This was originally going to be posted on Fuck AI, but it really applies to technology far more generally.
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Whatever confusion the metaphor may have caused in the minds of the public, I don’t think the solution is to ask neuroscientists to deliberately misrepresent their research—or to impose on themselves metaphorical language aimed at influencing policy rather than aiding scientific understanding.
Isn’t it more like a network of several billion dumb computers?
Emphasis on the dumb lately