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submitted 3 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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another valiant attempt to get "promptfonder" into more common currency

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[–] skillissuer@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I quite often pondered how cool it'd have been to be a computer scientist like 50-70 years ago

Most likely you'd be an et. al. in someone's footnote

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 13 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

^1.^ Better known for other work

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 3 months ago

Now that is leaving your mark in history as an academic.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 2 points 3 months ago

Probably, but I would probably also never have heard the phrase "generative AI", so win?