Vitalik Buterin Says AI Is Knowledgeable but Not Very Wise

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says AI is extremely knowledgeable but not very wise. In his view, chatbots spot references to almost anything, yet they judge only the surface of what a text argues. His remarks landed in an X debate over whether chatbots now rival the best human readers. That gap matters for crypto traders who feed whitepapers and governance proposals into AI tools and act on the summaries. A Harvard Class Without Chatbots Sparked the Debate The thread started with a Wall Street Journal report on Humanities 10, a demanding Harvard course for freshmen. According to excerpts shared on X, applications rose 40% this fall, with 180 students competing for 90 seats. Students face a heavy book each week, and the course bans devices.

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