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0 pointsTeMPOraL2mo ago0 comments

> Instead, I'd implore people to consider that true progress is the ability to do more with less, and not merely the ability to do more with more.

Being able to do more with less is equivalent to being able to do much more with only little more.

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kibwen2mo ago

And yet all that the aforementioned progress-cultists care about is being able to do a little more, even if it costs much more. The rate of return based on the effort invested is precisely the issue here.

TeMPOraLOP2mo ago

AI has some of the most stupidly high rates of return on effort and energy used out of all modern inventions, so I'm not sure what your point is.

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0 pointsTeMPOraL2mo ago0 comments

> Instead, I'd implore people to consider that true progress is the ability to do more with less, and not merely the ability to do more with more.

Being able to do more with less is equivalent to being able to do much more with only little more.

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kibwen2mo ago

TeMPOraLOP2mo ago

AI has some of the most stupidly high rates of return on effort and energy used out of all modern inventions, so I'm not sure what your point is.

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