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  • Agreed. But I am getting more and more concerned we won't always be able to keep or buy an old car and avoid these pitfalls

    I'm likely 3 to 6 years away from having to buy a new/used car and I don't think il be able to (or actually want) a 20 year old car

  • OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman
  • Now my most important tools are search engines and autocomplete: I can work faster with less knowledge of the syntax and my value is the higher level thought about what we need to do. If my company ever allows AI, I fully expect it to be as important a tool as a search engine.

    And this is when the cost calculation comes into play. Using a search engine is basically free, using OpenAI for development is tied up with licenses and new hardware.

    So the question will be, are you going to improve efficiency to the point where the cost of the license and new hardware is worth the additional efficiency?

  • OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman
  • It's expensive enough my employer (of more than 2000) decided to only trial it with a small subset of seniors. It's not just the license, it comes tied up with new hardware

    So far nobody likes it. Most people use it to summarize meetings and we just got a memo saying we need to review the summaries because it keeps missing important data

    Having said all that, when I mentioned the cost, I was referring to the cost of training the models. And without a proper business plan to monetize it, it's is still unclear how this version of AI could be actually sold for profit.

    Remember that cost, is not just a number. It's the number in relationships with the benefit it provides.

    For OpenAI, it has yet to produce profit that is not just venture capital and for us as user (us, I cannot speak for everyone) it has not saved us a dime after getting expensive hardware and licenses

    Oh and for the final point. True, openAI may not have been the one to say no programmers in five years although, replacing people has always been their angle. But by now we have seen OpenAI play so fast and loose with all their claims and benchmarks, we cannot believe a word they say (which you seem to do and keep on posting here).

  • OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman
  • A tool is a tool.

    That is a miopic view. Sure a tool is a tool, if I take a gun and use it to save someone from getting mugged = good if I use it to mug someone = bad

    But regardless of the circumstance of use, we can all agree that a gun's only utility is to destroy a living organism.

    You know, I know, everyone here knows, AI will only be used to generate as much profit as possible in the shortest amount of time, regardless of the harm it causes. And right now, the big promise of AI is that it will replace costly human employees, that's it, that's all.

    Fortunately, it is really bad and unlikely to achieve this goal

  • OpenAI Execs Mass Quit as Company Removes Control From Non-Profit Board and Hands It to Sam Altman
  • It delivers on what it promises to do for many people who use LLMs.

    Does it though?

    They can be used for coding assistance,

    They promised no programmers needed in 5 years. (well not promised, somebody did say that but not OpenAI staff, I think). The cost of AI both in money and energy use, does not really justify the limited aid it can provide to a programmer. You are never getting enough additional efficiency from said programmer to justify those costs

    Setting up automated customer support,

    Even more hated than when every customer centre moved to India

    tutoring, processing documents, structuring lots of complex information,

    Again, at that cost? the marginal improvement does not add up

    a good generally accurate knowledge on many topics,

    Is it though? if I can only trust it with answers I already know enough to discern whether I am getting bullshit or not, then it's not worth it. As it it today, I cannot trust it with any search I really do not know the answer to (or can easily verify) as it can be throwing complete bullshit at me and I would have no way of knowing either.

    acting as an editor for your writings, lots more too.

    Again? you mentioned the processing docs already... but again I tell you, who will pay the heavy costs just so internal memos are written slightly better? and everything your company sends out would have to be reviewed as you do not want AI promising something you cannot deliver via hallucination

  • Nintendo would "rather go in a different direction" than follow AI trend, says Miyamoto
  • He is just stating the obvious, like saying the sun is hot.

    But he could say they are engineering to catch up to the trend, right? the question is not if they are to implement AI features in their current 8 year old console. The question is if AI is in their development path in the future

    And the answer is no, Nintendo does not seem to see value there. I for one agree, the stuff you mentioned about AI in other comments in the thread go from "meh" to "I actively do not want that in my games". This is just my opinion as a casual gamer but I see logic in Nintendo's stance here.

  • Nintendo would "rather go in a different direction" than follow AI trend, says Miyamoto
  • Because even though everyone knows Nintendo's consoles are under powered, they still usually deliver a ton of gameplay fun.

    In this particular case, very few people want more "AI" in their stuff... and as even OP admits, current "AI" is crap. So why would I want to pay extra $$$ for hardware that can run "AI" when my gaming experience is likely not going to improve one bit?

  • Nintendo would "rather go in a different direction" than follow AI trend, says Miyamoto
  • They’re just lucky that the current AI Models are crap, otherwise this would be the next standard they’re missing in their “more of the same since 1980” games.

    So you are complaining they are not adopting something you admit is currently crap?!

    I'm going to complain about billionaire taxes then, I mean I have no billions but I'll complain anyway

  • Why are Americans particularly concerned about Chinese espionage?
  • Because China is the new Russia Commie menace

    The USA pretends to care about espionage but has zero trouble allowing all of its manufacturing to flee there. As long as the big boys are making money, it's worth every risk, amiright?

  • New member of the fam... Say hello to Vin

    Vin as in Mistborn, not Vin Diesel hahaha She is a 10 week old rescue. Possibly friendliest, most energetic kitten we have had. She jumps around like exploding popcorn and always wants to be in company

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    Oklahoma state superintendent announces all schools must incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in curriculums | CNN
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    All Oklahoma schools are required to incorporate the Bible and the Ten Commandments in their curriculums, effective immediately, the state’s chief education officer announced in a memorandum Thursday.

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    United States | News & Politics @lemmy.ml exanime @lemmy.world
    BOMBSHELL: U.S. Oil Companies Colluded to Raise Gas Prices

    The FTC uncovered a series of texts between Pioneer Natural Resources CEO Scott Sheffield and OPEC officials agreeing to limit oil production to raise prices.

    They raked in huge profits, while their scheme cost consumers $200 billion a year in higher prices.

    That’s about $3000 a year per family.

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