I have a rough time with the real kind.
Count me out on the artificial variety.

 

I do not use Sirus or Alexis, unless she is from Texas I know we have AI on these smart phones, and that is enough for me.

 

There’s no such thing. Especially the “intelligence” part.

 

I used Waze and have it talk with an Australian accent. Is that close enough?

 

Another step closer to total control…

 

Is thinking really so hard that we should leave it all to an algorithm…

 

Here's another example from ChatGPT showing how it can compare and contrast products or other items, systems, etc.

Prompt -

"Compare and contrast the specifications, performance, reliability and customer ratings of the Glock G44 and the Glock 43X and please cite your sources in an MLA style bibliography at the end."

Answer - (about 30 sec)

"Sure, I'd be happy to help you with that. Here is a comparison of the Glock G44 and Glock 43X based on their specifications, performance, reliability, and customer ratings:

Specifications:

The Glock G44 is a semi-automatic .22 caliber pistol, while the Glock 43X is a semi-automatic 9mm pistol. The G44 has a barrel length of 4.02 inches, an overall length of 7.28 inches, and weighs 14.64 ounces unloaded. The 43X has a barrel length of 3.41 inches, an overall length of 6.5 inches, and weighs 18.7 ounces unloaded. Both models have a magazine capacity of 10 rounds, with the 43X also having the option for a 15-round extended magazine.

Performance:

The G44 is designed for training, plinking, and target shooting, with reduced recoil and muzzle rise, making it ideal for beginners and experienced shooters alike. The 43X is designed for concealed carry and personal defense, with a slim profile and comfortable grip that make it easy to carry and handle in stressful situations. Both models are known for their accuracy, reliability, and ease of use.

Reliability:

Both the G44 and the 43X are known for their reliability. The G44 is designed to work with a wide variety of .22 LR ammunition, including high-velocity and subsonic rounds, and features a hybrid steel-polymer slide and polymer frame for durability and reduced weight. The 43X features a Glock Marksman Barrel for improved accuracy and a safe-action system with three independent safeties to prevent accidental discharges.

Customer Ratings:

Both the G44 and the 43X have received high ratings from customers. On Glock's official website, the G44 has an average rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars, based on 302 reviews. Customers praise the G44 for its accuracy, reliability, and ease of use. The 43X has an average rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars, based on 1,472 reviews. Customers praise the 43X for its comfortable grip, slim profile, and reliability.

Sources:

"G44." Glock, GLOCK 44. Accessed 7 Apr. 2023.

"43X." Glock, https://us.glock.com/en/pistols/g43x. Accessed 7 Apr. 2023.

"G44 Reviews." Glock, https://us.glock.com/en/pistols/g44/reviews. Accessed 7 Apr. 2023.

"43X Reviews." Glock, https://us.glock.com/en/pistols/g43x/reviews. Accessed 7 Apr. 2023."


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It has some glitchy things as above. It's saying it cited its sources two days from now. Well, I hope that's a glitch anyway.

 

I signed up the other day.......I asked it to give me a list of 10 players most likely to hit a home run that day.......it told me it had data only until 2021, and then it added some other nonsense about how I could research this or something........so I dumped my whiskey into it...

 

You can call me AI. Paul Simon and Chevy Chase were pioneers in AI.

 

@Kerblam9,
None of this is directed at you personally, so please don't take it that way.

I am a 5th generation cattle rancher. We produce free-range beef cattle. On our 600 deeded acres, we have over 300,000 square feet of barn, shop, and equipment maintenance space. We have multiple high Kw diesel and lpg generators, dozens of pieces of motorized equipment, 9 single family homes for us and staff, a bunkhouse for unmarried employees, storage barns, pump houses for our water wells, horse barns, a canning shed, a butchering barn for wild game...
I could go on, but you get the point.
Every few months, some guy comes to the ranch to try to sell me "the 21st Century" or "the latest in time-saving automation". My response to these guys is the same every time:
I walk them out to an equipment shop, and then I walk outside and kill the breakers for that shop. I then explain that this was how my great-great-grandfather worked on equipment in the 1890's. Then I light one of the many Coleman lanterns hanging everywhere here, and I ask him,
"What the f#%& will your computer and your automation do for me now?"
Cattle ranches run 24/7. I have people on staff who know this industry. I don't need electricity or computers to raise cattle, and I don't need AI (or trust it) or a computer specialist to run it. Besides, I've met ALOT of people in my life, and I've yet to meet the IT genius who will run a skiploader moving manure in the rain for 10 + hours a day while waiting to do maintenance on the system.
With the exception of my Ranch Manager's granddaughters, everybody on this property has a job.
Well, except my wife's Siberian Husky. But he's royalty- just ask him.

