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- Comment on AI finds errors in 90% of Wikipedia's best articles 8 hours ago:
To quote ChatGPT:
“Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT cannot accurately cite sources because they do not have access to the internet and often generate fabricated references. This limitation is common across many LLMs, making them unreliable for tasks that require precise source citation.”
- Comment on AI finds errors in 90% of Wikipedia's best articles 2 days ago:
Finding inconsistencies is not so hard. Pointing them out might be a -little- useful. But resolving them based on trustworthy sources can be a -lot- harder. Most science papers require privileged access. Many news stories may have been grounded in old, mistaken histories … if not on outright guesses, distortions or even lies. (The older the history, the worse.)
And, since LLMs are usually incapable of citing sources for their own (often batshit) claims any – where will ‘the right answers’ come from? I’ve seen LLMs, when questioned again, apologize that their previous answers were wrong.
- Submitted 5 days ago to technology@lemmy.world | 22 comments
- Comment on Thank Mozilla for Killing Localization on Support Mozilla (And Replacing Human Contributions With AI Bots) 5 days ago:
I have to admit I’ve only ever used it for a a paragraph or two at a time. Not too surprising, considering that for centuries many people well-versed in two languages have made a living as translators … and often having to get delicate nuances across (for poets as well as statesmen). It’s as much art as science.
- Comment on Thank Mozilla for Killing Localization on Support Mozilla (And Replacing Human Contributions With AI Bots) 6 days ago:
deepl.com (text translation) has been useful to me
- Comment on In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780,000 Windows users skip Win 11 for Linux, says Zorin OS developers — distro hits unprecedented 1 million downloads in five weeks 1 week ago:
The Mint team also puts out a very stable version called LMDE which is based on Deb rather than Ubuntu.
- Comment on Boiling oceans may lurk beneath the ice of solar system's smallest moons 1 week ago:
are known to have oceans of liquid water between the ice shell and the rocky core
The ‘oceans’ are not ‘known’, They’re a hypothesis based on gases escaping at the surface. That ‘ocean’ could be 1mm thick. Sloppy science writing. ‘Exceptional claims…’
- Comment on Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI 1 week ago:
Interesting when authority-figures start foaming at the mouth about the word ‘woke’. A dog-whistle to those who need the sleep-walking to keep behaving predictably … and to the work of those who’ve spent decades and billions to program that behavior. This cha-cha has been going on since at least the beginning of the Holy Roman Empire.
- Comment on Thunderbird Pro November 2025 Update 1 week ago:
Thunderbird PRO? Would this by any chance NOT have all the strange oddities and quirks that make TBird so dorky? More than 2 sets of similar folders in the left panel?
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
Sooo… you’re looking for volunteers to join your discord … no website to learn more … and get involved with … who, where, what, why completely unknown … to ‘collaborate remotely’ to ‘foster critical thinking’ … that’s all a very vague come-on inviting complete strangers to cooperate with you … an completely unknown organization, no mention of your qualifications, no mention of who’s paying for this or why … that is NOT SO TEMPTING
- Comment on It's your fault my laptop knows where I am 2 weeks ago:
“It’s associated with “Location Services” on most devices, meaning that you cannot opt out of your phone reporting the locations of surrounding Wi-Fi devices without turning off your phone’s ability to obtain its location entirely.”
- Comment on Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration 2 weeks ago:
Except in regions where there is no access to Pu … as the article itself pointed out.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.world | 16 comments
- Comment on Firefox is Getting a New AI Browsing Mode 2 weeks ago:
Not just browsers … Take a look at what Microsoft has in mind for Windows 11. windowslatest.com/…/windows-11-to-add-an-ai-agent…
- Comment on Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration 2 weeks ago:
Good point on the lubricants, but given the potential profits, it’s already being worked on. www.nyelubricants.com/space
- Comment on Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration 2 weeks ago:
That it is!
- Comment on Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space exploration 2 weeks ago:
10 times as much as gold
To -make-, yep. As the article pointed out, there’s a lot of Amercium in waste dumps where old smoke detectors … and anyone can make it. Five times the half-life means it can power much longer missions.
- Americium: How a small element could power the next century of space explorationinterestingengineering.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.world | 26 comments
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- Comment on Aliens Probably Exist - But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason 3 weeks ago:
When I look back on human history, I can see no period that I would call ‘civilized’. (Sure, there were pockets of civilization.)
- Comment on Aliens Probably Exist - But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason 3 weeks ago:
civilizations that sprouted and died
Maybe there’s something better than civilizations (not that we’ve ever had one yet) and they figured that out and are too blissed to listen.
- Comment on Aliens Probably Exist - But They’re Staying Silent For a Reason 3 weeks ago:
If FTL is a thing, that’s OK with me, many good stories include it and I’d miss them.
- Comment on Scientists Growing Colour Without Chemicals 3 weeks ago:
Going by ‘colour’, I’d guess that headline came from the UK. Writing them is a tricky, trippy task.
- Comment on 28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower 3 weeks ago:
Electrics produce maximum torque at 0 rpm …
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.world | 31 comments
- Comment on 28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower 4 weeks ago:
Yep, I noticed that, you’re right. And that’s near-miraculous efficiency. The maker’s website sez: “YASA also estimates that its all-important continuous power will be in the region of 350kW-400kW (469bhp-536bhp).” It also sez: "To achieve a 750kW short-term peak rating and a density of 59kW/kg … " Devi’ls in the details … The image on the ‘superblondie’ page shows A LOT of cooling built into whatever metal that is: supercarblondie.com/…/YASA-tiny-electric-motor.we…
- Comment on 28-pound electric motor delivers 1000 horsepower 4 weeks ago:
I think he was trying to admit he doesn’t know shit about electric motors.
- Submitted 4 weeks ago to technology@lemmy.world | 228 comments
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- Comment on Mathematics disproves Matrix theory, says reality isn’t simulation 4 weeks ago:
Oh those mathers. At least scientists are humble enough to recognize that theorums about the physical world can’t be proven.
