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Showerthoughts

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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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[–] Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

They've been saying "AGI in 18 months" for years now.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ask ChatGPT to list every U.S. state that has the letter 'o' in its name.

[–] Zexks@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

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?

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

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?