David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoat last, OpenAI's official definition of "AGI"! Can you guess what it is?plus-squaregizmodo.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkat last, OpenAI's official definition of "AGI"! Can you guess what it is?plus-squaregizmodo.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoNot that we’d ever do a filler piece on Christmas and AIplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoCall 1-800-CHATGPT for an annoying time with OpenAI’s cheerful botplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkCall 1-800-CHATGPT for an annoying time with OpenAI’s cheerful botplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoThe OpenAI Christmas special: o3 is totally an intelligence, guys! For extremely specific values of ‘intelligent’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe OpenAI Christmas special: o3 is totally an intelligence, guys! For extremely specific values of ‘intelligent’plus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoGary Marcus in Wired writes the bloody obvious about genAI being shitplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareGary Marcus in Wired writes the bloody obvious about genAI being shitplus-squareDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agoAustralia’s under-16 social media ban to use hand-waving to verify ages with AIpivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAustralia’s under-16 social media ban to use hand-waving to verify ages with AIpivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoAnthropic and Apollo astounded to find that a chatbot will lie to you if you tell it to lie to youplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAnthropic and Apollo astounded to find that a chatbot will lie to you if you tell it to lie to youplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoUK government wants to give AI companies free access to train on your creative workspivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUK government wants to give AI companies free access to train on your creative workspivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoAll Protocols are Not the Same: Joanne McNeil on Blueskyplus-squarefilmmakermagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkAll Protocols are Not the Same: Joanne McNeil on Blueskyplus-squarefilmmakermagazine.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoMicrosoft refuses a documentation fix because AI might not understand text in tablesplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft refuses a documentation fix because AI might not understand text in tablesplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months ago"Sam Altman is one of the dullest, most incurious and least creative people to walk this earth."deadsimpletech.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-link"Sam Altman is one of the dullest, most incurious and least creative people to walk this earth."deadsimpletech.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoDo knee X-rays show if you drink beer? Medical AI versus algorithmic shortcuttingplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkDo knee X-rays show if you drink beer? Medical AI versus algorithmic shortcuttingplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoApple Intelligence AI mangles headlines so badly the BBC officially complainspivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkApple Intelligence AI mangles headlines so badly the BBC officially complainspivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoKevin Roose is gonna write "A Latecomer's Guide To AI" and the bubble will burst hard two months laterplus-squarewww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkKevin Roose is gonna write "A Latecomer's Guide To AI" and the bubble will burst hard two months laterplus-squarewww.nytimes.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoUnitedHealthcare Optum leaves internal AI chatbot open to the worldplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkUnitedHealthcare Optum leaves internal AI chatbot open to the worldplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoWindows AI Copilot+ Recall stores screenshots of sensitive data, regardless of ‘sensitive information’ filterplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWindows AI Copilot+ Recall stores screenshots of sensitive data, regardless of ‘sensitive information’ filterplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoOpenAI launches then un-launches Sora, Twitter gives Grok away for freeplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkOpenAI launches then un-launches Sora, Twitter gives Grok away for freeplus-squarepivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoSorry kid, we killed your robot — Embodied goes broke, AI social devices will stop workingpivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSorry kid, we killed your robot — Embodied goes broke, AI social devices will stop workingpivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoSabine Hossenfelder: Google's quantum announcement is the usual pufferyplus-squarex.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkSabine Hossenfelder: Google's quantum announcement is the usual pufferyplus-squarex.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink
David Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agoItch․io taken down by bogus AI-sourced phishing claim from Funko Pop, BrandShieldpivot-to-ai.comexternal-linkmessage-square0fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkItch․io taken down by bogus AI-sourced phishing claim from Funko Pop, BrandShieldpivot-to-ai.comDavid Gerard@awful.systemsM to TechTakes@awful.systemsEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square0fedilink