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  • ☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange
    Oct 7, 2026, 9:17 PM

    “To me, using AI is similar to driving. Some people do not learn to drive and do not want to drive or they are scared of driving.

    If you don't drive you will survive of course, but you won't have the convenience of taking your car and going where you like. You have to take public transport, it will be slower.” — Prof. Seyedali Mirjalili, (AI) Torrens University

    A reminder in Aus, most (not all) Professors have never got their hands dirty and worked in the “Pits” ⛏️⌨️🖥️ and work in abstractions.

    #AI / #academics / #Straya <abc.net.au/news/2026-10-08/wil>

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  • ☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻peterrenshaw@ioc.exchange
    Oct 7, 2026, 9:27 PM

    The driving analogy is poor because there is no consideration or discussion to viable alternatives (public transport, walking, better city design).

    The “car centric” narrative leads to externalities in required road structures, vehicle pollution and RTA’s. To counter these problems new techniques involving planning, traffic engineering and car safety were investigated.

    A parable about #AI.

    The 26 lane, Katy Freeway from Houston to Eastern Texas, USA. source https://supercarblondie.com/widest-highway-in-the-world-houston-texas-26-lanes-katy-freeway/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10_in_Texas
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  • Ewen Bell 📸ewen@social.ewenbell.com
    Oct 7, 2026, 10:16 PM
    @peterrenshaw

    Some of us have spent our lives making better choices about where to live, so we can walk to walk instead of drive. Eventually I moved into the CBD and enjoy amazing public transport that's way way better than having to drive myself anywhere. Turns out love without a car is actually very liberating and frees up a lot of money.

    Seems to me so much of the AI fandom is just a hammer looking for a nail.
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