I’m genuinely shocked that this wasn’t more obvious to people. I keep feeling like I’m not using AI sufficiently to be wowed the same some people are — and the way the hype suggests you should be — then I read something like this.

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Your average person has met a lot of really stupid people who do not appear to have the same level of "intelligence" as the average AI.

No, it's not evident to people. Even a lot of smart people that I have met personally somehow fall for it.