https://twipped.social/@twipped/114662771295312758
article they are referencing: https://futurism.com/atari-beats-chatgpt-chess
this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2025
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Hundreds of billions of dollars spent
No profitable product
No consistently usable product other than beginner code tasks
Massive environmental harms
Tens of thousands of (useful!) careers terminated
Destroyed Internet search, arguably the one necessary service on the Internet
No chance it's going to get better
Atari 2600 beating it at chess is a perfect metaphor. People who want to complain about it can bite its plastic woodgrain printed ass.
I mean, it's pretty good as a productivity tool for programmers as it eliminates a bunch of chore.
Oh my god you 'people'. Did you not read what you replied to?
'people' in scare quotes since coders aren't people I guess.