argv minus one on Nostr: When the #computer was conceived of, its usefulness was obvious. It was very good at ...

When the #computer was conceived of, its usefulness was obvious. It was very good at a number of tasks that humans are very bad at, like arithmetic and information storage.

Thus, the computer was an excellent addition to the human's toolbox.

“AI” turns this on its head, by attempting to program the computer to do tasks that humans are good at. Not only has it proven very bad at those tasks (see also: pizza glue), it is also useless to the human, who is already good at those tasks.

#AI