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Hamartiogonic , 10 months ago to technology in Are people reading articles before posting them?

Occasionally I bump into a BS article that totally deserves a million downvotes. However, the comments are really good, and they deserve twice the number of upvotes. People with a PhD in the subject matter are there tearing the article into tiny shreds and wiping the floor with the resulting mush. Reading stuff like that can be entertaining and educational, so do I upvote or downvote the article? First world problems again…

Hamartiogonic , 10 months ago to technology in Are people reading articles before posting them?

Isn’t there like 99-1 rule or something like that? So the idea is the vast majority of users don’t share links, write posts, draw pictures or anything like that. Instead, they just read the posts and comments. Some of them upvote or maybe even drop a comment here and there. The action of upvoting contributes to certain ideas spreading on the internet.

I would suppose that on FB/X vast majority just read the posts and occasionally also share them. Sharing over there is about as easy as upvoting is in here, so I guess there’s plenty of that type of sharing going on.

Crafting an original post or making a post about a particular link requires little more than a single click, so I don’t think that many people actually share that way. Anyway, Lemmy is indeed a link sharing platform, but now we’re talking a second type of sharing. These things should have clearer names.

Hamartiogonic OP , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to asklemmy in Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?

Yeah, that’s the scenario I was immediately thinking of. Imagine someone was charged for theft and ended up getting a sentence for murder, because GPT did such a fine job and the lawyer couldn’t be bothered to check anything or use their own brain. Well, at least it was free.

Hamartiogonic , 10 months ago to technology in Are people reading articles before posting them?

On Lemmy people don’t really share, but they might upvote stuff as long as the headline supports their personal biases, so I guess that’s reasonably similar to what’s going on in Facebook and Xitter.

Hamartiogonic OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?

If you open a file like that in a text editor (such as notepad++), do you see a a messy hex porridge or does it have structure an LLM might be able to understand?

Hamartiogonic OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?

I feel like the other guy would probably end up spending the rest of his life in jail and he might even sue me for making his situation even worse. Sounds risky.

Hamartiogonic OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?

That is a valid use for an LLM, especially in easy cases. With more complex cases, I usually end up getting completely incorrect tech advice, but eventually I’ve always managed to make things work. It may require a few messages back and forth, but eventually I’ve managed to narrow it down enough that I can ask the right question and I finally get the right answer.

Hamartiogonic OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?

Oh, that’s something I haven’t tried before. Let’s give that a go.

—- Here is a possible political speech about the importance of grid energy storage and why the government needs to invest in it:

My fellow citizens,

We are living in a time of unprecedented challenges and opportunities for our energy system. We face the threat of climate change, which requires us to reduce our dependence on fossil fuels and increase our use of clean and renewable energy sources. We also face the opportunity of technological innovation, which enables us to harness the power of the sun, the wind, and other natural resources to generate electricity that is affordable, reliable, and sustainable.

But there is a missing link in our energy system: grid energy storage. Grid energy storage is the ability to store excess electricity when it is abundant and cheap, and release it when it is scarce and expensive. Grid energy storage can help us integrate more solar, wind, and distributed energy resources into our grid, without compromising its stability and reliability. Grid energy storage can also improve the efficiency of our grid, by reducing the need for costly and polluting peak power plants, and by providing essential services such as frequency regulation, voltage support, and black start capability. Grid energy storage can also enhance our energy security, by making us less vulnerable to power outages, cyberattacks, and natural disasters.

Grid energy storage is not a futuristic concept. It is a reality that is already being deployed around the world. According to the International Energy Agency¹, the total installed capacity of grid-scale battery storage stood at close to 28 GW at the end of 2022¹, most of which was added over the course of the previous 6 years¹. China led the market in grid-scale battery storage additions in 2022, with annual installations approaching 5 GW¹. The United States followed closely, with 4 GW commissioned over the course of the year¹. Other countries and regions, such as India¹, the European Union¹, Australia⁵, and South Korea⁵, have also set ambitious targets and policies to support the development of grid-scale battery storage.

But we cannot afford to be complacent. Grid energy storage still faces many challenges that need to be overcome. These challenges include planning, regulation, standardization, valuation, environmental impact, safety, and social acceptance⁶. We need a coherent and comprehensive strategy to address these challenges and unlock the full potential of grid energy storage for our energy system.

