That is the thing about general purpose LLMs. They really are impressive to people with below average experience and knowledge in a specific field.
People who actually do know something; academics, professionals and hobbyists realise that they are completely useless for their specific use case.
Unfortunately then they use it for something they are ignorant about and then they forget how useless they are.
Managers aren’t being held accountable for their management decisions either.
“Oh, I sacked our entire workforce and sold all the company assets, so the figures will look amazing this month.”
<one month later>
“Oh, the figures are down this month, a golden handshake!? Thank you very much.”
Our local Street Racing in the 1970s also included an entrant provided by the Local Police. They also provided road closures and crowd control and usually won, reinforcing the idea that if you took part in illegal street racing, you were likely to get caught.
There has been a huge crackdown on Street Racing in the last 50 years and we no longer locally manufacture Muscle Cars.
The former Street Racers have turned to 4WDing and have been tearing up 4WD tracks and Firebreaks since.
This makes it difficult for Hikers, Horseriders, Mountain Bikers, campers and recreational touring 4WDers, as well as park rangers and firefighters.
It does have its use case, especially since Things are so bloody expensive nowadays.
When a replacement car key costs $2000, some people may chose to pay $50 for a keyring that makes it easy to find them when the lose them down the back of the sofa, regardless of the privacy implications.
That said, I have never had to search for the two items I have an AirTag attached to; although an AirTag in my wallet would be handy.
I admit that that is a pretty big assumption, but I do have faith in the people.
It may be misplaced faith.
The only way out is;
Botulinum Toxin overdose.
That would explain why he had to check in with his FSB handler in Alaska last week.
Repetition with sincerity.
Just keep telling them that they are beautiful.
Someone with body issues of any sort just need to have their self-esteem reinforced.
Targetting their specific issue can seam insincere. Just telling them that they are beautiful is enough.
Kinetic Yellow.
Illegal in some countries because that sort of colour is reserved for Emergency Vehicles.
I wanted to join Team Tennis Ball when I purchased my Jimny, but decided that Team Latte was a much better team to be on.
The reason why the Jimny (Samurai) was discontinued in the US was due to Consumer Reports corrupting their testing procedures due to corporate pressure.
The fact that a Jimny will not survive being hit by an oversized Truck reflects more poorly on the society that is normalising driving oversized Trucks than on the Jimny.
The SLATE Truck looks interesting. It is an EV from a new upstart.
The have an interesting sales model but they are backed by Bezos so they are probably more financially stable that Tesla.
Substitute “Pie” “Couches”
This can be paired with the “Erase all Data” option in “FaceID and Passcode” settings to add another level of security.
Just remember to play dumb when you “accidentally” incorrectly enter your passcode 10 times in a row and to make sure you have a recent backup that you are able to access.
Just a reminder for anyone travelling to the US (or any other totalitarian regime that doesn’t respect right to privacy).
I can’t remember the combination of buttons you need to hold down on your iPhone to disable biometric unlocking and to force erase your phone.
Anyone else remember these, and know the equivalent combination for Android devices, please comment.
Keeping multiple devices is the easiest way to get by. Have a burner phone for everyday use when travelling and keep your main phone either at home, or locked and unpowered in your luggage.
That’s right!
But if I stopped buying from AliExpress, I would have to purchase the exact same thing from Amazon or eBay at 10 times the price, and if I boycott the US companies as well, I would need to buy the exact same thing at 100 times the price from Bunnings!
(Meanwhile AliExpress sellers are reselling the exact same thing that can be purchased in bulk from AliBaba at 1/10th the price)
The currently executive in the US is either completely incompetent or maliciously trying to destroy the US.
In some fields, General Purpose LLMs are useful;
That is why they are being adopted wholesale by certain companies; marketeers and analysts for lobbying groups and political movements.
So yes, they are useless for any legitimate case, but are useful for justification of lies to certain gullible individuals (consumers and politicians).
That said, the fact that Deloitte was forced to (partially) pay the Australian Government back for a report that was all AI Dross is enheartening. The fact that it was only a partial refund and the company is not being prosecuted for Fraud is disenheartening.