bradneuberg · x · 2026-10-03
A widely shared tweet highlights the irony: computer scientists fantasized for over fifty years about a technology, and now a decent version of it actually exists — yet instead of appreciating the feat, the people driving it are busy convincing everyone they built god. The post critiques the gap between current AI marketing narratives and the actual accomplishment.
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