QuadratureSurfer

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to technology in Opinion | Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype?

I don’t think that “fake” is the correct term here. I agree a very large portion of companies are just running API calls to ChatGPT and then patting themselves on the back for being “powered by AI” or some other nonsense.

Amazon even has an entire business to help companies pretend their AI works by crowdsourcing cheap labor to review data.

This is exactly the point I was referring to before. Just because Amazon is crowdsourcing cheap labor to backup their AI doesn’t mean that the AI is “fake”. Getting an AI model to work well takes a lot of man hours to continually train and improve it as well as make sure that it is performing well.

Amazon was doing something new (with their shopping cart AI) that no model had been trained on before. Training off of demo/test data doesn’t get you the kind of data that you get when you actually put it into a real world environment.

In the end it looks like there are additional advancements needed before a model like this can be reliable, but even then someone should be asking if AI is really necessary for something like this when there are more reliable methods available.

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to technology in Opinion | Will A.I. Ever Live Up to Its Hype?

This would actually explain a lot of the negative AI sentiment I’ve seen that’s suddenly going around.

Some YouTubers have hopped on the bandwagon as well. There was a video posted the other day where a guy attempted to discredit AI companies overall by saying their technology is faked. A lot of users were agreeing with him.

He then proceeded to point out stories about how Copilot/ChatGPT output information that was very similar to a particular travel website. He also pointed out how Amazon Fresh stores required a large number of outsourced workers to verify shopping cart totals (implying that there was no AI model at all and not understanding that you need workers like this to actually retrain/fine-tune a model).

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to videos in Montrealer who dumped water on unhoused man's face issues public apology.

It becomes easy to do something like this once we start vilifying others and thinking that they “deserve it”.

In this case according to the man that threw water, the homeless person had a history of sexual harassment and being violent towards the attendees.

We see this all the time in politics. We’re so used to attacking the other side verbally that when one side says something offensive to the other side, physical fights can break out.

Image of apology here: https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/73fa415f-28eb-4144-b6fb-6ab543f997f5.jpeg

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to technology in Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down

Do you have a source for those scientists you’re referring to?

I know that LLMs can be trained on data output by other LLMs, but you’re basically diluting your results unless you do a lot of work to clean up the data.

I wouldn’t say it’s “impossible” to determine if content was generated by an LLM, but I agree that it will not be reliable.

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to technology in Google is redesigning its search engine — and it’s AI all the way down

But what app did you use to access OSM and download the maps for offline use… was it a web browser? OsmAnd? Vespucci?

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to videos in Big Tech Is Faking AI

This video should have more accurately been labelled, “Things that make AI Look Bad” rather than attempting to prove that AI was faked.

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to technology in Hello GPT-4o

The demo showcasing integration with BeMyEyes looks like an interesting way to help those who are blind.

vimeo.com/945587840

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to videos in Big Tech Is Faking AI

I would be careful trusting everything said in this video and taking it at face value.

He touches on a broad range of different AI related news, but doesn’t seem to fully grasp the technology himself (I’m basing this statement on his “evidence” from the 8 min mark).

He seems to be running a channel that’s heavily centered on stock market related content. And it feels like he’s putting his own spin on every topic he touches in this video.

Overall, it’s not the worst video, but I would rather base my information from better informed sources.

What he should have done was to set the baseline by defining what AI actually is and then proceed to compare what these companies are doing with that definition. Instead we have a list of AI news stories covering Amazon Fresh Stores, Gemini, ChatGPT, and Copilot (powered by ChatGPT) and his own take on how those stories mean that everything is faked.

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to videos in Video game physics in a nutshell.

Uh, why not link to the actual creator’s video himself? www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF8h9ExDvn4

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to gaming in Helldivers 2 remains delisted in 177 countries and territories even as Sony backs down on PSN requirement, Arrowhead CEO says 'I won't rest in my desire to have it available everywhere'

That makes sense, but I haven’t seen any official announcement from Steam saying that they did this. Only speculation from random people. Any documentation I can find just seems to point to this being a decision that’s made by the company releasing the game (or in this case Sony as the publisher).

Besides, only a few hours ago 3 new countries were added to the restricted list: steamdb.info/sub/137730/history/?changeid=2349208…

I doubt that Steam is still trying to block additional countries given that Sony has already announced that the PSN account requirement is being withdrawn.

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to gaming in Helldivers 2 remains delisted in 177 countries and territories even as Sony backs down on PSN requirement, Arrowhead CEO says 'I won't rest in my desire to have it available everywhere'

Steam doesn’t control the region locks.

The publisher (Sony) is the one that makes changes to their store page which affects where it can be sold.

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to gaming in Making good, profitable games 'will no longer keep you safe': industry expresses fury and heartbreak over closure of Hi-Fi Rush and Prey studios

Most of their Devs quit because they didn’t want to work on it: pcgamer.com/report-most-of-arkane-austins-prey-ve…

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago to gaming in Helldivers 2 Community Manager Seemingly Gone After PlayStation Login Meltdown

Looks like someone setup a petition for Spitz to get rehired. change.org/…/re-hire-the-legendary-community-mana…

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to gaming in Helldivers 2 Community Manager Seemingly Gone After PlayStation Login Meltdown

Better/additional info here: gamesradar.com/…/helldivers-2-community-manager-s…

Spitz:

“Generally it’s not a good idea to tell people to refund and leave negative reviews when you’re a community manager. TIL,” Spitz said. “I appreciate all the support and I appreciate even more that everyone can play the game again without restrictions. I knew I was taking a risk with what I said about refunding and changing reviews. I stand by it. It was my job to represent the community, that’s what I did.”

They added: “I wanted to work for Arrowhead because they’re my all-time favorite studio. I got that chance. I’m thankful for that opportunity. I’d happily continue working for them if I had the choice, but that isn’t up to me or anyone else in here. I can walk away happy and I don’t want anyone causing trouble on my behalf, especially not to people I still have a lot of care and respect for.”

This definitely sounds like Sony wanted them out and Arrowhead wanted them to stay.

QuadratureSurfer , 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to gaming in Microsoft Closes Redfall Developer Arkane Austin, Hi-Fi Rush Developer Tango Gameworks, and More in Devastating Cuts at Bethesda - IGN

Games made by the studios being closed:

Arkane Austin (Tap for list) Blade (Marvel game (not?) in development)
Redfall
Deathloop
Prey
Prey Digital Deluxe
Prey Mooncrash
Dishonered
Dishonered 2
Dishonered Death of the Outsider
Dishonered Dunwall City Trials
Dishonered The Knife Of Dunwall
Dishonered The Brigmore Witches
Dishonered Void Walker’s Arsenal
Arx Fatalis

Tango Gameworks Hi-Fi Rush
Ghostwire Tokyo
The Evil Within
The Evil Within 2

Alpha Dog Games Wraithborne (iOS, Android)
MonstroCity: Rampage (iOS, Android)
Ninja Golf (iOS, Android)
Mighty DOOM (iOS, Android)