I never liked the "just a word" defense. If any word can be made to mean anything else just because a government or corporation says so, what does that say for our shared reality?
Kirk
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the meaning doesn’t really matter as long as everybody has the same agreement on what we’re talking about.
But we don't agree. Tech companies are using the same term to describe ChatGPT and Data from Star Trek when they're not the same thing.
One of those things can get fucked, the other is a sentient being who (as we all know) does the fucking. Not to mention data was an AI before OpenAI ever existed!
Back up an image the entire operating system HD when it's working well. If you ever get overwhelmed with bugs you can always go back to a functioning state.
We all like checking out the latest features and updates but it's important to remember that it's not a race.
A good essay, but I find it ironic that the author used "finding a recipe" as an example of the old web working well when recipe blogs are frequently the top example cited when someone is talking about SEO slop in the pre-AI web.
Freedom of expression has never existed without a for profit middleman!
dang I wish someone could invent a decentralized social media platform where engagement isn't rewarded over everything else and if one instance becomes infested with bots the others could defederate from it and it has 10x the moderator-to-user ratio of existing social media dang
I saw genAI algorithms as artpieces themselves, even if their output wasn’t really art themselves.
This is a great point. The tools themselves are fascinating and impressive even if what they make is mostly garbage.
GenAI can kinda make sense for quick and dirty shitposts, but the audience for anything more artistic than that is functionally zero.
Like I said, it's not helpful for queries like the one you suggested. But I've found it helpful if you only have vague or incomplete details and you are not looking for an answer, but only to be pointed in a direction where you might find the answer.
Something like "what was that movie that had a green alien and there was a king and a jet fighter and it took place on a desert planet but also there was a scene with a bathtub".
Or "are there any nintendo action games with a female protagonist and no guns"
Sure, but Wikipedia does not care about "truth". "It's true" is not a valid citation on Wikipedia (and "knowledge" is not the same as "truth"). Wikipedia is built on references from experts from people that can be honest while still being factually incorrect.
It's an important distinction because an LLM can be correct but it can never be honest. The hypothetical Enterprise-D computer appears to be able to be honest, even when incorrect.
I do the same and I agree, but that's why I do like "generators".