At least copilot only does shit when you click on it, even if it is useless.
Unlike Google, which wastes tons of electric and water every single search without the users consent. That is a lot more damaging to society than whatever Microsoft does.
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I'm blown away that they actually named it copilot. I would have thought they'd name it something stupid like "my computer* or "xbox" or "me".
Or ActiveAzure
I love how accurate this image is. As they hammer more the structure becomes more and more unstable.
I've noticed the AI search suggestions from Bing and Google are just becoming more and more inaccurate as they feed off themselves. I can't even imagine what it's doing to systems we can't see.
They don’t feed from each other. AI is trained with data from the before times. They only use good old regular search engine algos to get context data.
Simplicated:
Prompt->analyze->genereate search terms->analyse search results->generate response
They just make way more loops in real scenarios and even more if you let it “think longer”
I looked for some troubleshooting for my podcast player, and was really mistrustful of the AI summary, but it was right. But of course the solution was pulled from a forum, so could easily have been from a different product, or an outdated version. The last thing I looked for gave a well out dated answer for fingerprint readers under Linux
Everything is fine. It will become god and fix all our problems any second now, and if you say that's mathematically impossible you're just a hater.
i mean, we have the solutions to a lot of problems already
traffic? public trains
hunger? just like, feed people
global warming? reduce fossil fuel usage and stop poisoning the oceans
homeless? literally so many empty homes, put people in them???
and we've had many smart people create step by step plans for all of these!
the thing is... i guess rich people want a solution that doesn't involve them paying for something that's good not just for them but for others? so all those plans fail at step 1 - have empathy
"We will create God then ask him for money."
"It doesn't matter that we are burning 1 trillion dollars with no pat to revenue, because we will create God and it will make money meaningless."
"Also, it will cure cancer and solve Global Warming. I know dumb people like you that can't even get a trillion dollars to burn care about those things.
TIL Catholics invented AI
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I mean, nitpick, but if you blamed mathematics you actually would be. The observation that AI/LLMs are highly unreliable and don't appear to be getting any better is empirical.
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noai.duckduckgo my beloved, glad that's the best free option rn (although I think Kagi is getting popular too, but that's paid).
Kagi pays yandex for image search ewww. Use a searxng instance and thank me later. Seriously give it a try
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Also it's building on top of existing fragility (the thin pillar below), and only making it worse
Not just MS though, right?
MS is especially egregious about it.
They're planning the next iteration of Windows to be primarily AI-driven - as in, the AI runs things for you.
AI ruins things for you
FTFY
well Microsoft saaaaaays that, but they also said in the same video that they'd achieve "Computing in the realm of Quantum" so I predict multiple shitty interface updates and a few new pop-ups.
Most developers in general.
Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏
As a developer this has not been my experience, we all hate it with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.
My former boss fucking loved it though, but he was a PM not a dev.
I guess that last sentence sums it up well.
More like C Level people that force devs to make this crap
There are job postings that not only actively encourage it as part of the job description but ask that you be enthusiastic about it
Meanwhile that little block at the bottom is still doing its best to keep it all together. For now.
could it be the foss and publicly fund research and training I wonder
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It will collapse due to the AI slop(e)
Too many people identified the monitor as the source of their frustration, when really it was the box on which it sat that was to blame
Functional programmers when the content of their PC's memory change (no longer safe, and no longer upholds functional programming paradigms):
System76 2k PC
Love the person in the background getting up, looking over and just sitting back down again like Greg sledgehammering his monitor to pieces is nothing extraordinary
They are putting it into washing machines these days.
"Oh good catch! How astute of you! Of course I should have added detergent before running the cycle!"
User: Add enough detergent for this weight of clothes.
Washing machine AI: OK, I have added the correct amount for you, ready to start the wash.
User: You only added fabric softener, I need you to add detergent. Please weigh the clothes and add the detergent based on that weight.
Washing machine AI: Ah, I see what you mean. I have now weighed the clothes and added the needed amount of detergent.
User: you just added more fabric softener. Do not add any more of that, I only need detergent. Please, add detergent.
Washing machine AI: I'm sorry, I misunderstood you before. I have now made sure to add detergent.
User: you added more fabric softener....
Technology Connections in his recent video (or was it on his second channel?) points or that since dishwashers had only six functions, all of which run when given line voltage, and case running when depowered, anyone with Arduino and some relays could make a new control board for a dishwasher pretty easily, to make programs that way better. Laundry machines are similar but simpler, if they ever get that bad, they'll be easy to lobotomise
See, the solution is just to not use softener. Haven't used it in a decade, haven't missed it either.
Though the AI might come up with a different fuckup.
Sorry, I cannot add any detergent because my detergent sensor is telling me the tray is empty.
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"...but I ignored your specific instructions and instead ran the washing machine for 15 hours. That was very wasteful of me, and you're right that was not what I was instructed to do, but I did it anyways."
More like doing a big sloppy crap of AI on top of everything.
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