Thomas ðŸ”✨:verified: on Nostr: I think one of the reasons for the Y2K bug, besides the obvious saving of expensive ...
I think one of the reasons for the Y2K bug, besides the obvious saving of expensive storage space on very old computers, is the belief in the 60s-90s that "AI* is around the corner" so the software written back then wasn't expected to be around very long because much more sophisticated software was to take over—which never happened.
AI hype keeps on giving!
*actual AI, not bullshit generators and stolen image recompositors
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