Shanmugha

@Shanmugha@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨“You can't be expected to have a successful AI program when every single article, book or anything else that you've read or studied, you're supposed to pay for” Donald Trump said⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  So they will bring the whole thing down, right? Right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Great point, thank you:)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK that "AI" in itself is highly unspecific term⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So… not intelligent. In the sense that when someone without enough knowledge of computers and/or LLMs hears “LLM is intelligent” and sees “an LLM tells me X”, they will be likely to believe that X is true, and not without a reason. Exactly this is my main reason against all the use of intelligence-related terms. When spoken by knowledgeable people who do know the difference - yeah, I am all for that. But first we need to cut the crap of advertisement and hype

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We need to start calling it Simulater Intelligence (SI): here's why:⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Well, if we are not looking at all the disaster the hype is doing on so many levels (which is fine in the sense that technology and fools are different things), I draw the line at… intelligence, not simulation of hardware. I care lot less if something before me runs on carbon, metal or, say, sulfur than I care if it is intelligent

  And as someone has already pointed out, even defining intelligence is damn hard, and different intelligence works differently (someone who is great at moving their body, like dancers or martial artists, is definitely more intelligent than me in quite a few areas, even if I know math or computers better than tem. So… “artificial intelligence” as a bunch of algorithms (including LLM) etc - no problem with me, “artificial intelligence” as “this thing is thinking” or “this thing is just as good as an artist/doctor/lawyer as a human” - nah, bullshit

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anubis, The Opensource Defender Against AI Bots: I fight bots in my free time⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My hero in shining armour (not a sarcasm, just a form of appreciation someone who did what I would never have done)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Fuck. Sorry to hear. Though that means all this ai bullshit won’t drown you, since you are after actual knowledge and skill. And if this makes any difference, I for one wish your life to be as sparing as it can possibly get

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Companies That Tried to Save Money With AI Are Now Spending a Fortune Hiring People to Fix Its Mistakes⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey there. Of course, I am in no position to say “do this, and it will be all right”, but I will say that if there is any other way to live that won’t put this kind of load on you - do it. You being happier is way way more needed in this world than you getting those certificates

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah… The abstract (sorry, will read article a bit later) is bunch of nonsense to me (in respect to what is written, no offense to you):

  • online experience commercially viable? The fuck they are talking about? Yeah, I know what is meant, but they would get fucking F in school for expressing thoughts in such a nonsensical way

  • protections against illegal content would not exist on private servers? Really? Like only your company’s servers can run that? What, you write them in machine code directly? Or is it all done manually? Anyhow, just release source code and it will be up to community to find a way to make it run

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The signatures are still coming and it's already making an impact⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Developer choice, ha-ha, very funny. I am not familiar with the industry and still feel safe to bet most of them just want to get enough money for doing what they can do without too much stress/disgust and also most of them don’t have a desire to see their work die just because some manager decided it is time to make some other games instead

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NVIDIA is full of shit⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The studio has done a great job. You most certainly have heard it already, but I am willing to say it again: the game is worth playing with whatever quality you can afford, save stutter-level low fps - the story is so touching it outplays graphics completely (though I do share the desire to play it on ultra settings - will do one day myself)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can it take months to get over being laid off?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ll add another voice to the choir: yes, something else is going on. Before you get a breakdown, do look for a good therapist and most importantly do take a look at what really matters to you. If you are not doing something that really matters to you (this need not necessarily be your job), depression will come

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The balance of security and privacy sounds weird when privacy IS security.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Not exactly, but security as in “let us pass a law that makes end-to-end encryption in messengers illegal” can go and fuck right off

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨just beat it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think I’ve got your point: that’s not whar we call sound, but yes, the showel and casing will reverberate

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨just beat it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  So, ultra-not-sound. Thank you, o wise one (/s, of course)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨just beat it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  No, there is a well-known experiment: take something that produces sound, put in a glass, suck air out. Won’t hear a thing

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨just beat it⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It does (ok, one catch: if there’s an atmosphere), sound has physical nature. The trick is in asking whether music/art/languages exist after any sentient life is gone

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Florida ban on kids using social media likely unconstitutional, judge rules⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I saved a screenshot of this to post when it happens, if you give your permission

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. Trust me on this, bro

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI company files for bankruptcy after being exposed as 700 Indian engineers - Dexerto⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course. Just one nuclear reactor bro, just one more trillion dollars investment bro

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tragic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Me on Windows: can I play a game at 10 PM? - Nah, I’ve serious not-your-business shit to do, so enjoy your throttling animation

  And that was years before “Ima going to screenshot whatever you are doing every 10 minutes or so, processes it on your computer and store. Safely store? Lol no”

  So no, it was my first operating system, but modern windows is a pile of hostile crap

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you. This is much appreciated

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ironically, people making fun of the "Gnu/Linux" copypasta is probably one of the main ways people know what Gnu is⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yup. Which is why I also cheer up seeing “I use Arch btw” (me too use Arch). Can’t imagine myself giving educational speech on what open source software is and why it matters, but I surely can spam memes here and there

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Peak masculinity⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn, I am not caring about my girl enough. Take my upvote! :)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Helldivers 2 and Palworld devs wish players understood that 'easy' additions and updates are sometimes really hard: 'That's half a year's work. That takes six months'⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yess. I boggles me that the narrative is still “devs this, devs that”. It doesn’t take becoming a game dev to understand that actual software developers are not calling shots on plot twists, monetisation model and so forth. Like, what the hell is wrong with people babbling about devs?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨By Default, Signal Doesn't Recall⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This needs more comments of the same acknowledgement of just how hilariously shit is fucked up that app devs spend time working against an OS

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'End of 10' to Windows 10 Users: The Environment Wants You to Use Linux⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah. Anything that says “yes, kernel-level anticheats will work here” - I will be out. To the point of LFS and offline games only, if need be

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn. I hate how it hurts to know that’s what will happen

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chips aren’t improving like they used to, and it’s killing game console price cuts⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So now we can finally go back to good old code optimization, right? Right? (Padme.jpg)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Once again, need of regulation means humans are under-developed.

  Caring for short-term benefit paying for it by damaging long-term profits is exactly why I call such people idiots, together with trying to use “companies”, “capitalism”, “incentives” and a whole ton of other illusions to run from responsibility. Do I need to explain how not taking responsibility means becoming a slace?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YSK: Regulations don't exist because governments like them...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  -being smart my ass, lol (that’s insult to the idea, not you). That is not being smart, that is being stupid life-wise

  • almost any social system is an immature mumbo-jumbo produced and kept in place by idiots. All -isms fall into this category

  • the idea that humans are capable of recognising how life works is flawed in your eyes? Thanks, I end this conversation