The god computer can cure cancer but the nurse doesn't speak English
wen_ragnarok · x · 2026-10-12
A viral observation on civilization being "simultaneously more and less competent": AI can cure cancer while a nurse can't speak English, and flock cameras can find a missing child in 5 minutes while you get robbed by someone with 30 priors — a commentary on the mismatch between frontier AI capability and baseline societal execution.
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