The Advent of AI

[Don]

Along the same lines as above devices but a good introduction on why app-based systems will die. Need to keep an eye on these LAMs.

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[Boydy]

25 fucking minutes? Is there a part I should skip to? I'm not watching all that.

[Yevrah]

The 5 minutes I watched made it look like dogshit (or something Apple could do in an afternoon if they stopped working on whatever they're working on that will be much better) and lol at the idea of it not competing with your phone, who's going to want to carry a phone and that with you?

[Yevrah]

Reminds me a lot of when I worked at Blackwell in my younger years and our MD proudly announced his deal with a guy that had made a book binding machine. Bind a book in 7 minutes while you wait at a train station. Amazon launched the kindle later that year....

[Don]

First 5 mins mainly, Boyd, the rest is more product specific which isn't here nor there.

[niko_cee]

I made it about 2 minutes into moaning about scrolling through endless apps or loads of clicks [reality about 3 clicks, probably about 10 seconds of your time] which seemed a bit rich for a 25 minute spiel.

[Don]

Our kids will look at videos of us typing into a keyboard like we watch people using zoetropes. And they'll see app-based systems like we see black and white television.

[Boydy]

I don't think people actually want to talk to computers all that much.

I certainly don't anyway.

[Yevrah]

Our kids will look at videos of us typing into a keyboard like we watch people using zoetropes. And they'll see app-based systems like we see black and white television.

Absolutely, but from what I saw at least that thing just isn't good enough to compete with what's inevitably coming.

[Don]

I don't think people actually want to talk to computers all that much.

I certainly don't anyway.

We said the same thing about using a 4-inch screen for everything instead of a lovely functional laptop with keyboard.

Most of us shifted to using smartphones despite our initial preferences for laptops being entirely justified on their functionality (influenced in part by them fostering addiction to these devices).

In the case of this technology, no such underhand techniques will be required, the improvement to our lives will be clear.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Wait, are there people who actually do everything on mobile? I couldn't live without a laptop or at least some kind of larger screen.

[Yevrah]

Wait, are there people who actually do everything on mobile? I couldn't live without a laptop or at least some kind of larger screen.

I'm the same, but anecdotally I reckon the vast majority of people under 30 do everything on their mobiles.

[SvN]

Anytime I want to "do" anything, I much prefer a laptop/desktop. But reading content is fine on mobile.

[Pepe]

Any current consumer product with 'AI' in it is nothing more than pure marketing bs.

[Boydy]

I don't think people actually want to talk to computers all that much.

I certainly don't anyway.

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[Boydy]

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Kill all the machines now.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Huge issue for YouTube if nothing else, it will just be spammed with auto generated videos.

[Don]

This is what will take propaganda to the next level. The text-based shite targeted the more intellectually engaged sections of the population but this....boy, what a few years we have in store.

And for those who don't immediately think this is the beginning of the end, personalised porn :drool:

[Mike]

I’m fully on board for it, it’s mind blowing!
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[Spikey M]

It's cool, but in the wrong hands this shit is pretty dangerous. We are entering a world where we can watch something happen and have no idea if it actually happened or not.

[Dquincy]

Taylor Swift porn images are gonna be next level. :drool:

[Lofty]

https://www.suno.ai/

Just type a prompt in and it generates a full song with lyrics. Crazy shit.

[Shindig]

There's a banging song currently on that which is just a pasta and sauce recipe. :D

[Giggles]

There's a banging song currently on that which is just a pasta and sauce recipe. :D

That’s James sorted.

[phonics]

Had to bump this to share the worst take of all time:

https://i.imgur.com/NhE3GQA.png

[Raoul Duke]

He's clearly never been to Britain

[Jimmy Floyd]

Hang on, is he saying that people will have an AI prompt in their ears telling them which witty barbs to throw out in conversation?

My first reading was that instead of going to the pub, people will prefer to sit at home and talk to their AI companions, that I could see being true.

[Shindig]

I'm just going to google 'ai chatbot murder' and see how that's going to turn out.

[Lofty]

He's clearly never had a bottle of MD 20:20.

[Magic]

Hang on, is he saying that people will have an AI prompt in their ears telling them which witty barbs to throw out in conversation?

My first reading was that instead of going to the pub, people will prefer to sit at home and talk to their AI companions, that I could see being true.

What's the difference between legions of NPCs and AI friends?

[Baz]

I feel like I’ve been conned slightly as ChatGPT seemed to dwindle the free features, but I’m more than happy to pay for Plus/premium/whatever cos I use it so much.

[Magic]

I feel like I’ve been conned slightly as ChatGPT seemed to dwindle the free features, but I’m more than happy to pay for Plus/premium/whatever cos I use it so much.

I cancelled mine since Co-pilot became embedded in Windows

[Boydy]

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Time to invest, lads.

[John Arne]

I saw some lady getting offended on Twitter because a bloke interrupted AI, who happened to have a women's voice.

Seriously, not ironic. She was offended by a bloke interrupting some 0's and 1's. #Woke

[Spikey M]

I was walking around with my phone apparently unlocked in my pocket and somehow Brave Browser's AI was asked about TTH.

https://i.ibb.co/7Q4XN8k/Screenshot-20240622-133900-Brave.jpg

I think AI stocks might be overvalued tbh.

[Magic]

It's a massive pointless gimmick and grift by tech bros. Utter waste of time.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

We're a Micro Four Thirds cameras forum now?

[Spikey M]

I've moved onto maxi four fifths now tbh.

[Pepe]

It's a massive pointless gimmick and grift by tech bros. Utter waste of time.

Weren't you sucking its dick a couple of months ago?

[Magic]

Weren't you sucking its dick a couple of months ago?

Yes. Turns out it's a total waste of time lol.

[Giggles]

Brave browser?

