The AI bricked his MacBook with enthusiasm; another model unbricked it

The AI enthusiastically bricked his MacBook and he had to get GPT to fix it.

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The AI enthusiastically bricks his MacBook
He has to get another model to fix it

Why it’s worth knowing

Enthusiastically is the adverb that stings.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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