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AI's struggle with CSS humorously proposed as AGI control method

The article humorously suggests that current AI systems struggle with fundamental web development tasks like CSS, implying that such challenges could be a potential method for controlling or delaying the creation of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). The author proposes using a simple HTML page and asking the AI to center an element as a way to occupy it indefinitely. AI

RANK_REASON The item is a humorous social media post about AI capabilities, not a factual report on AI development or industry news.

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AI's struggle with CSS humorously proposed as AGI control method

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    It's so funny to see # AI struggle with # CSS . If they ever create # AGI and we need to stop it, just throw an HTML page at it and ask it to center something.

    It's so funny to see # AI struggle with # CSS . If they ever create # AGI and we need to stop it, just throw an HTML page at it and ask it to center something. It will be occupied for millennia. # coding