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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.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone -4 points 4 days ago (2 children)

They said the same thing about mobile phones, computers and the internet too

[–] mutant_zz@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

The bubble bursting doesn't mean AI will go away and no one will ever use it again, just as the dot com burst didn't mean people stopped using the web.

It just means the VC money will eventually dry up, the hype will die down, and we'll start seeing AI as a useful tool, with plenty of porblems, rather than the dawn of a new age or whatever. Oh and the stock market will be bad for a while.

[–] JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, "they" did. The Information Super Highway was often called by a fad by the media. A "computer" in every home was a pipe dream.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago

The internet wasn't even originally designed to handle more than a few dozen connected systems