Jimius
@Jimius@discuss.tchncs.de
- Comment on Most Americans don’t trust AI — or the people in charge of it 1 day ago:
Other examples are drone deliveries. Was supposed to be the next big thing, but even more than 15 years later most companies are gone. And mainstream drone delivery is not a thing.
Or take AR/VR glasses. Supposed to revolutionize how we work. But in practice it’s mostly used to play games. First Google Glass and then the Apple Vision Pro gathered quite some attention but is already mostly forgotten. The VR space is still thriving, it’s just not the paradigm shifting technology the early investors wanted it to be. Facebook’s Metaverse cost 36 billion dollars and was a complete flop.
- Comment on Most Americans don’t trust AI — or the people in charge of it 1 day ago:
My feeling is that it’s an AI bubble right now. The value seems apparent and money is being trucked in. But the uptake is lagging. Humans don’t need a piece of software that can write an essay for them. I want an AI that can find this obscure comic I read 10 years ago. That can order tickets for me. Find me the cheapest flights/connections to get from A to B. Summarize a text for me. My feeling is that it’s generative features are the least important.
It’s very telling that smart speakers are also in a very different place now. They were supposed to make shopping easier. That was how they were going to make money. But people just used them for music, asking for the weather and setting timers.
- Comment on Most Americans don’t trust AI — or the people in charge of it 1 day ago:
The most fascinating thing I heard a while ago was that like 60% of readers will stop reading a text if they suspect or discover it’s written by AI.
- Comment on Star trek clothing line 1 day ago:
From their website:
“We will only be working with factories that pass a series of internationally-recognized certifications and audits.”
“We produce items in the US as well as abroad”
Why would a US factory need internationally recognized certifications? That kind of thing is meant to prevent unsafe sweatshop conditions in South-East Asia. Also they’re not specifying how much of their products are made in the US. If I went through the trouble to make 90% of the products domestically I would like to share that. So the balance is most likely leaning towards the other direction.
Oddly enough very product I checked said it was handmade in the US. So which products are made abroad?
I don’t want to be a A-hole over this. It’s cool they’re doing this, and seem to have their hearts in the right place. But I’ve seen too much shit in this space to believe things at face value.
- Comment on Star trek clothing line 1 day ago:
Having to pay tariffs. Sending money to a country with an adversarial government. And it’s not even made in the US.
- Comment on Star trek clothing line 1 day ago:
I don’t think they meant it that way.
- Comment on Will the tariffs lead to a recession? 1 day ago:
I mean the last time we tried tariffs it led to the Great Depression. So I’m going to go with yes.
What’s worse is that even if tariffs went away tomorrow. Even our closest allies are now looking to decouple their economies, which means in time the US will matter less in trade but also the US dollar will lose it’s value.
- Comment on Balatro yet again subject to mods’ poor understanding of “gambling” 2 days ago:
Reminds me of the 90’s. When anime was becoming more available in the west. Titles like Ghost in the Shell, Akira and La Blue Girl. Everyone here just figured they were cartoons and cartoon were for kids. So kids got to watch it…
Now it’s like they see poker, so it must be gambling. Doesn’t matter it’s not the case at all.
- Comment on LinkedIn’s cofounder Reid Hoffman says seeking work-life balance is a red flag that you’re ‘not committed to winning’ 3 days ago:
Working hard and long hours at the detriment of other things can be a good idea. If you have equity, a stake in the thing you’re doing. You could print money. But if you’re an employee, there’s no such incentive.