It's more like a "get nine women to make a baby in one month" project. The Manhattan Project was working within sound scientific principles, whereas the AI bubble is throwing money at a glorified autocomplete in the hope that at a certain scale the spark of life will magically appear.

@lproven

**Chris Ellis** · Nov 03, 2025, 14:47

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**Mike Fraser** @mike@thecanadian.social · Nov 03, 2025, 14:47

Nov 03, 2025, 14:47

Mike Fraser @mike@thecanadian.social

@lproven I've read a lot of compelling arguments about how these LLMs will not achieve AGI. However the goal is AGI and the world is currently throwing about twenty percent of GDP at that goal. It's basically a modern day Manhattan project. With that said I would not bet against achieving AGI at some time in the near future.

**Chris Ellis** · Nov 03, 2025, 12:22

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**Liam Proven** @lproven@vivaldi.net · Nov 03, 2025, 12:22

Nov 03, 2025, 12:22

Liam Proven @lproven@vivaldi.net

How AGI became the most consequential conspiracy theory of our time (MIT Technology Review)

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/10/30/1127057/agi-conspiracy-theory-artifcial-general-intelligence/

The idea that machines will be as smart as—or smarter than—humans has hijacked an entire industry. But look closely & you’ll see it’s a myth that persists for many of the same reasons conspiracies do.

**Chris Ellis** @intrbiz@bergamot.social · Nov 02, 2025, 22:58

**Chris Ellis** @intrbiz@bergamot.social · Nov 02, 2025, 22:58

Nov 02, 2025, 22:58

Chris Ellis @intrbiz@bergamot.social

@bert_hubert

In PostgreSQL we could do:

CREATE TABLE t (a int, b int);

INSERT INTO t VALUES (1, 2), (3, 4), (5, 6);

SELECT t.*
FROM t
JOIN (
VALUES (1, 2), (3, 4)
) v(a, b)
ON (t.a = v.a AND t.b = v.b);

a | b
---+---
1 | 2
3 | 4

Another approach would be an array for a and b:

SELECT *
FROM t
WHERE a = ANY(ARRAY[1, 3])
AND b = ANY(ARRAY[2, 4]);

If you really wanted the 2d array, then there are ways to unpack that and join against it.

**Chris Ellis** · Nov 02, 2025, 18:08

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**Archaeo-Histories** @archaeohistories@ohai.social · Nov 02, 2025, 18:08

Nov 02, 2025, 18:08

Archaeo-Histories @archaeohistories@ohai.social

After three years and more than 3,100 miles (5,000 kilometers) of sailing in a Viking replica vessel, archaeologist Greer Jarrett from Lund University in Sweden has authored a trailblazing report on Viking seafaring. His work, published in the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, suggests that the Viking trade routes were more extensive, decentralized, and offshore than previously believed.

#archaeohistories