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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
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- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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I do expect advancement to hit a period of exponential growth that quickly surpasses human intelligence. Given it adapts the drive to autonmously advance. Whether that is possible is yet to be seen and that's kinda my point.
They've been saying "AGI in 18 months" for years now.
No "they" haven't unless you can cite your source. Chatgpt was only released 2.5 years ago and even openai was saying 5-10 years with most outside watchers saying 10-15 with real nay sayers going out to 25 or more
Ask ChatGPT to list every U.S. state that has the letter 'o' in its name.
Here are all 27 U.S. states whose names contain the letter “o”:
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Iowa
Louisiana
Minnesota
Missouri
Montana
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
(That’s 27 states in total.)
What's missing?
Ah, did they finally fix it? I guess a lot of people were seeing it fail and they updated the model. Which version of ChatGPT was it?
o3.