WanderingThoughts

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[–] WanderingThoughts 13 points 1 hour ago

That's going to be great fun when the AI bubble pops and the subscription prices go up exponentially.

On the other hand, there have been other opinions about education that say it should be about making or researching something. Give a student a goal and let them figure it out using chatbots or whatever.

[–] WanderingThoughts 1 points 2 hours ago

Technically even 1950s computer chess is classified as AI.

[–] WanderingThoughts 2 points 5 hours ago

13 months of 4 weeks + new year's day (+leap day) actually fits perfectly.

[–] WanderingThoughts 22 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

Like the cliché goes: when it works, we don't call it AI anymore.

[–] WanderingThoughts 1 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

That's how we ended up with 12 months of varying length in a year and it's a mess.

[–] WanderingThoughts 19 points 13 hours ago (30 children)

Historically AI always got much better. Usually after the field collapsed in an AI winter and several years went by in search for a new technique to then repeat the hype cycle. Tech bros want it to get better without that winter stage though.

[–] WanderingThoughts 8 points 13 hours ago

Regulators figured nobody would be stupid enough to mess that up and no paragraphs are needed to make things explicit. Then came Elon who thought that technically correct is the best kind of correct so he made this abomination of a manual release.

[–] WanderingThoughts 8 points 13 hours ago

Desperately pumping the AI hype machine and hoping for some miracle before that bubble pops and investor's money runs dry.

[–] WanderingThoughts 5 points 13 hours ago

And if Trump pulls USA out, the rest of the world will see this as America losing yet another war. It'll be seen as weak despite all that hardware, troops and bravado. That'll undermine its negotiation position against China and encourage others groups to just ignore Trump when he threatens someone, like Panama.

[–] WanderingThoughts 15 points 23 hours ago

But it's unthinkable for these leaders to change the policies that gave them the power and wealth they desire, so they're gonna run with it until it falls apart, no matter the cost for everyone else.

[–] WanderingThoughts 76 points 23 hours ago (7 children)

IIRC they counted the bones in their fingers using their thumb and that gives 12. The first sundial was around the equator and there is always light for half a day, so half a day becomes 12 hours.

To count large numbers often one hand was used to count using 5 fingers and the other to count the bones, so you get 5x12 for 60 minutes.

[–] WanderingThoughts 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's the illusion of control that matters the most, not that the process is actually effective.

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