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Artificial Intelligence is the new hype. Its like a carnival barker mentality.

Every bubble has some type of hype. Go back as "recent" as the dot.com and internet stocks bubble of 2000 and look at they hysteria-level hype back then.

Just look at how rich Mark Cuban got with Broadcast.com being bought by Yahoo for around $5.3 billion around 1999, and then a few years later Yahoo shuts it down.

At least this time the "hype stocks" like AMZN and GOOGL are making money as compared to the likes of Garden.com and Pets.com.

Are you all seeing anything on the virtual horizon to give any insight on what the next hype will be ?

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DemocratsAreTotallyFucked says

RWSGFY says

That the Bay Bridge under construction? Because it was built before WW2.

That's the point: it can't be WWII-era photo as the caption suggests.

AD says

Artificial Intelligence is the new hype. Its like a carnival barker mentality.

Every bubble has some type of hype.

Web -> E-commerce -> Apps -> Data-driven -> Big Data -> Gig economy -> Cloud -> Self-driving -> VR/AR/Metaverse -> LLM/ Generative AI -> ....

So I called into my pharmacy to renew a prescription. Of course an automated “customer service” system. Their voice recognition capability surprisngly had regressed to the 1990’s. Four times it fucked up recognizing my ID number. Never had done that before. Finally I said “Agent” and got a live person. When I complained about this, he said, “Oh yes, we have implemented a new AI system. It will take some time for it to learn, but it will get better.”

What The Fuck!!!

RWSGFY says

Death traps. I have my head on a swivel in the golf cart and in town speed limit is 25mph. Could it save me? I don't know, but I at least have the metal for the roof on the cart to prevent rolling multiple times.

I do see these being an option in suburbs, but not cities. Better off using bike lanes with an ebike in cities. Either way cost is the issue. Lithium batteries ain't cheap. Same thing ICE is probably half the cost.

Al_Sharpton_for_President says

So I called into my pharmacy to renew a prescription. Of course an automated “customer service” system.

I just punch zero a bunch of times on most systems. Also, unless it's life saving, get off the prescription. 90% of them you don't need that cannot be fixed with lifestyle changes. Not a judgement and don't care to know the ailment. I went on anti anxiety meds for a month and quit. I was sleeping or 10-12 hours a day so I couldn't have anxiety and then would wake up with MORE anxiety because I didn't get done what I needed to.

Unless it's to keep the heart pumping and lungs breathing, or to fight cancer, I'm not sure what prescription I'd need. AI is bull shit is the point after the rant. I just put my oldest on the phone until he gets a human on the phone then hands it off to me. He thinks of it as a game. By adulthood he'll be a level 10 troll.

RWSGFY says

Invented by someone who lives someplace where it doesn't rain much is the first thing that comes to mind.

zzyzzx says

RWSGFY says

Invented by someone who lives someplace where it doesn't rain much is the first thing that comes to mind.

Look closely.

RWSGFY says

Look closely.

Hahahahaha!

I saw it before. But didn't associate it with the context of this thread. I was caught up in thinking, "Another EVtarded waste of investment money. Just look at those handlebars!"

WookieMan & zzyzzx fell for it, too.

zzyzzx says

Invented by someone who lives someplace where it doesn't rain much is the first thing that comes to mind.

Get t-boned by my SUV when you blow a stop sign and 100% be dead. I'll need a new bumper.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

WookieMan & zzyzzx fell for it, too.

You do know planes have two yolks? Similar concept and would be easier to drive on left side driving or right side. You have two options. It's a good idea, but you'll die if hit.

The rain thing too.

We didn't fall for anything. It would be able to be sold in about 100% of countries outside of safety concerns like highway driving. I don't like EV's but it's a logical commuter that could be sold in dry urban areas. 10-20 miles max.

WookieMan says

Get t-boned by my SUV when you blow a stop sign and 100% be dead. I'll need a new bumper.

It's not real.

It's as real as these:

WookieMan says

You do know planes have two yolks?

Only if the pilot carries 2 eggs along. Anyway, I think the two yoke illusion is from a second vehicle parked next to it. with the AI considering the body of the 2nd vehicle hidden. What looks strange is why the dashboard has been replaced with the headlight, cowling, and rear-view mirrors of a motorcycle, all facing the driver instead of the road.

Artificial Intelligence: The Problem With Truth



https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1867072516944273476

What AI can do now.

Jurassic Park with raptors as they really were:

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

"What AI can do now. Jurassic Park with raptors as they really were:"

This is not AI, this is just a movie. What am I missing?

The_Deplorable says

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

"What AI can do now. Jurassic Park with raptors as they really were:"

This is not AI, this is just a movie. What am I missing?

Feathers.

Can AI summarize a youtube video? If so, how?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao9rJY7bhhY%3Fsi%3D5tmscNJuoj8Zj7t1

AI guys, which AI do you recommend to make images or videos? do these things work well? i see a lot of ai generated videos online, no idea what they use.

The_Deplorable says

Can AI summarize a youtube video? If so, how?

At work AI summarizes daily or weekly my zoom meetings, my slack conversations, all confluence pages it thinks I should be aware of. It's maddening, the company purchased it, I can't turn it off or make it leave me alone. I have to at least acknowledge it (good puppy!) to make it go away.

I personally use catboost for my own AI models but that is for biological predictions.

Fortwaye says

AI guys, which AI do you recommend to make images or videos? do these things work well? i see a lot of ai generated videos online, no idea what they use.

I'm not sure which is best. I was asking chatGPT to make stick and ascii diagrams before I realized it had evolved to the point that it can make great pictures.

I don't have a X account and so haven't used Grok.

After posting this I looked on Amazon for some stakes for my peppers and Rufus summarized the reviews:

Customers find these garden stakes sturdy, noting they hold up well in weather conditions and don't bend or crack. They work effectively with other garden essentials and are perfect for staking tomato plants, with one customer mentioning they worked particularly well for heavy flowered peonies. Customers appreciate their exact length, ease of insertion into the ground, and straightforward assembly, while also considering them good value for money.

https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckHOA/comments/1k84i71/ai_is_making_fighting_my_hoa_much_easier/

AI is making fighting my HOA much easier

The last time I fought my HOA (and won) it took hours of time thumbing through our governing documents to make my argument and file a complaint with my state’s community ombudsman.

This time? Less than 10 minutes.

My HOA is attempting to implement rules that you can only use certain amenities with a paid reservation - a direct violation of our governing documents. ChatGPT was able to review all of our documents and cite specific sections that the board has violated.

I highly recommend taking that approach if you are in a similar situation.