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Comment correct incentives (Score 1) 151

Well, there have to be correct incentives for someone to be in software, I got into it because I liked the idea of being able to control a machine, to be able to tell a computer what to do and it would do it.

Would I have the same interest in it 40 years ago if controlling the computer meant writing in human language that is imprecise and nuanced and receiving back code that I couldn't start to comprehend? Maybe, maybe not, I am not sure actually. If there was still a way for me to do this without the AI I probably would have gone that route but how many people today would do it? I mean people are telling Agents to write their letters for them, not code, just letters. People are telling agents to do all sorts of things, all of which probably saves some time, make some errors, creates some problems while solving others, it is just that none of it is actually understood by the user.

How many AI users understand how any of it works? But that was the point, to understand how the thing works to be able to control it.

It is similar to car mechanics, people who like to tinker with cars, how interesting is it to tinker with a car where you are not allowed to understand half of it and you cannot fix most of it, if something breaks you have to order an entire replacement part because it has a built in computer interface.

Comment The effort is the point... (Score 1, Insightful) 124

Why we connect to movies, art, music and so on is thinking about what the artists was thinking, trying to convey.

In a movie, we appreciate the craft in bring words to life and it does require a high level of skill. Bad acting kills a story.

But, in the age of hyper-condensed media and attention spans, a whole generation is being trained to enjoy absolute garbage, devoid of any real effort. Even, then, it is actual human beings doing the dances or whatever on Tik-Tok and so on. If AI comes in and replaces the last human part, it will just make some people appreciate reality even more.

Also, we know the outcome here. It leads to people being vaguely unhappy, disconnected and unable to really feel a sense of accomplishing anything.

I am probably wrong, but I hope there is a real rejection of the current social media culture and there is a embracing of making computers into mere tools again.

Comment Re: EVil (Score 1) 168

No, i'm just that disorganised to have run out of gas thrice in my life, and have my phone die on me with some regularity. I dread having to remember to plug in yet one more 'device' with regularity. :)

My Prius works really well for me. I'm glad your EV works for you, especially if you live in a home with solar panels. I live in an apartment

Comment Yes. (Score 1) 61

After not using Brave for months I just tried it on CNN.com and this story, and it's quicker than Chrome. It blocked 10 ads and trackers on this page.

The only thing that stops me using it regularly are my stored passwords in Chrome. I have not figured out how to transfer them and Chrome is generally OK

Comment Wow. Bummer. (Score 3, Insightful) 86

Companies that ran roughshod over copyright and IP in order to create AGI (whatever the heck that means this month) are unhappy that China, who fundamentally doesn't see copyright and IP in the same way at all, are stealing things to undercut models they shouldn't have access too.

The same companies that wanted to eliminate as many creative or coding jobs as possible.

Oh no. How completely unexpected.

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