I think healthy skepticism is always a good thing. A lot of people seem to be looking at this tech as a panacea, which it absolutely isn’t. It’s still really important that we have the ability to identify when it may be hallucinating, just like we really need the ability to think critically about literally anything on the internet.
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I’m excited for it. I don’t think hallucinations will be a huge concern. Knowing about all (or most) of the content on my devices is a MUCH easier prospect than knowing everything about everything, which is an idea that OpenAI or Google certainly aren’t trying too hard to refute about their models
Sounds like OP is interested in learning to set up/administer a VoIP system rather than just looking for a communications platform
Been using it since I read DDG was discovered having trackers from Microsoft, which they’ve since removed - or so they claim.
Considering the only news results I get on DDG are from MSN, I believe it, but also I'm guessing the net result is the same...
Two words: Backward Compatibility
Not sure if this exists, but it would be really nice to remotely see if my stove/oven is on and also remotely turn it off
Search for electronics recycling in your area. They’ll take stuff for free or a small fee, depending on what it is. They’ll dissect the stuff and reuse all the components
If we can achieve the post-scarcity part, I'll happily accept the communism part, but I don't see that happening until we develop Star Trek style matter replicators
“I don’t want to pay for things, therefore other people shouldn’t be allowed to earn a living from their hard work”
Ownership for me but not for thee!
I don’t think they’re arguing that the ads are part of the free speech, I think they’re arguing the ads are a revenue source that allows them to fund free speech. Blocking ads in this case is more akin to sitting down at the newsstand for two hours while you read the paper, then putting the paper back without having paid for anything. Yes online advertising has become a massive breach of privacy, but they have no obligation to give away their product for free, and looking at ads is how you pay for it.
Free speech ≠ free beer.
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I thought Apple's WWDC keynote showed some good uses for it, but you're right, it kind of is just incremental, and may or may not be worth the privacy/compute cost. I personally am mostly excited that Siri will be able to contextualize my calendars, notes, messages, etc. There are lots of bits of information I've lost over the years, that isn't actually lost, but just buried, and current search just isn't up to the task of finding it. Or searching through notes: instead of having to remember when I took a note and where I asked it, I can just ask Siri a question and it'll basically search through my notes and find the answer.
I also think it's going to completely change academic research. Instead of going to Jstor and using a traditional search bar, you could just tell the AI assistant what you're thinking about, what your theories are, etc, and it will search the catalog and find relevant sources for you. It removes a layer of friction, which I think will make a lot of people more efficient/effective.
The main argument I see against it is "well that is all well and good, but none of that will matter when the internet is full of AI-generated crap." I mean yeah, that's true, but the internet is already full of non-AI-generated crap. Sifting through the shitty ads and "sponsored posts" has already made the internet nearly unusable IMO. That's a bigger problem that we need to deal with, that's separate from AI.