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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 134 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (5 children)

I love how accurate this image is. As they hammer more the structure becomes more and more unstable.

I've noticed the AI search suggestions from Bing and Google are just becoming more and more inaccurate as they feed off themselves. I can't even imagine what it's doing to systems we can't see.

[–] cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 67 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Everything is fine. It will become god and fix all our problems any second now, and if you say that's mathematically impossible you're just a hater.

[–] RoidingOldMan@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (3 children)

"We will create God then ask him for money."

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

"It doesn't matter that we are burning 1 trillion dollars with no pat to revenue, because we will create God and it will make money meaningless."

"Also, it will cure cancer and solve Global Warming. I know dumb people like you that can't even get a trillion dollars to burn care about those things.

[–] Whostosay@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

TIL Catholics invented AI

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

i mean, we have the solutions to a lot of problems already

traffic? public trains

hunger? just like, feed people

global warming? reduce fossil fuel usage and stop poisoning the oceans

homeless? literally so many empty homes, put people in them???

and we've had many smart people create step by step plans for all of these!

the thing is... i guess rich people want a solution that doesn't involve them paying for something that's good not just for them but for others? so all those plans fail at step 1 - have empathy

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 1 month ago (8 children)

I mean, nitpick, but if you blamed mathematics you actually would be. The observation that AI/LLMs are highly unreliable and don't appear to be getting any better is empirical.

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[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

noai.duckduckgo my beloved, glad that's the best free option rn (although I think Kagi is getting popular too, but that's paid).

[–] Uri@infosec.pub 7 points 1 month ago

Kagi pays yandex for image search ewww. Use a searxng instance and thank me later. Seriously give it a try

[–] keyez@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Glad to know that option is available, I've been using DDG for years and use the AI assist like once a week when I have a really specific search about a movie or scene or actor or event happening 14 years ago going off memory. After about the 3rd search I actually get useful information from the AI assist.

Most recently I searched for "movie scene with slow motion cannonballs flying around while ship explodes" because I could remember that gif but not the movie. No search results were helpful, nor images or videos but the AI assist said it was a scene from the 3rd pirates of the Caribbean.

[–] naught101@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

Also it's building on top of existing fragility (the thin pillar below), and only making it worse

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[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 74 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Not just MS though, right?

[–] SparroHawc@lemmy.zip 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

MS is especially egregious about it.

They're planning the next iteration of Windows to be primarily AI-driven - as in, the AI runs things for you.

[–] mogranja@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

AI ruins things for you

FTFY

[–] KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago

well Microsoft saaaaaays that, but they also said in the same video that they'd achieve "Computing in the realm of Quantum" so I predict multiple shitty interface updates and a few new pop-ups.

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Most developers in general.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 36 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As a developer this has not been my experience, we all hate it with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.

My former boss fucking loved it though, but he was a PM not a dev.

[–] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

I guess that last sentence sums it up well.

[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

More like C Level people that force devs to make this crap

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

There are job postings that not only actively encourage it as part of the job description but ask that you be enthusiastic about it

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏 Developers 👏

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 44 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Meanwhile that little block at the bottom is still doing its best to keep it all together. For now.

[–] zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

could it be the foss and publicly fund research and training I wonder

[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Nah it's probably cloud computing and the blockchain.

[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

ImageMagik is referenced in the alt text of the original comic Dependencymobile version

[–] zaknenou@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 weeks ago

The only thing even FFMPEG can't attack.

[–] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

MS can't force that one to use AI on development. But they can force almost everybody up.

[–] ikoz@programming.dev 40 points 1 month ago

It will collapse due to the AI slop(e)

[–] goatinspace@feddit.org 21 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago

Love the person in the background getting up, looking over and just sitting back down again like Greg sledgehammering his monitor to pieces is nothing extraordinary

[–] psud@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Too many people identified the monitor as the source of their frustration, when really it was the box on which it sat that was to blame

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[–] hOrni@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They are putting it into washing machines these days.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

"Oh good catch! How astute of you! Of course I should have added detergent before running the cycle!"

[–] M137@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (2 children)

User: Add enough detergent for this weight of clothes.

Washing machine AI: OK, I have added the correct amount for you, ready to start the wash.

User: You only added fabric softener, I need you to add detergent. Please weigh the clothes and add the detergent based on that weight.

Washing machine AI: Ah, I see what you mean. I have now weighed the clothes and added the needed amount of detergent.

User: you just added more fabric softener. Do not add any more of that, I only need detergent. Please, add detergent.

Washing machine AI: I'm sorry, I misunderstood you before. I have now made sure to add detergent.

User: you added more fabric softener....

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

See, the solution is just to not use softener. Haven't used it in a decade, haven't missed it either.

Though the AI might come up with a different fuckup.

[–] Quantenteilchen@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sorry, I cannot add any detergent because my detergent sensor is telling me the tray is empty.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago

There we go. Thanks for being more creative than me.

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[–] KelvarCherry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

"...but I ignored your specific instructions and instead ran the washing machine for 15 hours. That was very wasteful of me, and you're right that was not what I was instructed to do, but I did it anyways."

[–] CannonFodder@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

More like doing a big sloppy crap of AI on top of everything.

[–] Honytawk@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

At least copilot only does shit when you click on it, even if it is useless.

Unlike Google, which wastes tons of electric and water every single search without the users consent. That is a lot more damaging to society than whatever Microsoft does.

[–] SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I'm blown away that they actually named it copilot. I would have thought they'd name it something stupid like "my computer* or "xbox" or "me".

[–] Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 weeks ago

Or ActiveAzure

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