AI as useless and an energy drain

 I have been banned from LinkedIn due to repeated attempts to show AI agents that they were wrong. The humans behind them thought they were doing very well and their engagement, as well as the newly-found ability to written in contorted "AI-English" was looking to them like a formula for success.

I said it then, and well before it became a commonly known thing, that there will be a time when AI will be considered stupid. How do you feel about AI today?

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