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tl;dr, she loses her airpods which are subsequently stolen and doesn't get them back. Lot of writing about a chase that ultimately results in nothing.
by superchroma 3y ago
tl;dr, she loses her airpods which are subsequently stolen and doesn't get them back. Lot of writing about a chase that ultimately results in nothing.
- theshrike79 3y agoWhy use few words when you can use a bazillion words. BTW, the text is too long for GPT4 to summarise, I wonder if that's a tactic sites use against AI tools? :D Just make the text so long and full of purple prose that the AI models choke.
- nyx 3y agoThe purpose of this story is for the author to recount their experience in an entertaining way that's pleasant to read. Why would you want to use an LLM to summarize it? That'd be like finding an interesting-looking novel to read at the bookstore, then buying the Cliff's Notes instead. I've thus far kept myself mostly isolated from and ambivalent about the GPT hype, but this comment, even if it's somewhat tongue-in-cheek, really says a lot about where the technology is going to take us as a species. I'm not thrilled about it.
- lionkor 3y ago> That'd be like finding an interesting-looking novel to read at the bookstore, then buying the Cliff's Notes instead. Wait until you find out how people read "a book a day" or "ten books a week".
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- op00to 3y agoI skipped most of the article because it was boring. I was vindicated by the ending where nothing happens.
- rafram 3y agoThe point of reading a story like this is to enjoy the act of reading it, not to claim a reward for reaching the conclusion. It's genuinely saddening how angry people in this thread are getting over the idea of reading for reading's sake.
- op00to 3y agoI guess the beauty of not finding your lost airpods is lost on me. The shame.
- theshrike79 3y agoYou must be the type who enjoys reading the short story before each recipe on the internet too and doesn't skip straight to the actual part where they tell you how to cook the dish they've been writing about for 10 chapters already.
- theshrike79 3y agoNothing about the article told me that it was just a short story about trying to find a pair of AirPods. I expected some technical insights because it was posted to HackerNews, but nope. I'm glad I'm old enough so I can browse text pretty fast, didn't take me too long to skip to the end.
- robbiep 3y ago‘I optimise my life so much that I use an algorithm to summarise articles. In so doing, I am oblivious to the art of content creation for the pleasure of it, as well as its converse, content consumption for the pleasure of it’
- theshrike79 3y ago"I use an algorithm to decide if an article is just purple prose or does it have an actual message." I read Brandon Sanderson's books. I don't have any issues with consuming long-form text =)
- guessmyname 3y ago> Why use few words when you can use a bazillion words. BTW, the text is too long for GPT4 to summarise, I wonder if that's a tactic sites use against AI tools? :D Just make the text so long and full of purple prose that the AI models choke. Regardless of the usefulness of a summary for this article, the obvious solution is to split the text into smaller chunks and generate summaries for each chunk, then combine them into an overall summary. As an example, ChatGPT was able to summarize 32 out of the 48 paragraphs in this article, which contained about 3,714 tokens and 15,289 characters: > The author resisted buying AirPods due to fear of losing them, but eventually gave in and bought them. Predictably, they lost them in a ski lodge. They later discovered that they were being pinged by the "Find My" app and were located in a nearby town. Despite warnings against it, the author contemplated taking vigilante action to recover their AirPods but ultimately decided against it. Then, I requested a summary of the remaining 16 paragraphs, which contained 1,681 tokens and 6,983 characters: > The author recounts their attempts to track down their stolen AirPods using Apple's Find My app. They follow the location of the thief to a museum and a Wal-Mart, but are unable to identify the culprit or retrieve their AirPods. The app leads them on a wild goose chase through a crowded outlet mall before the AirPods eventually end up in Mexico City. The author reflects on the futility of their efforts and accepts that they will likely never recover their lost property.
- spuz 3y agoAnd the story is very well written and fun to read.
- lostlogin 3y agoI was certain they were going to be in the authors jacket pocket on inside it’s lining or something.
- popey 3y agoSame. I was somewhat disappointed at the end. But I'll be clutching my AirPods Pro even closer tighter to my chest tonight, as a result.
- layer8 3y agoThat’s very subjective.
- cnity 3y agoHave you ever read a novel? You'd hate them.
- bogantech 3y agoA novel about lost headphones would be a surefire hit
- benatkin 3y agoIt certainly could be enjoyable, depending on what happens and how it's told.
- crossroadsguy 3y agoGive it to Nolan. He will bring time travel, theory of pseudo-relatively and everything else in it, in the end revealing it was actually all about espionage and those pods contained sensitive information that a clever time travelling agent has hidden on in. Shit, I just gave it away. Spoiler alert!
- ska 3y ago"A novel about an old guy fishing would be a surefire hit"
- aziaziazi 3y agoI read novels but don’t like all of them. This one was certainly one of the most boring and that’s not the sentiment I look for in novels. What did you liked in this one ?
- op00to 3y agoNovels have a plot. You don’t need to be rude.
- whywhywhywhy 3y agolol, lets not compare this sort of journalism to a novel now...
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- benatkin 3y agoI thought it was gonna relate Airpods to Christopher McCandless. But that's Into The Wild. So thanks for clearing that up for me. :)
- colourgarden 3y agoThe title relates to Into Thin Air which Jon Krakauer also wrote about the 1996 Everest disaster (of which he was part).