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[โ€“] vexikron@lemmy.zip -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I thought that was AI people.

Turns out ... thats not working out so well.

In everything other than the /lets literally build SkyNet/ department.

[โ€“] be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

But the idiom isn't "it's not AI" it's "it's not rocket science." ๐Ÿ˜‰๐Ÿ˜

[โ€“] vexikron@lemmy.zip 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Well the only relevant idiom I can think of here is:

Elon Musk is a stupid person's idea of what a smart person is.

Or, this isnt really an idiom but maybe uh:

Fascists? In my NASA? I did Nazi that one coming.

Sorry, my joke generating subroutine has not been updated since the time that the rocket scientist idiom you mention was popularized.

Sorry, my joke generating subroutine has not been updated since the time that the rocket scientist idiom you mention was popularized.

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