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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 hour ago

Nope, that was a massive misinterpretation that DDG clarified many times already.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

They already had this type of local processing for years, I believe it was introduced on iOS 9 (perhaps earlier). You can already search "mountain" or "Eiffel tower" or "dog running" and it will work. So if they're now doing AI processing externally, they're certainly doing it for different reasons. My bet is they're collecting personal data regardless of what the ToS claims, and that they're for sure training AI models on users' pictures.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 21 hours ago

A super important nuclear structure related to calcium mobilization was only discovered a few years ago. It will take years before it ever appears in bachelor's textbooks, let alone high school material. Cellular biology is far for complete, and biology as a whole is still completely filled with open questions.

We do suffer a lot with a lack of funding though. If your research isn't immediately important for a medication, good luck working with a far from optimal budget.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

It never fails to frustrate and shock me when I see public entities relying on private software and platforms.

My local schools rely heavily on Windows and Google. Important Govermental notices are shared on Twitter first.

This is nuts. I really think public infrastructure should be mandatorily tied to open and free solutions.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I used to think the same. I'm all for digital privacy, but listening to a microphone? That's ridiculous, the legal ramifications would be enormous. Plus, encoding and sending all this data? Not practical, and of course, we are fully aware of confirmation bias and selective memory so for sure those personal anecdotes must be coincidences.

Then it happened to me. I use a VPN, all my devices have a billion types of ad blocking, private DNS, JavaScript disabled by default and so on. Then I mention a product next to my girlfriend, a product that only interested me and I had recently discovered, nothing she was ever aware of... and while I was still right next to her, five minutes later, her phone is showing up ads for said product. Her phone, not mine. The product is not Coca-Cola, it's not something that often pops up.

What other explanation could there be? The coincidence of the year? They are listening.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I'm sure calling it a "dev kit" and not a product "expected to sell many units" whilst having inventories full of the thing and a few failed attempts at pushing sales is how they're going to try to spin this failure.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I'd entertain your theory, but Facebook is pretty much only kept alive by boomers and Mark's AI multiverse web 3.0 became a commercial failure, so I don't think your idea that he understands young people and is just ahead of me holds.

[–] [email protected] 240 points 3 days ago (20 children)

I think Zuckerberg fundamentally misunderstands humans. I don't even mean the memes of calling him a robot or lizzard or whatever, I truly believe being a billionaire in a tech bubble from a young age severely harmed his notion of his own species to the point of being pathological.

[–] [email protected] 332 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (26 children)

The US is not the "role model" for how a country should be or what a strong democracy is. Other countries aren't inspired by or jealous of you.