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What is a good eli5 analogy for GenAI not "knowing" what they say?

I have many conversations with people about Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Copilot. The idea that “it makes convincing sentences, but it doesn’t know what it’s talking about” is a difficult concept to convey or wrap your head around. Because the sentences are so convincing....

9 years later, I finally played fallout 4

Having dropped New Vegas in the past due to lost interest, I decided to try this game out finally since a friend of mine was having a fallout 3 playthrough himself. It was it 8 bucks, so I figured why not. I have to say, I put way more hours into this game than both other Bethesda games I’ve played through (Skyrim and...

Trump Posts -- Then Deletes -- Rant About Stormy Daniels Testifying (www.rollingstone.com)

Weapons manufacturers are terrorist organizations (lemmy.ml)

Alex Honnold climbing a mountain without ropes. (files.catbox.moe)

Whistleblower 'would not' put family on Boeing 787 jet (www.bbc.com)

Person comes forward to claim $1.3 billion Powerball jackpot in Oregon (apnews.com)

A person with a ticket matching all six Powerball numbers in Saturday’s $1.3 billion jackpot came forward Monday to claim the prize, Oregon officials said....

Person is diagnosed with bird flu after being in contact with cows in Texas (apnews.com)

Low-pitched gurgling noises (files.catbox.moe)

Linda Bean, L.L. Bean Heiress and Big-Time Trump Donor, Dies at 82 (www.thedailybeast.com)

Apple has kept an illegal monopoly over smartphones in US, Justice Department says in antitrust suit (www.independent.co.uk)

China is building its military on a 'scale not seen since WWII' and is on track to be able to invade Taiwan by 2027: US admiral (www.businessinsider.com)

US Adm. John Aquilino said China’s military is building up at a rate not seen since World War II....

Finland ranked world's happiest country for seventh year (www.dw.com)

The annual World Happiness Report has again ranked Finland and other Scandinavian countries the most cheerful nations on Earth. Costa Rica and Kuwait entered the top 20 in place of the United States and Germany....

Nvidia Wants to Replace Nurses With AI for $9 an Hour (gizmodo.com)

Sons of Star Trek #1 on sale now! (i.imgur.com)

Amazon's Hidden Chatbot Recommends Nazi Books and Lies About Amazon Working Conditions (www.404media.co)

An Amazon chatbot that’s supposed to surface useful information from customer reviews of specific products will also recommend a variety of racist books, lie about working conditions at Amazon, and write a cover letter for a job application with entirely made up work experience when asked, 404 Media has found.

Former Xbox boss Peter Moore says Gen Z may reject new consoles in favor of smartphones and PCs (www.pcgamer.com)

Samsung does an Apple with its first Snapdragon X Elite laptop, suggesting the new Arm-based Windows machines aren't going to be a cheap alternative to x86 (www.pcgamer.com)

Interesting. Samsung making a bold move here, but one that could make sense.

Over 30 (lemmy.world)

France makes abortion a constitutional right (www.bbc.com)

What are your favorite albums from the 2020s?

I’ve always held the belief that music wasn’t better in the past, people just have survivorship bias. What are your genuine favorite albums of the last few years?...

YouTube Music team laid off by Google while workers testified to Austin City Council about working conditions (www.businessinsider.com)

YouTube Music team laid off by Google while workers testified to Austin City Council about working conditions::Some workers learned of the YouTube Music layoffs while testifying to the Austin city council about Google’s refusal to negotiate with the union.