Comment I smell something... (Score 1) 177
"long-range quantum magnetometry to find the electromagnetic fingerprint of a human heartbeat"
Smells like bullshit
"long-range quantum magnetometry to find the electromagnetic fingerprint of a human heartbeat"
Smells like bullshit
It often gives excellent answers, but when it doesn't, the results are strange.
I asked for help writing code for an obscure hobby CNC control system.
It totally invented function calls and invented plausible documentation to explain how they worked and how to call them.
It totally missed the easy answer that involved calling an existing simple function and writing no new code.
If the answer doesn't exist on the internet, it appears to just make one up
...is not a crime
If he committed crimes, he should face justice in a court of law, with trustworthy evidence
...laughing uncontrollably at its extremely poor quality
Every day, everything seems to get worse, whether politics or tech, everything seems to get worse.
Every day
...the adoption of robots
Learning to use new, immature tech is inherently problematic and we never get it right at first
The tech will improve and out way of using it will adapt
It takes a while to learn how to effectively use new tech, especially powerful tech that is rapidly changing
Expect more confusion and disruption before things stabilize
They are continuing to follow fads and introduce new "features" that nobody wants, and that can't easily be uninstalled
They need to stop adding this crap, and provide easy ways to uninstall it
They need to use every tool they have, including AI, to find bugs and security weaknesses
If something is good, people will choose it voluntarily and even pay for it
If something is installed by default and can't be removed, it's likely not good
We need a reliable OS
The USPS was designed for letters. Now letter volume is way down and package volume is increasing rapidly. Small post offices that were designed for letters are overwhelmed with packages. Delivery vehicles are small. To properly handle high package volume, a lot of facilities would need to be upgraded or replaced
Does it work?
Kids are smart and really good at finding workarounds
The likely outcome is political theater, where politicians claim success while kids get creative
The other likely outcome is annoyance and failure when the tech goes wrong
Instead of using AI to "increase productivity" by quickly generating bloated, inefficient, bug-ridden, insecure slop, the better use of the tools is to find bugs, security weaknesses and unhandled edge conditions. AI research should focus on creating better code, bug-free, efficient and secure with all edge cases handled
Immature tech is immature
AI tech is making real, rapid and exciting progress, but is still immature.
The hypemongers make outrageous fantasy claims.
The tech sometimes works great, sometimes mediocre, and sometimes fails catastrophically.
Anyone who believes that the tech is perfected deserves what they get.
WTF?
This is one of the stupidest things I've seen
How stupid can stupid get before it all collapses into a black hole of stupidity?
I support AI research and believe that it will help us solve previously intractable problems in science, engineering, medicine and maybe even economics.
I also believe that OpenAI has made a series of tactical errors that's turning the public against AI.
While other labs kept the tech in the lab, OpenAI released it to the general public. This resulted in excitement and a few fun things, but also a tremendous amount of slop and scams. Meanwhile, pundits and hypemongers constantly and publicly claimed that AI will replace all jobs. When all the public sees is slop, scams and fear of job loss, the angry response is not surprising.
Then, OpenAI wanted to continue their push into pop culture by introducing "adult mode". This waste of electricity serves no useful purpose, but it amplified OpenAI's push into pop culture.
Now, it appears that they realize that they made have made a bad choice, and are dropping adult mode. This is a good step, but they need to go further.
The proper use of AI is as a tool, not as a friend, lover or therapist, and especially not as an addiction
"In my opinion, Richard Stallman wouldn't recognise terrorism if it came up and bit him on his Internet." -- Ross M. Greenberg