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• I’m not sure that would effect inference on an already trained model. Data sets are primarily used in training.

  on Nobody Will Say Why Every Major AI Chatbot Suddenly Went Down Yesterday in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Sep 2026

• Just out of curiosity do you actually have an analysis across the board that your statement is correct? For sure if someone is using a model like chatGPT 3.5 it’s going to be mostly trash output so not all models are made equally. My experience of the current generation is models are pretty accurate although still require supervision. Like you can see the path they’re going down and they need some corrections here and there. It’s a far cry from the rampant hallucination just a year ago.

  on Nobody Will Say Why Every Major AI Chatbot Suddenly Went Down Yesterday in c/technology@lemmy.world · 8 Sep 2026

• Are you from. Texas? If so then you’re in luck.

  on consent rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 Sep 2026

• It’s a tool like any other. If used correctly it can provide a great value to the world. If used incorrectly then in this case it can also do the opposite. AI isn’t good or bad intrinsically. It boils down to our relationship to it. The same can be said for all the other tools, radio, television, internet and so on.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• This is a very old discussion and argument, much older than the current AI push. You’re right to a degree but also that hasn’t stopped the rise of strong minds for software development. There will always be the curious and the lazy. The curious will always want to know how things work from the chain of events of a button click to the pixel shifts and logic gate flips to display code on a screen as well as run it. There will also always be the lazy unencumbered by such a desire for awareness who just want the magic box to do the thing.

  How many software devs can write in assembly? Not many. Not much has changed if anything beyond the ability of the unaware to see their will come into creation. People couldn’t make realistic images and now they snap selfies with no barriers to entry. Does that make them a photographer or an artist? Not really.

  on Linus Torvalds used AI to fix a Linux bug, and now LLM critics on Linux face an uncomfortable choice in c/technology@lemmy.world · 2 Sep 2026

• Not a single gps but multiple, the same trick could be done with this theoretically

  on World's first GPS-free quantum navigation trial succeeds at sea in c/technology@lemmy.world · 30 Aug 2026

• Flatpak?

  on Rule in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 28 Aug 2026

• In the last few years it has taken on that connotation but the term artificial intelligence is much older than that and has a linguistic use. If for instance we digitize a full fruit flies brain that’s artificial intelligence or similarly if we develop other models with equally complex behavior. We can even go all the way back to mechanical automaton although mechanical systems are quite limited in performing dynamic and complex behavior.

  on Do not use ai in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 26 Aug 2026

• Why? Nuclear power is amazing for actually producing enough energy for global society and being clean. Renewables are amazing where they can be used.

  on Do not use ai in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 26 Aug 2026

• True, it’s just a tool and should be used where it best provides a real benefit. That’s essentially the core of my argument.

  on Do not use ai in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 26 Aug 2026

• This doesn’t really have anything to do with what I’m talking about. Nuclear energy is awesome, nuclear bombs not so much. AI in applications where it works and makes the world better is awesome. AI in applications where it’s stealing, dehumizing, monitoring, degrading society not so much. It’s fundamentally just a mathematical structure with no intrinsic behavior on its own. What we use it for is up to us collectively.

  on Do not use ai in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 26 Aug 2026

• That’s one use of neural networks we do need to react to accordingly as a populace but it’s not the only use of those algorithms. I gave the example of alpha fold which has essentially solved the very hard problem of protein folding unlocking the door to developing cures for many diseases. The issue isn’t the tech, the issue is in some cases how it is being used. Think of nuclear power. We could have functionally limitless and clean power or we can end life on earth. The problem isn’t nuclear power, the problem is the actions of people.

  on Do not use ai in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 26 Aug 2026

• It’s a tool like any other. It can be used in a destructive and immoral manner or used where it works to improve the lives of people. Think about the alpha fold project and other such use cases.

  on Do not use ai in c/programmer_humor@programming.dev · 26 Aug 2026

• There’s some loopholes to jump through depending on hardware but that’s also because of windows.

  on The fact that you can’t run through Windows setup w/o internet and an online account is absolute bullshit in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026

• How about we don’t duplicate George Orwells 1984 irl?

  on Flock CEO calls for ‘compromise’ as surveillance company faces growing backlash | TechCrunch in c/technology@lemmy.world · 25 Aug 2026

• How would you prefer people talk technology that allows machines to think, learn, and perform tasks that usually require human intelligence?

