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		SoftTalker 29 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rob Pike goes nuclear over GenAI When the self checkout machine gets confused, as it frequently does, and needs a human to intervene, you get a little bit of connection there. You can both gripe about how stupid the machines are.

layer8 29 days ago [–]

So, the benefit of GenAI is that it creates human connection by everyone collectively bitching about it?

joquarky 29 days ago | [–]

I've observed on many occasions that complaining seems to be the primary go-to ad-hoc subject in spontaneous human interactions in the past decade.

layer8 29 days ago | | [–]

I mean, there is a lot to complain about.

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