sethops1

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by sethops1 10mo ago
Ugh Google Now on my Pixel 3 was the last time I felt a genuine "wow" factor with tech. Everything since then has been between eye-rolling, uninteresting, or just worse.
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by sethops1 10mo ago
If total invasion of privacy is the only way to make AI useful, then maybe it isn't useful?
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by sethops1 10mo ago
I'd throw in the failure to do anything meaningful with home automation, which I guess could fall under the Siri umbrella of failure. Maybe I'm still peeved big tech bought up the industry just to kill any innovation.
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by sethops1 10mo ago
I think this might only be true on Android? Apple has a strict policy that the basic app functionality must work even without permissions. And testing right now, I can send messages to direct numbers without having given access to my contac
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by sethops1 10mo ago
Haha, I hadn't heard about this before https://www.accenture.com/us-en/services/metaverse > executives expect 4.2% of their revenues coming from metaverse in the next 3 years—a value of $1 trillion I wonde
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by sethops1 10mo ago
People right here on HN were adamant my next house would be purchased using an NFT. And similar absurd claims about blockchain before that.
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by sethops1 10mo ago
And the fact that everybody knows real inflation is still high.
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by sethops1 10mo ago
I think this has a lot more to do with time commitment. Once the problems take more than ~1 hour I tend to stop because I have stuff to do, like a job that already involves coding.
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by sethops1 10mo ago
What's sad is how real this is.
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by sethops1 11mo ago
I'm genuinely curious about the unit economics on the expensive plans for each of these AI plays. It's common to parrot the idea companies are still losing money on them but hard to find actual evidence.
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by sethops1 11mo ago
Not sure about altruistic, but definitely corrupt.
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by sethops1 11mo ago
Except they're taking on a huge amount of debt, enough that it would lower their credit rating, which is why they're trying to offload it ...
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Comparing the Genesis Mission to the Manhattan Project(tickerfeed.net)
8 points by sethops1 11mo ago|0 comments
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by sethops1 11mo ago
I hope this is sarcasm
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by sethops1 11mo ago
I am suspect that ads will be able to cover the cost of inference, much less model building, salaries, product development, etc. The ad industry is built upon _and priced for_ websites that return results for virtually zero cost. That isn&#
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by sethops1 11mo ago
Try using the shopping feature they just launched. It's literally just jamming ads into your chat session. https://openai.com/index/chatgpt-shopping-research/
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by sethops1 11mo ago
They should compete in the crucible of the free market. If prompt engineering is indeed a profitable industry then so be it. I for one am just tired of all things software being dominated by this hype funded AI frenzy.
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In What Universe Is Thinking Machines Lab Worth $50B(tickerfeed.net)
6 points by sethops1 11mo ago|1 comments
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by sethops1 11mo ago
That "bad leadership" dug AMD out of hole and transformed the company into a behemoth. From under $2 a share to around $250 in eight years. I'll invest in that kind of bad leadership all day everyday.
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by sethops1 11mo ago
This was promised at Google I/O 2016. Still waiting.
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by sethops1 11mo ago
I really struggle to see a path where $.01 ad inventory covers the cost of inference, much less training or any other of OpenAI ventures. Unless every query makes you watch a 30 second unskippable video or something equally awful.
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by sethops1 11mo ago
Is anyone else tired of chat bots? Really doesn't feel like typing a conversation every interaction is the future of technology.
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Sam Altman Is Getting Desperate and It Is Starting to Show(tickerfeed.net)
100 points by sethops1 11mo ago|43 comments
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by sethops1 11mo ago
Huh? They have committed to about a trillion dollars in infrastructure build out they will need to pay for. How about instead of begging tax payers to back loans to pay for this, they actually produce some profit and pay for it themselves?
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by sethops1 1y ago
If people are buying iPhones without AI mashed into every orifice, why bother?
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by sethops1 1y ago
kubernetes
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When does OpenAI go bankrupt?(tickerfeed.net)
5 points by sethops1 1y ago|1 comments
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by sethops1 1y ago
I just upload the file I want to change and the file with associated tests. Anything more than that and the ROI goes way down on slop generated. But I'll admit Gemini at least is getting good at "implement the function with a TODO
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by sethops1 1y ago
If I owned a Jeep I'd be dumping it off at CarMax first thing Monday morning.
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by sethops1 1y ago
Heh, I submitted a complaint with Apple every day until they reverted those Safari tab styles. Awful design. There is something deeply broken inside Apple allowing these broken, awful designs get out.

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