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What's the worst invention of the 21st century? (lemm.ee)

submitted 5 months ago by UltraGiGaGigantic@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Cube6392@beehaw.org 6 points 5 months ago

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[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

SPAM. Not the food variety, but the other. Inventend by a lawyer.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not the 21st century

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (3 children)

OK, you got me there. For me, EMail-SPAM is still a new thing, because I still remember the time before.

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[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Quantum computers a real candidate once they get off the ground. They might help solve a few problems in chemistry and condensed matter physics, but on the other hand they definitely will make a lot of encryption we heavily rely on obsolete, and the replacements are noticeably inferior. And that's about it, because quantum algorithms are hard to design. So, that seems like a net negative to me.

Deep neural nets are powerful, but the fact we fundamentally don't understand how they work is a bit nerve-wracking.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Generative AI

[–] Spider89@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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[–] mannycalavera 4 points 5 months ago

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[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Generative AI or facial recognition tech.

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