I think it's pretty fair to say that they have close to doubled my productivity as a programmer. My girlfriend uses ChatGPT daily for her work, which is not "tech" at all. It's fair to be skeptical of exactly how far they can go but a claim like this is pretty wild.
Both your and her usage is currently being subsidized by venture capital money.
It remains to be seen how viable this casual usage actually is once this money dries up and you actually need to pay per prompt.
We'll just have to see where the pricing will eventually settle, before that we're all just speculating.
The claim seems plausible because it doesn't say there was any formal evaluation, just that some doctors (who may or may not understand how LLMs work) hold an opinion.
This is very subjective, but I feel they are all imitators of ChatGPT. I also contend that the ChatGPT API (and UI) will or has become a de facto standard in the same manner that intel's 80886 Instruction set evolved into x86
You may be able to boycott it now, but I am pretty sure there will come a time where that's not feasible if you want to participate in society, the same way it's no longer feasible to "boycott the internet".
Lots of people never use the internet, just as lots of people don't have a smartphone. Both are minorities, but they happily get along and fully participate in society anyway.
Oh I do know a few people who legitimately don't use the internet and still participate in society. Its more possible than it seems when most people are online constantly.
How exactly would your suggestion work? Are the companies supposed to share their findings from this forced research with the world? What happens if they happen to discover something that doesn't help with the plastic problem but does improve their bottom line somehow? I can't see this functioning in any way whatsoever.
I just tried these with ChatGPT (4o) and it got both of them right. That's not to say that you won't be able to find something that still works but I think that particular hole is closing fast.
Most people here seem concerned about insurance companies misusing personal data or a full-on totalitarian government takeover. However, my concern is about becoming susceptible to manipulation and coercion. A significant aspect the last election was the use of "Super PACs" like Elon's which targeted individuals on social media to influence their decision.
I think this trend will continue, not just in politics but across all sectors. The internet you experience will be tailored to your personality completely, but it will also be shaped to steer you in directions decided by who pay the most. The more data they collect about you, the more effective this manipulation will be.
This doesn't even account for the risks posed by malicious actors who might target you using this information.
You don't need DNA for that though. Just hand out money and buy people.
Similar to November, a Musk funded group is currently offering $100 to registered voters in Wisconsin to sign a petition against “activist judges” with a not so subtle nudge to vote for the judge that will be favorable to the lawsuit he(musk) and Tesla are involved in within the state and who happens to be be part of the Trump gang having campaigned with junior.
Sure. I just think that we will be looking back at that as a horribly inefficient and expensive way to accomplish something that will be much more advanced soon.
yeah you're just projecting your personal concerns on to this thread. i have FAR more info about you from your social media activity than your DNA. learn to compartmentalize.
Right, so your argument is that this is easy, and if it turns out that it's not, we'll just be smug and tell them that they were holding it wrong all along?
It sounds like you are picturing in your head that all spreadsheet work is greenfield. Do you have any idea how much Excel code is embedded everywhere? Very often made by people who are no longer around. You can lecture all you want, but this is the situation. I don't like it either.
Did not intend to be smug...honestly..not really. :-) In my defense, I have more than 20 years corporate experience in tech AND finance domains, in more than 25 countries. And in the cultural domains of the five different languages I am familiar and whose grammar I regularly brutalize. Can't recognize the problem you are describing, as the mountain that would stop any company from start using LibreOffice.
All that logic in Excel sheets is just a serious governance problem...
That's true, but conspiracy theorists are not typically out on some philanthropic mission. It's a hobby -- they are doing it because conspiracy theories are fun. That's why they aren't actually interested in things where there is real, tangible evidence. They want to find hidden clues and feel like they are in the know.
Of course, there is a very fine line between that and actually realizing something that the world doesn't see, but that's part of what makes it fun.
I think it's pretty fair to say that they have close to doubled my productivity as a programmer. My girlfriend uses ChatGPT daily for her work, which is not "tech" at all. It's fair to be skeptical of exactly how far they can go but a claim like this is pretty wild.