  We could encode some behavior with mechanical automaton but we can encode far more behavior and more complex behavior with electronic computers. There’s no known strict limit beyond computation to the complexity of behavior we can encode. Now with a fully digitized fruit fly brain one can theorize about a fully digitized human brain. What would we call this if not artificial intelligence? How about other models that encode approximate behavior to human level intelligence?

  The term has linguistic meaning and isn’t just marketing nonsense like calling food products all natural. That said there’s definitely been a ramp up of people calling essentially if-else chains artificial intelligence, lots of abuse of the term.

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026

• Sure, you know the term existed long before it became a financial buzz word right? Anyways in which sense are LLMs or NNs fundamentally flawed? I still believe your chief complaint is about the actions of people and not some mathematical structure much in the same way arguments about engagement algorithms on social media platforms is more about people and their choices than C++ or a binary tree.

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026

• I’m not saying the use cases that some have chosen for certain tools is neutral. Their behavior is indeed bad and should be called out. Ai for instance is at it’s core just a mathematical structure that has no intrinsic behavior, same for the concept of algorithms for social media or algorithms for drones or algorithms for the internet. Yeah some people use the internet to cause a lot of harm or even guide the outcomes of nations but is it the fault of html, CSS, and JavaScript? Not really. The problem is some companies, some people, some government officials and their choices.

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 24 Aug 2026

• Depends on the country. Some places are in decline and others are not. It’s up to the people of each country to manage themselves and their country.

  on its the end of the rule as we know it in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 Aug 2026

• So which algorithm is that? If you’re hinting at manipulating the populace because in fact they are easily programmed via social network manipulation. Yeah anything done maliciously is of course bad but I think that comes down to the use of the tools and not the intrinsic nature of the tools themselves. Algorithms are just math, it’s the will of the individuals wielding them that is corrupt and that seems to be your actual chief complaint.

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• I’m not saying this current push strictly is. That said it’s far more capable than one would have assumed for an algorithm just doing next word prediction. There’s something in there that can be distilled.

  on rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 Aug 2026

• Strong AI has the same capabilities as a human mind at minimum.

  on rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 Aug 2026

• That all depends on how it was made. Not all models cost that much. Chinese models were mostly produced for far less mostly.

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Sidebar it’s kinda crazy how the expectations of AI grew both by users and most definitely product / service providers. You remember that first Will Smith spaghetti video? That was just 3 years ago. A lot has changed but also depending on the model someone is using nothing has. Even frontier models are not yet strong AI aka they seriously need human supervision to check what’s coming out. We’re in this awkward stage where they really do work half of the time but also don’t the other half. The applications are far exceeding their consistent capabilities. In short the deployment and messaging about capabilities needs to be scaled back drastically.

  on rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 23 Aug 2026

• Like which ones and why?

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• Why? Do you have that feeling towards other algorithms?

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 23 Aug 2026

• I mean in an old nuclear bomb that’s pretty much the situation. Use a conventional explosive to slam some plutonium like a sledgehammer and nukes have proven to be a strong deterrent when a country had them. Still a tool with a use case

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• If the tool don’t work then don’t use it. I wouldn’t try to unscrew something with chopsticks

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• It’s a tool, use it where it works and don’t where it doesn’t.

  on Ken Thompson Hack 2.0 in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• Depends how it’s used.

  on 80% of developers find AI coding more addictive than helpful in c/technology@lemmy.world · 22 Aug 2026

• What if they turn around and encode all this data in crystals with advanced laser engraving aka making the information much more resilient to time and degradation? That said the sun will eventually run out of fuel and become a red giant and vaporize the Earth so putting a copy on a few other astrological bodies would be cool for the long haul.

  on AI companies destroy physical books — let’s scan rare books before it’s too late in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• In short just add lots of people and many steps in the way. Killing someone is bad, releasing a product / service you know will kill lots of people is just a rounding error in business.

  on Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Moral of the story never do anything as an individual by your name. Do it as a multi-billion dollar company with a battalion of lawyers and have fall guys. At minimum have an LLC controlled by a trust in someone else’s name doing anything actionable in court.

