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Linux kernel maintainer says Al has suddenly become useful for devs: 'We can't ignore this stuff. It's coming up, and it's getting better" (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] Kirk@startrek.website 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not that I don't believe you but do you have a source for any of that? Specifically about the development timeline of the "cognitive harness"?

[–] theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 11 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's not a thing... seem like the source might be https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatbot_psychosis

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 2 points 13 hours ago

Honestly kinda what I was suspecting as well. Every time I see an "AI is advancing rapidly" take without actual examples of what it can do I wonder how much of it is a degree of psychosis.