 

@Kerblam9,
None of this is directed at you personally, so please don't take it that way.

Nothing taken personally and I respect your outlook and opinion. Your home and ranch sounds amazing and my guess is it's a fantastic community of people that live and work on your land.

This is just the stuff I need to work with and understand to help inform others and frankly defend against some of the folks you're talking about as well. We have folks trying to sell us the moon day in and day out and I'm one of the firewalls to keep them at bay.

More to your point a month ago writers I knew were convinced they were out of a job and the sky was falling so I've tried to see if any of that is true. I've been keeping ChatGPT up on my computer when I'm working at it and I try using it for various tasks just to see what it might be helpful and where it's useless. You can even ask it and it will tell you what it can and can't do well. I'm at the point now where I can usually tell if this AI tool wrote a thing vs a person as there's patterns you start to see much like looking at older CGI in movies. It may have fooled me 10 years ago, but looking at it again now it doesn't age well.

Probably rambling as I really do like working with this stuff and can go on and on, but I think you depict a great point about AI in that it can't replace people that need to be there. It's not going to tend to the birth of a calf or fix a fence or deal with your vendors, customers, employees etc. It can't do the things I do because one or more people need to be physically present to do my job. It does some neat things, but it's just a tool in the toolbox for some people to use on specific tasks, not the other way around IMO.

 

This video is said to have AI generated images.

 

This video is said to have AI generated images.

Yep he used Mid-Journey. You write prompts just like I did for ChatGPT but instead of text it creates 2D images. I'm guessing a 3D version is not far behind with movement and animation to follow. There's also another app called MoveAI that allows you to do motion capture of performances without trackers. You just use cameras.

Here's a couple of examples from Mid-Journey showing the prompts and the four images it creates each time. The buttons underneath allow you to make various changes or updates.

More info for those that might want to try it (you'll have to join Discord) - Midjourney

 

I have Echo Dot (Alexa), does that count?

 

Yep and with some of these newer tools coming out it might get a bit more useful.

 

Welcome, my son. Welcome to the machine.

 

I’m too old for this

 

It's coming for sure...

 

AI
😂

 

Pretty scary S***

 

“your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”

A quote from Jurassic Park but it couldn't be more true. We should be having a real, truthful, fact based conversation about how we should be moving forward with AI but that's not going to happen.

The three rules of "robotics" were there for a reason.

A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

 

The growth of AI is not linear, it's exponential. It will impact all our lives, whether we realize it or not.

 

Well I'm hoping for the best, i.e. this revolutionizes our lives and makes things better. I fear for the worst, because a true AGI smarter than us is probably here now, or seriously close. And if said AGI decides that we suck and need to go away, if it gets loose, it could certainly take real steps to make that happen.

 

It won’t make things better.

 

Make some popcorn, and binge watch the Terminator movies.

 

Not exactly AI, but I want this for when I get really old.

Redirect Notice

 

Just watched the original Robocop the other night and it occurred to me that I could use a similar upgrade. 🤖

(that movie still holds up really well)

 

I keep my iphone with Irish and Scottish accents, that is as far as IA will go with me .....

 

Tech is doing some very amazing things. Obviously, most people don't have a need for AI and in fact don't understand what it does or how it does it even if explained. No biggie. I don't understand how photosynthesis works but that doesn't mean I can't eat a broccoli.

AI is utilized in a lot of ways that make people's live easier; it runs behind the scenes on things we use to post threads about how we don't use AI, or in our cars on our way to the luddite convention.

The level of tech that actually exists is probably triple or quadruple what most people think is bleeding edge. You can have conversations with bots these days and you will not know that the person on the other side is a piece of software; except that the other person is a helluva lot smarter than you and sounds more human than you do. And that's nothing compared to what actually is bleeding edge.

 

@Nanuk,

That was just EPIC! Totally made my day!

 

Some people will just never understand and some people will chuckle everytime. I am glad I made your day.

 

I asked one what what the difference between casting bed and casting couch was. It was wrong