• Honytawk@feddit.nl
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    edit-2
    2 days 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.

  • arrow74@lemmy.zip
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    109
    ·
    edit-2
    4 days ago

    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
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      50
      ·
      4 days ago

      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.

      • shneancy@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        3 days 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
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        4 days ago

        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.

            • cassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              link
              fedilink
              arrow-up
              2
              arrow-down
              10
              ·
              4 days ago

              No but Turing was involved, and the guy who wrote ELIZA

              The tech isn’t new. That’s all the effort I’m willing to put in for this trash.

              • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
                link
                fedilink
                arrow-up
                9
                ·
                edit-2
                3 days ago

                And that paper’s name? Albert Einstein. I can’t find anything on Weizenbaum and Turing authoring together. Weizenbaum seems to have written mostly prose and code, even - he’s not really thought of for his mathematical innovations, although obviously math was his original field.

                Back in the 50’s people thought conventional algorithms, like everybody here has worked with, were going to reach human intelligence. They could play chess, and chess is smart guy stuff, so obviously recognising a bird should be easy, right? Well, they figured out that wasn’t right, and so began the first AI winter.

                The tech of deep neural nets is in fact fairly new. Like, arguably it didn’t become a thing until the Cold War was ending, although there were a lot of precursors, and it kind of arrived gradually.

    • naught101@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      4 days ago

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

    • SparroHawc@lemmy.zip
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      4 days ago

      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.

      • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        31
        ·
        4 days ago

        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.

      • ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 days ago

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

      • DreamButt@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        edit-2
        4 days 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

  • Rhaedas@fedia.io
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    35
    ·
    4 days ago

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

      • M137@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        14
        ·
        4 days ago

        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…