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		robinwhg 19 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AI adoption and Solow's productivity paradox The first steam engine was invented by a Turk and he used it solely to make kebab spin. Never thought about using it for anything else.

efreak 18 days ago [–]

On the contrary, this was actually used for something. The aeliopile is quite a bit older and was used for precisely nothing.

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