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Paul Graham observes that in the future, asking 'Is that AI?' will be seen as a preliminary version of the earlier question 'Is that Photoshop?'.
The article draws parallels between the 1980s AI hype cycle centered on Lisp machines and expert systems and the current AI boom with LLMs, warning about historical patterns of overpromise and subsequent disillusionment.
A tweet reflecting on how René Descartes' argument that machines cannot appropriately arrange words in response is now challenged by modern LLMs.