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		d4rkn0d3z 12 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The AI wildfire is coming. it's going to be painfu... A bad thing with some positive side effects is not a good thing. Wildfire is bad, too frequent wildfires will turn forest into savannah. I didn't see where this part of the analogy was discussed.

orian 12 days ago [–]

It is not, because SV people use shallow metaphors from areas they don’t understand, to gain publicity.

But that was the same thought for me. The other totally missed aspect: a fire kills all life in area.

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