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I (intentionally) know little about AI and am curious if this comparison to China’s Great Leap Forward rings true to those of you who are in business environments where it’s being used.

I’m also guessing that if (when?) the AI bubble bursts, some enthusiasts will go on emphatically saying, “Yeah, what happened was terrible, but *real* AI just hasn’t been tried yet…”

https://leehanchung.github.io/blogs/2026/04/05/the-ai-great-leap-forward/
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Weeniewawa · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqe06gl2jqwp4m6c8tnqra0y9f5u4mjd6ph373k4ztv0kmsgxk0myqqqc965 This is the same hype they used in the late 90's about everything on the internet being free. We saw how that ended.
raintrees (ancap in nw-cali) · 3w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqe06gl2jqwp4m6c8tnqra0y9f5u4mjd6ph373k4ztv0kmsgxk0myqqqc965 Good morning! Some of us are already quite clear that AI is not intelligent :) I wrote expert systems in the late 80's, similar false front. Useful, but nowhere near the hype. Did y...