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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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[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 6 points 4 days ago

That's exactly what AI would say. Hmmm...

[–] And009@lemmynsfw.com 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Consider age of the planet, eons and eras. This is the age of exponential growth.

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[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Computers are still advancing roughly exponentially, as they have been for the last 40 years (Moore's law). AI is being carried with that and still making many occasional gains on top of that. The thing with exponential growth is that it doesn't necessarily need to feel fast. It's always growing at the same rate percentage wise, definitionally.

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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

It has definitely plateaued.

[–] NegentropicBoy@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

In the spirit of showerthoughts: I feel the typical LLM is reaching a plateau. The "reasoning" type was a big advance though.

Companies are putting a lot of effort on how to handle the big influx of AI requests.

With the huge resources, both academic and operational, going into AI we should expect unexpected jumps in power :)

[–] netvor@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

That's only if the exponent is greater than 1.

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