There’s not much information about xAI, but diversity is already an issue

  • Ragnell@kbin.social
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    STEM Self-Importance Syndrome, where knowledge in one aspect of STEM leads someone to believe they have knowledge and understanding of EVERYTHING even though there’s actually a lot of big differences between Rocket Science and Computer Programming.

    Rocket scientists are pretty susceptible to this because “It’s not rocket science” is an actual phrase used to mean “this job is easy.” Computer science is not rocket science, but it’s not easy either and it’s not something a rocket scientist can just jump in and do.

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      See also Stockton Rush, who thought because he studied aerospace, he knew what he was doing going into the ocean.

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        Appropriate that he named the company Oceangate, since that’s what any scandal would be nicknamed.