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(4,281 posts) Mon Jan 5, 2026, 11:47 PM Jan 5

Why don't we just spend a few more millions of dollars on education to overcome natural stupidity?

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Before we spend billions of dollars developing artificial intelligence... [View all] Enter stage left Jan 5 OP

Before? OC375 Jan 6 #1

I have thought of this a lot jfz9580m Jan 6 #2

Your 3rd paragraph NJCher Jan 6 #4

Yeah but a lot of jobs are killing other jobs jfz9580m Jan 6 #5

I looked at that link NJCher Jan 6 #8

I read about it in the New Yorker jfz9580m Jan 6 #9

Understood jfz9580m Jan 6 #7

I bet the AI ROI is exceeded by the human education ROI nuxvomica Jan 6 #6

Humans have been producing slop long before AI came on the scene. Intractable Jan 6 #10