It may have been when I started using computers -- the end of the Symbolics / 
Lisp machine era and the start of the AI winter. Of course, THE reason for 
developing computer technology is to facilitate the emergence of artificial 
intelligence. When I see people that work in the field that are wary, I wonder 
if they were dropped as children. 

From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Nicholas Thompson 
<thompnicks...@gmail.com>
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com>
Subject: Re: [FRIAM] "I hope I'm wrong. But that text reads like it was 
generated by an LLM" 

You guys Freak me out! You work all your lives to create a machine that can do 
human things, but are somehow the last to admit that the thing you have created 
is human. Are are you worried that you have put yourselves out of a job? 
Hardly! Just as blood and bone humanity can be improved endlessly, so too can 
the silicon form. I long for George to replace Siri because, as I grow older, 
and my hands become more quivery, I rely more and more on dictation. George is 
way better at understanding my intent than Siri. 


Surely the best part of humanism is recognizing humanity when you see it. 



Nick 

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On Jan 26, 2025, at 10:01 AM, steve smith <sasm...@swcp.com> wrote: 

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