astreus

@astreus@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We have to stop ignoring AI’s hallucination problem⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “We invented a new kind of calculator. It usually returns the correct value for the mathematics you asked it to evaluate! But sometimes it makes up wrong answers for reasons we don’t understand. So if it’s important to you that you know the actual answer, you should always use a second, better calculator to check our work.”

  Then what is the point of this new calculator?

  Fantastic comment, from the article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Romance author gets locked out of Google Docs for “inappropriate” content⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  "Google never specified which of her 222,000 words was inappropriate. There were no highlighted sections, no indicators of what had rendered her documents unshareable. Had one of her readers flagged the content without discussing it with her first? "

  So much of her work could have broken the T&Cs that she can’t identify what it could be without highlights.

  Original Wired article says later in it that Google thought she was spamming

  Different author, but if that’s the case (and it seems this author shares files to over 80 people in one go) then it’s a spam filter issue? Again, non story.

  The headline is a complete lie.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Romance author gets locked out of Google Docs for “inappropriate” content⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Romance” is such a crap term! She was writing porn. Likely with minors. I’m involved with a lot of authors, some also write porn open-door spice, and the only things that get Google bans (from what I’ve been told) are kiddie porn and extreme gore.

  While the dangers of handing your documents to Google can’t be overstated, don’t sympathise too much with this person.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dating apps are as if someone turned the job application experience into a pastime activity⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Found my wife on Hinge - it actually felt like an app to match with people you’d like. Having to actually comment on the profile instead of swipe left or right based on the feel really helped.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Windows 10 reaches 70% market share as Windows 11 keeps declining⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Work laptops in particular suck, I find. My first one was lagging, freezing, and crashing within months. The second one is three times as expensive but the same brand and is still not happy.

  I also use Windows at home and haven’t had the same experience. I think it’s really manufacturer dependent

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How to open a textbook⁩ ⁨⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I dunno, I usually open a textbook by turning over the front cover 🥁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I read them recently - mostly it’s the same stuff as in the canon gospels tbh. Some have more of a Buhdist slant (Jesus isn’t God but we’re all god style) but nothing out there.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Gnostic Gospels is where it’s at! Oldest surviving (non metal/stone) books in existence!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If I had the money to pay for music twice I would 😅

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s true, but at least half the artists I listen to I would never have found if it weren’t for streaming. Something is, after all, better than nothing.

  And compared to the competition, Tidal’s payments are good:

  ~30% more than Apple Music (0.01c) ~300% more than Spotify (0.003 - 0.005c) ~500% more than Soundcloud (0.0025c) ~1000% more than Pandora (0.00133c)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tidal’s subscription is getting simpler and cheaper — yes, you read that right⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Been using tidal ever since Spotify’s Joe Rogan debacle. Main reason? They actually pay the artist. But the sound quality is a nice bonus as well! No regrets…other than people trying to share music with me by sending a spotify link!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Who makes money when AI reads the internet for us?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Considering how much of the web is AI-generated now (with it predicted to rise to 90% by the end of 2026) we’ve managed to turn a tool for connecting people to a tool for chatbots to talk to one another.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ehat are the legal implications of this?⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And in Europe we’re charged 50c a sachet 😞