That is why I am calling on our government to invest in grid energy storage as a national priority. We need to allocate more funds for research and development of new and improved storage technologies, materials, and systems⁹. We need to create a level playing field for storage technologies to compete with other resources in the electricity market⁷. We need to update our codes and standards to ensure the safe and reliable operation of storage systems⁶. We need to develop methods and tools to assess the value and benefits of storage systems for the grid and society⁸. And we need to engage with stakeholders and communities to raise awareness and foster trust in storage systems⁶.

Grid energy storage is not only a technical solution. It is also a political vision. A vision of a clean, resilient, and smart energy system that serves the needs of our people and our planet. A vision that we can make a reality if we work together.

Thank you for your attention.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 16/10/2023 (1) Energy storage - IEA. www.iea.org/energy-system/…/grid-scale-storage. (2) On-grid batteries for large-scale energy storage: Challenges and … cambridge.org/…/3671E7C0E8F8B570FDA6C8321E5DD441. (3) Utility-Scale Energy Storage: Technologies and Challenges for an … www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-105583. (4) Review of electrical energy storage technologies, materials and systems … pubs.rsc.org/en/content/…/c8ee01419a. (5) Energy storage growth means data and planning challenges for grids. energy-storage.news/data-availability-and-resourc…. (6) Energy storage technologies opportunities and challenges in smart grids … ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7548263/. (7) Grid energy storage - Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_energy_storage. (8) Benefits of energy storage | ACP. cleanpower.org/…/benefits-of-energy-storage/. (9) Requirements and Benefits of Grid Storage. large.stanford.edu/courses/2013/ph240/cabrera1/. (10) undefined. doi.org/10.1557/mre.2018.11.

—- I’m not an expert on political speeches or the power grid, so I didn’t find much to complain about. Actual politicians and grid engineers might disagree though.

Hamartiogonic OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?

I’ve given some more thought to this transformer thing. It really is in the name, just like you said. Transforming text into another form really is the main area of expertise. I feel like I should give GPT some transformation tasks more often. Generating new stuff can be fun, but that might not be the best way to use it.

It’s a very simple observation about the name, but I think pointing it out has really changed the way I think about GPT. Thanks!

Hamartiogonic OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?

I’ve actually used GPT to summarize book reviews on Amazon and Goodreads. I’m not entirely sure if Bing really reads all the book reviews I tell it to read, but it seems to be pretty good at finding the details that matter to me. In my prompt I’m telling it to skip all the 5-star reviews so that it will only focus on finding common complaints. Based on the summary, I’ll then decide if I can live with the flaws the book has.

Hamartiogonic OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?

That’s a pretty cool site. Next time Bing fails me, I’ll try this site to see if the results are any better.

Hamartiogonic , 10 months ago to technology in I have never seen an ad in the past 6 years. I use android phone, windows PC and Android TV. Keen to hear when was the last time you saw an AD ?

I’m using Brave if I want to watch ad-free youtube videos on my phone. You can also install an ad-blocker on mobile Safari to achieve the same result.

Hamartiogonic , 10 months ago to asklemmy in mastodon and lemmy

To add to that: On Lemmy and Reddit you care about specific topics such as [email protected] or [email protected]. You don’t really care who posts there as long as it’s good stuff. People also vote the posts and comments so that trash sinks to the bottom while gold floats to the top.

On Mastodon (or Xitter) you care about specific people instead. You follow some people and hope they post good stuff. On Mastodon you can make list that collects together all the hashtags you care about. For instance, you could make a list about renewable energy, so you could throw in words like #solar and #wind. This way you could follow a specific topic. Either way, there’s no voting, which means you’ll just get a constant stream of anything and everything. People can boost posts, so if you trust someone enough to follow them, you’ll also see whatever they boost.

Hamartiogonic , 10 months ago to technology in Is your X ad revenue sharing payment smaller than you expected? — If you’re paying a premium hoping that you’ll get paid for your posts, don’t forget that the ‘ad revenue sharing’ is based on views...

Sounds oddly familiar. Just like how the people who make YT videos are constantly trying to exploit the recommendation algorithm, now Xitter users are going to start making more and more viral posts. What could go wrong.

Hamartiogonic OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in Which task would be ideal for an LLM such as chatGPT?

Oh, that’s interesting. You could also ask GPT to generate names and descriptions for places and NPCs according to your specifications. I suppose you might still need to modify these things a bit so that everything works in the story you’re building.