Geek Stuff category archive
The Lake Effect 0
Last night, while watching an episode of Murdoch Mysteries, I looked up a map of Canada on Google Maps so as to understand a reference in the episode I was watching.
When I saw “Lake America” where I should have seen “Lake Huron,” I wanted to gag.
Google’s days of “don’t be evil” are clearly long behind them.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much? 0
Soul-crushing? At the Psychology Today website, Nir Bashan argues that “AI is slowly killing human creativity.”
My new cell phone keeps nagging me to use Google Gemini. I keep telling it to leave me the heck alone. It doesn’t listen.
Influencer Idiocy 0
A “content” creator who “creates content” by assaulting people . . . .
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In the video, a person can be seen throwing a cheesesteak at an employee at the South Philadelphia restaurant.
The creator said he reviews restaurants and throws the food at employees if he doesn’t like it.
Yet another instance of “social” media rewarding antisocial behavior.
We are a society of stupid.
If One Standard Is Good, Two Must Be Better 0
El Reg reports that
OpenAI whines that Chinese model stole its special IP that it stole from everybody else
So it’s okay for OpenAI to steal others’ intellectual property, but it’s not okay for others to steal the stolen intellectual property that OpenAI stole from others.
To quote Julie Newmar, “That does not compute.”
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
The end of human civilization? John M. Crisp is not sanguine. Here’s a bit from his article (emphasis added):
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Sometimes superintelligent AI is described as a new, entirely different species. And if AI’s “brain” is aligned with human values and goals, we’re probably in big trouble. As we humans have burned through our resources, we’ve given little thought to the preservation of other species that stand in our way. Many have perished in the process.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A friend of fraudsters? At the Psychology Today website, Azadeh Aalai warns sounds a warning:
Follow the link, where she tells of an scam targeted her (and that did not fall for).
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . made even fiendlier by AI.
Facebook Frolics 0
No surprises here.
Follow the link for details. And, remember, “social” media isn’t. You don’t use “social” media; it uses you.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A shill for suckers? The EFF reports that
Details at the link.
This New Gilded Age 0
Robert Reich finds a straw at which to grasp.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
An accessory after the fact? How about taking a peek under the coverup.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
False idols? At the Psychology Today website, Joe Pierre argues that, despite the hype, “current AI chatbots fall far short of being any kind of supreme intelligence.”
Follow the link for his reasoning
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Bearing false witness? You can swear to it.
AI on the Disinformation Superhighway? 0
David makes a case that AI may have been used to clone his voice in creating fake videos and discusses the disturbing implications thereof.
Big Brother Tech Is Watching You
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I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that Big Tech often doesn’t think things through. AI may be the most extreme example so far, but the recklessness (fecklessness?) is hardly unprecedented. From the Portland Oregonian:
The woman’s former boyfriend, the suit says, used the tracker to monitor her daily movements without her knowledge. Medford police have charged him with stalking using a GPS device, according to the suit. He is also not named in the suit.
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According to the Medford woman’s lawsuit, Apple’s internal data showed the company received more than 40,000 stalking reports from 2021 to 2024 involving its tracking device but failed to adopt adequate safeguards to protect victims.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A competent medical advisor? At the Psychology Today website, Nick Tiller says it’s heading for a quack up.
Here’s a snippet from his article:
The Surveillance Industry 0
One more time, there’s a reason that they are called “pervert glasses.”
Imagine. Persons used to fret about the possiblity of a “surveillance state.”
How quaint.