My view of AI (10)

[Fairy-Possum]

Adults acting like kids. The drawings, like that Stephanie drawning above, were based on the adult actors in the last play

From what I've heard, it's typical for plays to do this. People watching have a better suspention of disbelief. Could be wrong though, plays aren't my thing

[chuft]

So the characters are supposed to be adults who are childish? Or do you mean they are adult actors playing child characters?

[LazyPooky]

adult actors playing child characters

[chuft]

Apple to raise prices due to memory chip costs


This is exactly why I got an iPhone 17 recently and gave my girlfriend my 15. I figured Apple could not defy the gravity of RAM prices forever (and now there's a helium shortage due to the war).

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I wonder what the helium shortage will do to the already overpriced AI chips, since it is used in their manufacture.

[boredjedi]

"I Was Right About AI"

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LOL $2000! Yeah these companies are spending a ton of money but they are buying everything at grossly inflated prices so they aren't getting much for their cash. And if they fail, the hardware will be worth 1/10th of what they paid for it during the liquidations. "The greatest misallocation of capital in history" as an AI researcher said.

[boredjedi]

LOL $2000! Yeah these companies are spending a ton of money but they are buying everything at grossly inflated prices so they aren't getting much for their cash. And if they fail, the hardware will be worth 1/10th of what they paid for it during the liquidations. "The greatest misallocation of capital in history" as an AI researcher said.

And it has nothing to do with increased costs to produce them. It costs them exactly the same to manufacture the hardware.
It's all being priced on the rediculous supply and demand.

[chuft]

If people can run an LLM on their computer I wonder why these companies think they need town-sized data centers.

[LazyPooky]

New OS introduced with applications that are hallucinated in real-time by AI (starts at 14:22)

at this specific time (opens in YT):
https://www.youtube.com/live/GYo2uLu...o7y5rD9w&t=862

Full video

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weird

[BRBFBI]

Here's one BRBFBI can relate to more than I can.

Why? Because I have normal human empathy? 🙃

I realized what was winning me over about ChatGPT wasn’t its ability to sift through the latest studies, or diagnose my ailments; but its unwavering messages of empathy and encouragement, its endless willingness to listen and its patience. It’s not human, but it can model some traits we value most in human interaction.

[chuft]

Because you don't feel an immediate, contemptuous, incredulous surge of scorn for people who think computer programs have empathy.

[chuft]

AI technological secrets seem very fleeting. After all this money and research, the US AI companies keep finding the Chinese have caught up. Everyone is racing to make systems to analyze each other's networks and software. Looks very much like an arms race before a war.


China has matched Anthropic in cybersecurity, resetting AI race


"Unlike models from Anthropic or OpenAI, Zhipu’s GLM-5.2 is open-weight. That means it can be downloaded and run on hardware operated by anybody and can be modified and used without supervision. Open-weight models are ideal for users who want unfettered access to systems they control, but they are also ideal for hackers, who can run them in the shadows."


This part is weird


"Overall, the capability gap between top U.S. models and those built by Chinese companies has narrowed significantly, and use of Chinese AI systems has surged as businesses seek to rein in runaway costs. A host of companies, including Microsoft, are weighing how they can offer Chinese models on their platforms, a development that is set to alter the balance of power among tech companies."

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Why are experts so slow to recognize what ordinary people could see years ago?



AI boom risks global financial crash, warn central bankers

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They might tolerate algorithms automating entry-level jobs, but new polling shows younger people fiercely reject tech when it comes to human authenticity in romantic relationships.

Their status as the workplace’s first digitally native generation notwithstanding, Gen Zers have some legitimate reasons to dislike artificial intelligence (AI) tools—including their role automating countless entry-level jobs that younger workers often rely on. But new survey data shows the youthful cohort’s professional disdain of chatbots is even sharper when they invade their private lives—which may lead many to cut off romantic partners who use the tech for personal decisions.


Nobody ever accused Gen Zers of sheepishly following trends—or for that matter, simply abiding long-standing workplace expectations and rules. But members of the cohort are really bucking the continuing AI craze by regarding those apps as cold showers when they turn up in prospective, budding, or even established romantic relationships. In fact, 64 percent of Gen Z respondents told a recent poll they’d refuse to date anyone who used the tech in making everyday decisions.


Hands that type queries into ChatGPT will never hold mine.

Conversely, 60 percent of those Gen Zers surveyed by dating app company Hily said they would “find someone extremely attractive if they admitted they never use AI for personal decisions.” Imagine future children swooning at romantic parental accounts of how they knew their love was genuine because “your mother never cheated on me with Claude.”



Why Gen Z’s intense disdain for AI in their private lives matters