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Gabriel's avatar

Reading this alongside Jacques Ellul’s works offers a quite interesting perspective. I can’t help but wonder how he might analyze AI were he alive today, something like the arguments in this article.

A personal take: I was an undergraduate in Rio de Janeiro, living in suburb and commuting to the South Side daily I used to feel things were different there, 'cause those kids were laughable, living in a fantasy as if they only knew the world from their rich grandma's basement window. Reading this brought that memory rushing back.

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Carlos Ramalhete's avatar

That's where I was born and raised. I was a Yacht Club brat in Rio. As soon as I could support myself with my own labor, I left and never looked back.

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