To compare how far each platform has advanced across computing, simulation, networking, and sensing, the researchers used large language AI models such as ChatGPT and Gemini to estimate technology-readiness levels (TRL).

They asked ChatGPT? That’s the paper?

Why on Earth would anyone go to Google for news.

Or, you could just get up and flip the damn switch. And if you want it warmer turn up the thermostat. This is not hard.

It may or may not be intentional, but it could serve to answer what-if questions. If I want a certain outcome, what should the inputs look like?

Hey, now that we have this obscene energy-wasting capability, let’s see what other ways there are to generate equally obscene profits!

Your eyes are fine. It’s AI that can’t be trusted.

https://nerdontour.net/how-to-convert-any-newsletter-into-a-personal-rss-feed/

Feeder on my phone is my go-to source of information about the things I’m interested in on a daily basis. That and The Guardian is all I need.

AI is a financial scam. Basically companies that are already mature promise great future profits thanks to this new technological miracle, which makes their stock more valuable than it otherwise would be. Cory Doctorow has written eloquently about this.

Duckduckgo, on the other hand …

There are no banking apps on my computer.

It seems to me that part of the problem is overreliance on phones as computing devices. A lot of things, like banking, are best done on an actual computer. We have become too dependent on phones.

Gil Duran has written a good analysis of Peter Thiel’s obsession with the Antichrist: https://newrepublic.com/article/200471/peter-thiel-obsession-antichrist-religion?ref=thenerdreich.com .

To put it simply this is one vary influential and dangerous lunatic.

I did the same earlier this year for exactly this reason. Glad to know I’m in such good company.

Boycott Microsoft.