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Nothing is as practical as a good theory. I don't know who said it first, but they were right.
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 @JoeUchill remember When people said that robots revolting and attempting to extinguish humanity was just science fiction and could not happen? This is it, this is how it starts: this right here! It has already begun.  @JoeUchill I will do you one better, here is a research paper, fully peer reviewed and edited (more than once), published in an eminent scientific journal. Imagine two identical #social #networks with mainstream users. Same number of users, same connectedness of the social graph, same demographics etc. Social network A only has an algorithmic feed. Social network B only has a chronological people-I-follow feed. What would the usage numbers look like in comparison? Numbers of posts, numbers of likes/replies/boosts, growth trajectory, etc? I would expect somebody has done some research on this. Anybody know of any public results? Over on #bluesky, somebody pointed me to this very fascinating thread on this topic: https://bsky.app/profile/rahaeli.bsky.social/post/3kp7lfkssxl2q What an amazing opportunity to do the opposite of the shiny new thing called “AI”. Let’s go. https://www.computerworld.com/article/2117752/google-gemini-ai.html Fascinating results in this global survey on democracy and related subjects. One tidbit: everybody says that fighting climate change is important, but wants others to do that not their own government. https://www.allianceofdemocracies.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/DPI-2024.pdf Two thirds of Google searches already do not send the user to another website. That was in 2020 and it might have gotten worse since. I did not know that. https://sparktoro.com/blog/in-2020-two-thirds-of-google-searches-ended-without-a-click/ H/t @ben  Oh ChatGPT, how confidently you print out an algorithm that cannot possibly be correct! I'm feeling like going to a doctor who skipped some classes in school and when encountering a patient with a condition they didn't learn about, they just make up some remedy. With extreme confidence in their demeanor. Come to think of it, I have known some doctors to do that. So maybe ChatGPT is more human than we think.... ouch!  @zackwhittaker Suddenly the seemingly ubiquitous very-well-informed scam calls following hotel bookings make even more sense.  @zackwhittaker I think you meant to write: “The check-in computers at several hotels around the U.S. are running a beta version of Microsoft Recall” 🎉🎟 One last time, XOXO returns this August 22–24 with three days of people and projects we love from the internet. Registration is now open, surveys close Wednesday, May 29! https://2024.xoxofest.com/  This year’s conference lineup includes Molly White of Web3 Is Going Just Great (@molly0xfff), Sweet Baby Inc’s Kim Belair, Folding Ideas documentarian Dan Olson, writer/researcher Erin Kissane (@kissane), Aftermath co-founder Gita Jackson, Pulitzer-winning journalist and author Ed Yong, and Hugo-winning author/podcaster Charlie Jane Anders (@charliejane). "Meta AI Chief Says Large Language Models Will Not Reach Human Intelligence" His peers must hate him! Tax billionaires with 2% of their wealth annually? Now here is an idea… https://www.ft.com/content/1f1160e0-3267-4f5f-94eb-6778c65e65a4 The ex-Bavarians among us got Weisswurst for -- shall we call it brunch? -- today. In California. And it's actually not bad. The Americans in the family also love it. So there is still hope for them. Sadly, no fresh Brez'n from Esther's. We made do with German Farmer's bread, which surprisingly, the local grocery store sells from a bakery in Santa Cruz. And Weisswurstsenf, which Dittmer's sells. Seriously pissed about this. Offering $10,000 in seed funding for a Deviant Art alternative built on ActivityPub. Q&A below or email your pitch to info@moth.social. https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/deviantart-what-happened-ai-decline-lawsuit-stability.html
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 @bart Not surprising, especially since DA tried to not opt out with AI scanning the art for their "Art"  |
@cstross …which is why I don’t use it for that purpose.
Of course, I’ve asked ChatGPT for nonessential programming, like making a Quine in 6502 assembly, and it succeeded in doing that. But for normal work, I don’t dare touch it because if it makes a mistake, then I will have no idea how to fix it.
@cstross i'm surprised it is only 52% and not much higher.
@cstross Hope healthcare, transportation aren't using AI for it because that's a whole lot of risk. They'd better lawyer up for the bugs that cause accidents and death.