[Spikey M]

Brave browser?

It's just a web browser.

[-james-]

I've switched to Claude for coding. It is incredible

[Baz]

I've switched to Claude for coding. It is incredible

Worth paying $20pm for?

[-james-]

Worth paying $20pm for?

I've cancelled chatgpt for it. No temporary chat like chatgpt is the only thing I miss.

[Pepe]

Latest Claude is supposed to be the top dog right now. This shit can change within a monthly basis though.

[SvN]

Yep, just tried it for 10 mins and it's significantly better than ChatGPT. Switched over.

[Giggles]

Any good ones to create a logo?

[Baz]

For the time wasted trying to get the prompt right, it would be better spent knocking one up on Canva.

[Giggles]

I have no imagination.

[Baz]

I have no imagination.
Maybe use Leonardo (app) for the main bit and add text to it after, as required? Since Leonardo’s idea of writing is RBIIIIH (rubbish)

[Baz]

https://i.ibb.co/gDg6ZDM/IMG-3509.jpg

[John Arne]

imagine.art is decent.

[Shindig]

He's not fitting in that van.

[Yevrah]

That top right one is banging. Loving the colour scheme.

[niko_cee]

It says PooBarrel on the van.

[Lofty]

Giggles is a big wheel down at the PooBarrel factory.

[Giggles]

King Poo.

[Lofty]

Heads up for all you ChatGPT slaves, don't use it on job applications because it looks a bit sus when four different people have the exact same application come in. Apparently my lot are binning dozens of applications a day due to the use of AI.

[Baz]

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[Yevrah]

Heads up for all you ChatGPT slaves, don't use it on job applications because it looks a bit sus when four different people have the exact same application come in. Apparently my lot are binning dozens of applications a day due to the use of AI.

It’s fine to use it, just amend what it throws out into your own writing style.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I employ three coaches at my cricket club, one of them has started doing all his text messages to me (and presumably others) obviously written by AI. It's absolutely excruciating. Sample from the other day, when I asked them a throwaway question about ideas for next season:

Next summer, I would like to implement a comprehensive 3-Phase training program for players, designed to enhance their skills in batting, fielding, and bowling.

Phase 1: Batting
In this initial phase, players will focus on developing their batting techniques. We will schedule dedicated batting sessions where players can work on their stroke play, footwork, and shot selection. These sessions will allow players to refine their skills through targeted drills and practice match scenarios.

And so it dribbled on and on and on. How does he think he will be taken seriously?

[Yevrah]

Quite. If you're just copying and pasting it you're doing it wrong. It should be used for a source of ideas, not something to just be regurgitated verbatim.

[Lofty]

The problem being the most reliant on it have no flair for it in the first place so just generate word salad and fire away.

[Magic]

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This is pretty mental. You can immediately see how this could be used maliciously.

[SvN]

One of my clients started using it for all of their emails to me, and I had to call them out on it because it was just awful. A simple instruction/request was turned into 5 paragraphs of waffle and buzzwords. They denied using it, but their emails immediately returned to the 2 lines of text speak that they previously used.

[Baz]

Some lads job at work involved explaining what the stuff in the King's Speech (dunno) meant for local areas. As soon as I clocked American spelling, I decided to run it through one of the AI checkers and sure enough he hadn't done a jot of it. Fair play for making life easy, but don't ruin it for the rest of us who hide it better.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I deliberately don't use it when I'm emailing customers in foreign languages, even though my language isn't perfect and AI presumably is. The mistakes I'm presumably making give a drop of authenticity that their fucking shit AI English back to me doesn't.

[-james-]

I've switched to Claude for coding. It is incredible

It has gone to turd, just like chatgpt did.

It seems quite clear that what these companies are doing is launching their platform with full power "compute" to get people on board, then turning the dial down once (or because?) they've got a load of people to pay for monthly subscriptions.

[SvN]

I've experienced the same with data anlysis. I regularly use it for summarising data from spreadsheets, and about a month ago it started giving completely false results. I'm glad that I sanity check the results as a rule, because it suggested that one of my staff was falsely reporting their working hours.

[Magic]

It's the same with everything.

YouTube always starts at shit quality. WhatsApp default is crap quality files.

They are reducing everything so we have to eventually subscribe for stuff. Fuck them all.

[Raoul Duke]

The term is Enshittification (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification)

[Yevrah]

It still staggers me that this is getting away with being labelled as AI, when it's just a Google search on steroids.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The term is Enshittification (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification)

Lovely. Pretty much the defining concept of 21st century life.

[Baz]

Twitter's going nuts over ChatGPT recreating images in a Studio Ghibli anime style. It is very impressive.

A TTH favourite:

https://i.imgur.com/Od7NFx1.png

[Lofty]

Touché :D

[Ben]

:D

[Pepe]

Was expecting the rollercoaster one, but that is good too.

[-james-]

:D

[Baz]

Was expecting the rollercoaster one, but that is good too.

https://i.imgur.com/qViAH2t.png

[Magic]

Anyone got those old photos of Ronan?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Those two photos are absolutely stunning.

They really captured Lofty.

[Bernanke]

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Beautiful.

[Yevrah]

I think Digby should check his rage. Nothing wrong with what is basically the last scene of Lost.

[Spikey M]

Stephen Hawking is allowed into heaven, but has to stay in the wheelchair for what he did on that island.

[niko_cee]

:D

Outstanding work.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Who was that hanging out with Diana? I would have thought Dodi Fayed would be in the basement with his old man.

[Pepe]

That's pretty great, tbh. Lol at the celebrities of choice.

[Bernanke]

Who was that hanging out with Diana? I would have thought Dodi Fayed would be in the basement with his old man.

Mac Miller I believe.

[John Arne]

The two Pope's looked like they were about to neck each other.