  Remember companies are people even though they can’t get arrested and giving large sums of money to politicians is free speech, not bribery or corruption.

  on Aaron Swartz was prosecuted for scraping, while Meta does it without consequence in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Imagine going to the doctor for a broken wrist so they just chop off your hand and call it fixed.

  on Best Buy 'repairs' customer's gaming laptop by simply removing half the RAM— claims unit in question only accepts 32 GB of RAM despite listing a 64GB configuration in c/technology@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• Linux is awesome and it’s also a whole bunch of people donating their time which comes with some limitations.

  on linux_irl in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 21 Aug 2026

• This is definitely an opener to a very particular type of book.

  on Yaoi Rule in c/onehundredninetysix@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 Aug 2026

• Apologizing because he changed his views or apologizing because of the backlash?

  on Just found this collage I made years ago, but I have no idea why in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• I’ve found it’s either just that it’s a lack of support issue aka not enough Linux users for that product or service to justify support or good support. Either that or whatever I needed was a project run by a single guy so it works kinda but also kinda not.

  I guess one issue I used to run into particularly in development was conflicts in setting up a lot of things. Now with atomic systems and a sandbox for all my dev tools alongside snapshots that’s essentially dealt with. Also flatpaks can be a massive pain in the rear if one wants more direct CLI control or is getting other issues with the sandbox of the flatpak format.

  I was really into the VanillaOS project for a little while but it’s somehow gotten worse instead of better, at least the last time I used it earlier this year.

  on linux_irl in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Sidebar what was up with that whole Richard stallman it’s okay to be attracted to children situation? I totally forgot about it until this very moment.

  on Just found this collage I made years ago, but I have no idea why in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• There’s no perfect OS. There’s a lot of things about Linux that will drive anyone nuts. That said for a largely community driven project it’s amazing.

  on linux_irl in c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Reminds me of last week tonight buying data from data brokers on politicians.

  on Week of action planned against license plate readers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• Definitely for local town and even a lot of state positions. If I lived in any location long enough I would be inclined.

  on Week of action planned against license plate readers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 20 Aug 2026

• We really need to name and shame all the politicians who signed off on these things so they don’t get elected again.

  on Week of action planned against license plate readers in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• Pixel + graphene OS ftw

  on Fairphone Is Finally Selling Its Repairable Phone in the US in c/technology@lemmy.world · 19 Aug 2026

• What would justify using them? For many I talk to they have an irrational hatred because of how some people and companies have used them so now it’s like a prejudice. That is not matter what they dislike neural networks

  on it's been a while since i made one (or even thought about this) but here is my latest PrivacyPack list! in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 16 Aug 2026

• Sooner is better then latter because they’re already losing the adoption war. An internet where web developers write their sites for chromium specifically is a bad situation and it’s happening slowly. FF needs more adoption and spins who can fit niches they don’t. FF spins just haven’t been as successful as chromium spins so far. Like waterfox vs brave.

  on Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• I’m not saying taking gecko and modifying it is impossible, just far less pleasant than taking blink/V8. Ladybird is interesting because it’s a completely independent project from chromium or FF with some really nice ideas. I hope to see it succeed but seems to be moving a little too slowly as a project to be a serious contender. That’s all to say it’s far easier to make chromium based browsers than FF based browsers. FF has needed a rewrite for like a decade already.

  on Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• It’s not ready yet but there’s the ladybird project that has a lot of promise. I appreciate FF a lot but their code base is a mess, they need a modern rewrite of their browser engine. That’s why we’re getting all these chromium based browsers, it’s just a better base to build off of.

  on Firefox is now the last major browser that still supports uBlock Origin in c/technology@lemmy.world · 16 Aug 2026

• Analogies don’t have to be one to one. I originally got this analogy from Linus Torvalds

  Here’s another

  on it's been a while since i made one (or even thought about this) but here is my latest PrivacyPack list! in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 Aug 2026

• If I’m a moron then so is Linus Torvalds since I literally stole the analogy from him. Generally speaking though these are all just algorithms and the issues people have aren’t about this particular algorithm but the ways in which some people or companies are using the algorithm. It’s a bit like saying you hate the internet because some people use the internet to do very harmful things.

  Here’s another

  on it's been a while since i made one (or even thought about this) but here is my latest PrivacyPack list! in c/privacy@lemmy.ml · 15 Aug 2026