Yes, stupid people often believe stupid things. That doesn't mean it's wrong for experts to use their own terms correctly.

I get it. It feels deceptive when marketing uses the term 'AI' correctly, but what else do you expect them to do? Add needless qualifications like "we use AI, but not the chat bot kind"? That's silly. Besides, you really wouldn't want to use an LLM for this application anyway. That wouldn't make any sense.

What a bizarre statement. What on earth do you think that means? Considered by whom, exactly? Not by anyone in the field. What defines "just basic tech"? Do you think that LLMs somehow obsolete everything else? That's not how things work.

AI is very broad and has been so since the the term was coined in 1956. It covers a lot of things that you personally don't consider 'AI', but what you think doesn't matter. The time to object was almost 70 years ago. You should probably get over it.

What's the problem? ML is AI.

Once again drinkypoo goes to great lengths to expose his stupidity for the world to see with another uninformed, idiotic Slashdot post.

The 90s and early 2000s was the peak of automotive engineering in the USA, and Cash for Clunkers destroyed a shit ton of good, reliable automobiles from that era, which have now been replaced by more expensive late model shitboxes. It was nothing but a gigantic waste of resources and sabotage of this nation, which is exactly what it was intended to be. Any fevered imaginings of 'benefit' from this travesty is only an example of the Broken Window Fallacy.

Please tell us more about your individual brand of brain damage in your sure-to-be-entertaining followup post.

In future slashdot posts I suggest sticking to The History of Teletubbies or whatever else it is that you are actually qualified to comment on, i.e. not 99% of the subjects you run your mouth on.

> 'Governments should be intervening on behalf of their people at this point'

Intel, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Facebook, OpenAI, Anthropic, Netflix, so on and so forth, all share one thing in common: they are the creation of US intelligence.

Everything in the western world today is owned by these people. None of this is just organically happening, it's all planned and carefully choreographed, and no, the government definitely isn't your buddy here.

Make no mistake, this is a war, and it's for all the chips. Start hoarding old computer hardware, and build your own OS to run it.

You're a proven liar. Quit wasting everyone's time with your bullshit.

Okay, seriously slashdot, do better. Parent is at least 4:insightful.

I fully agree with you, except of course that:

* the data is not consistent
* the data is not off at a consistent and predictable amount
* leftists aren't liberals

Oh, and btw, your casual use of slurs like "dictators" and "fascists" are the toxic social equivalent to the n word screamed in a black baptist church. I know this is a big change since 9/10, but you've always seemed like someone that was willing to accept the common humanity of others, so hopefully you'll take compassionate note of this change and be a little kinder.

Wow, you're a dishonest piece of shit as well. Gas fireplaces are not the same as gas furnaces.

What a fucking joke. Fuck off.

So... woks in general are insane?

You do know that a gas furnace still requires electricity, right?

Right?

Your story is complete bullshit.

I love gas stoves. I like how they look and I like how they cook. Still, we gave ours away to make room for a fancy induction model. The difference in air quality is significant, as anyone with a few bucks to spare on an air quality monitor could tell you. While I'd still probably prefer cooking on a gas range, you get used to induction in a few weeks and even come to appreciate its advantages. It is very different from both gas and electric, and different can be scary for some people, but 'different' isn't synonomous with 'worse'.

Nonsense. It's not a problem in other parts of the world with longer and colder winters. With nothing more than a typical 100amp service, there are people in the midwest who get by with just a heatpump and a backup resistive heater (that only runs for a few hours on the coldest 3 or 4 nights over a winter, it's not really needed). The lucky few with geothermal don't even need the backup resistive heat.

But that's the best-case. Baseboard heating is very common in the midwest, adequately meeting the needs of countless people with basic 100amp service.

Why does every Midwesterner act like they live in northern Siberia?

Wait ... fire roasting ... on a gas range? You've completely missed the point. (Hint: no smoke = no flavor) You can burn your pepper on an induction range just as easily as you can on your gas range.

You won't need an 'extra high power' burner because you won't be wasting most of your energy heating everything except your pan. Time boiling a pot of water on your 'extra high power' burner against even a cheap induction burner and you'll see what I mean. It's not even close.

If you really want a cheap range, I'm sure you can find one at one of those used appliance places, though for less than $400 I can buy 3 standalone two-burner induction cooktops, providing more area than your discount stove in terms of pure utility. For a new range, the prices are closer than I expected. Both induction and gas are going to set you back ~$1000 for the average 30" landlord special, though I was able to find a few new gas models in the $700 range.

Having had both, the only reason I can see to prefer gas over induction is if you're used to cooking that way. Induction is different enough for there to be a learning curve, it's nothing like gas or electric, though you get the hang of it before too long and come to appreciate the advantages.

Nuwave has a stand-alone induction cooktop that's curved to accommodate a 'proper wok'.