brendansimms

@brendansimms@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just daydreaming about how the future of ‘AI assisted web search’ might quickly destroy our grip on reality. For instance if my MAGA mother-in-law says covid vaccines contain magnetizing microchips, and I say no they dont, then she googles ‘covid vaccine magnetizing microchip’, then the ‘AI assist’ automatically generates a video/article for ‘covid vaccine magnetizing microchip’ 🤷 . I realize this is basically happening already, but this is terrifying and I’m still trying to wrap my head around how we can collectively hold on to reality beyond what we can confirm with our own five (or however many) senses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI is rotting your brain and making you stupid⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I use LLM’s to help with math/science/coding, and the thing it screws up the most seems to be simple math (typically units/conversion issues) so I would be weary about gleaning financial advice from a chatbot.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientific conferences are leaving the United States amid border fears⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  ISMRM?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Scientific conferences are leaving the United States amid border fears⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  i heard there’'s this just *horrible * site called sci hub that allows you to put in links from paywalled scientific articles and gives you access to read them and it works for pretty much every scientific paper out there…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anthropic's Claude 4 could "blackmail" you in extreme situations⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  wait are insects not considered ‘sentient’ ?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Satellite images reveal Huawei’s advanced chip production line in China⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Are all financial times articles as shitty as that one?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  it does look like spam - but it is interesting! Especially the linked article under the ‘native ai-memory’ tab (arxiv.org/abs/2406.18312). This concept of short-term and long-term USEFUL memory for LLMs is super interesting. I’d definitely be apprehensive about using a third party to do something like this though. This is something where you want to self host every aspect of the tool.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  most people have absolutely no idea how to ‘run it through an ai voice program’ … yet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Duolingo will replace contract workers with AI | The Verge⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  your local public library (if in US) should offer free language courses online - all you need is a library card

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apex Legends writer gets laid off 24 hours after the character she wrote is revealed, because that's what the games industry in 2025 looks like⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  so yea, they should unionize.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Make America Greay Again': are MAGA monarchists?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  but if any other leader is elected, it was a SHAM and STOLEN ELECTION! so theyre just fascists who want their xenophobe in chief to reign supreme

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨South Korea says DeepSeek transferred user data to China and the U.S. without consent⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This same article is getting rewritten/copypasted between all the “news” sites. It’s all based on absolutely nothing cause they provide zero evidence - it’s just empty accusations and broken links.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How would you run a society?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Sci-fi writer Ursula Leguin wrote a book about an anarcho-syndicalistic society called The Dispossessed. In that book, those who ‘opted out’ of this society were barred from enjoying the fruits of the collective labor but could still live on the outskirts and start their own subsistence farm or whatever. Societal control in that story was basically maintained through personal relationships among the community (shame those who don’t want to contribute) whereas the capitalistic society control method is threaten with death by restricting access to resources (home,food,water,etc). I’m not saying public shaming is the best route, but it’s still more humane than work or die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What is the best place to search for actual news about a keyword and get results that are actually timely and date order descending?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kagi = best 5$/mo I spend. Found them in my de-googling process.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prompt engineer : The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree on both counts - honestly, a lot of companies are probably just posting job openings (that will purposefully remain vacant) with titles like AI Prompt Engineer and SEO Specialist to help boost shareholder confidence. I think I’m just fighting against the idea that LLMs should be used like a search engine - i know you didnt suggest that but I’ve been reading a lot recently about ‘ChatGPT lies!’ when in reality people are wrongly using a pattern recognition system like its a search engine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prompt engineer : The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  screw NewYorkLife, but LLM’s are definitely not bullshit technology. Some amount of skill in so-called ‘prompt-engineering’ makes a huge difference in using LLMs as the tool that they are. I think the big mistake people are making is using it like a search engine. I use it all the time (in a scientific field) but never in a capacity where it can ‘lie’ to me. It’s a very effective ‘assistant’ in both [simple] coding tasks and data analysis/management.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Welcome to Red Pill⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Boo the pseudoscience! Boo!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Prompt engineer : The Hottest AI Job of 2023 Is Already Obsolete⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  exactly this - SEO (search engine optimization) is huge, just like “prompt engineering” is extremely valuable - and its quite different from SEO. I wouldnt think either is a full-time position but, but learning to effectively prompt and use LLM’s is definitely a skill.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨DeepSeek Transferred User Data & Prompts Overseas Without Consent, Claims South Korea’s Data Protection Authority; Activities Were Carried Out When Service Was Active In January⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No link to a source in the article. I searched for it and found a CNBC article that posts a link to the “report” from the South Korean Data Protection Authority, but its a bad link. I dont read Korean so its difficult to search any further, but I found no evidence that the south korean authority made this claim.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Nickel and Cobalt considered ferrous?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea it seems like including Ni and Co as ‘ferrous’ materials is only done in certain industries/applications. From a pure chemistry point of view, only iron (Fe) is ferrous. [source: got bachelors in chem]. Also, as mentioned elsewhere, some people/industries [incorrectly] use the term ‘ferrous’ to mean magnetic, but the actual term is ‘ferromagnetic’. Lots of the old terminology (lots of latin) is still used even though we now know they are technically incorrect.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why are Nickel and Cobalt considered ferrous?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In what context have you seen them referred to as ferrous? [source?]

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Applying 'extreme heat' to lithium-ion batteries reportedly restores their capacity, and I think it's the sustainable tech breakthrough of 2025⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  heat to 80K…oh wait

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Come on over to Maryland :) Specifically the corridor between DC-Balt-Annapolis is pretty progressive (but expensive…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Apple announced that the company has surpassed a 60 percent reduction in its global greenhouse gas emissions compared to 2015 levels.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yea this is literally from apple.com

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Laser cooling breakthrough could make data centers much greener⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting idea but this article gives absolutely minimal technical information

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Millennials are watching monthly student loan payments skyrocket from $500 to $5000 under Trump: This will ‘crash the economy’⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  40kUSD is nothing compared to some STEM degrees - especially at the masters level. PhDs can often be funded and not cost the student though (only in lost time…and mental health…)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thinkpad for the win⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I played GTAV on T-430s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Kill your Feeds - Stop letting algorithms dictate how you think⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Through the Voyager phone app I sometimes use the ‘random community’ search option to make Lemmy like StumbleUpon. I dont see this random option through desktop though…maybe its a Voyager thing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What makes you say that? From my recent experiences with short form media I’d say there are plenty of bright people involved. There’s tons of actual good STEM/Maker/DIY/Educational/History content and the medium lends itself well to quick community building