I wish it were true, so it must be. The childish and narcissistic attitude that is the sign of our times. - A Grumpy Computer Scientist - Medium

A pertinent article, Jamie, but because most people's knowledge of reality could be written on the…

Allan Milne Lees

A Grumpy Computer Scientist

Aug 26, 2021

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I wish it were true, so it must be.

The childish and narcissistic attitude that is the sign of our times.

A Grumpy Computer Scientist

Written by A Grumpy Computer Scientist

UK-based AI professor interested in AI, mind, science, rationality, digital culture and innovation. Hobbies: incessantly fighting nonsense.

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