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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 71 points 3 days ago (7 children)

But their computers are still the size of a room and everyone smokes

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 32 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You jest! Asimov’s computers are the size of planets.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

The ones that aren't people, at least.

[–] TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Their computers have AGI already. Our computers consume more energy than entire countries to make studio Ghibli fakes and autocomplete on steroids.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 14 points 3 days ago

"The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" is one of the best self-aware computer novels.

I love that in the novel the computer has already become self aware before it attempts something really difficult - creating a CGI face for itself

[–] cm0002@piefed.world 14 points 3 days ago

Don't forget the reels of tape lmao

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Well, we have lots of building-sized computers out there right now.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

For tasks your phone and 50 MB/s would be totally sufficient for.

[–] Piemanding@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

...because of the building-sized computers.

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Our phones are just screens wirelessly attached to computers the size of buildings now. If Altman and Nvidia get their way data centers be the size of sport stadiums by next year.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Hey, my phone can do a lot just being the size of a phone. Running games, reading, voice synthesis and recognition, image and text generation, etc

[–] ramble81@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

When you saw how they managed to put a person on the moon with room sized computers and about 145K lines of code, yeah I can see how they think it’d be possible.

Everyone still smokes. Our computers are the size of an apartment block; they make you not xall customer service and have wild new mental illness instead.