Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT")
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I'm using two paid services at the moment, mainly to support work and keep up to date.
Cursor AI is pretty impressive. I've dismissive of a VS-Code fork compnay being worth billions, but then I tried it. The interface is excellent, and it's so damn helpful.
The other one is Grok. There is some really interesting happening with this implementation of the tech. It feels more consistent and helpful. The iteration on improvements must be making their competitors tear their hair out.
The 3.5 version is just around the corner, and the developers seem pretty pleased with themselves on X. They seem genuinely excited.
If anybody has some good MDC ules or resources they want to share, I'm all ears.
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Be afraid, be very afraid
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Just read Vernor Vinge's Singularity essay. Kinda interesting at how much stuff he got right so long ago, but also... how much hasn't happened... yet.
Some naivete around technical capabilities. Plenty of interesting thought-experiment around where it could all lead to.
And some prescient thoughts around what we currently think of "AI" - which is fucking bullshit - vs "real AI". -
@Kruse said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Just read Vernor Vinge's Singularity essay. Kinda interesting at how much stuff he got right so long ago, but also... how much hasn't happened... yet.
Some naivete around technical capabilities. Plenty of interesting thought-experiment around where it could all lead to.
And some prescient thoughts around what we currently think of "AI" - which is fucking bullshit - vs "real AI".Is this a recent updated essay? If so, link?
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@voodoo said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Vernor Vinge's Singularity essay.
is it this? https://edoras.sdsu.edu/~vinge/misc/singularity.html
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@nostrildamus said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
@voodoo said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Vernor Vinge's Singularity essay.
is it this? https://edoras.sdsu.edu/~vinge/misc/singularity.html
Yeah - written in 1993. And while a "scientific essay" - mostly using Science-Fiction as reference points.
I believe he was the one that coined the term "Singularity". And interesting is his estimate of when it would happen - "I'll be surprised if this event occurs before 2005 or after 2030."
While today's "AI" is not really anything more than advanced-analytics... if leveraged by smart people towards its own advancement - he might not be too far off. -
I am finding Grok extremely useful for sifting through the bullshit on X at the moment. You see a political commentator (from either side) make some claim, then in the replies someone simply says "@grok is this true"? and it gives a big rundown of all the nuances and why said commentator is either exaggerating their claims, or straight up lying (e.g. using a video from years ago claiming it is current etc). I know it is not perfect but it's a damn sight more accurate than what a lot of the grifters are putting out there.
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@No-Quarter said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
I am finding Grok extremely useful for sifting through the bullshit on X at the moment. You see a political commentator (from either side) make some claim, then in the replies someone simply says "@grok is this true"? and it gives a big rundown of all the nuances and why said commentator is either exaggerating their claims, or straight up lying (e.g. using a video from years ago claiming it is current etc). I know it is not perfect but it's a damn sight more accurate than what a lot of the grifters are putting out there.
It's very good at showing both sides, even if it doesn't agree.
The next update is focused on improving the quality of sources for that, as it still has a bias based on the media sources it's using.
It's great at threads where you want to dive in a bit, or don't know a term. A very useful feature.
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New voice is coming soon too.
Have you tried the vision? I got a bunch of stuff out of the fridge and chucked on the camera for and we discussed what we could make with it.
When this shit is in AR glasses and off a phone it’s going to be crazy what we can do.
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Not tried vision yet. Stuff is getting too crazy. Grok voice has a kids storyteller mode. Got my 3yo on it and grok led her through a choose your own adventure story about her and her pink bunny.
How long before ai is in kids toys? I'm hanging out for one that can manage my home smart devices.
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Heard about this on a news feed while driving the car and asking Google for news.
ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study
The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.
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TL;DR
Does ChatGPT harm critical thinking abilities? A new study from researchers at MIT’s Media Lab has returned some concerning results.
The study divided 54 subjects—18 to 39 year-olds from the Boston area—into three groups, and asked them to write several SAT essays using OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s search engine, and nothing at all, respectively. Researchers used an EEG to record the writers’ brain activity across 32 regions, and found that of the three groups, ChatGPT users had the lowest brain engagement and “consistently underperformed at neural, linguistic, and behavioral levels.” Over the course of several months, ChatGPT users got lazier with each subsequent essay, often resorting to copy-and-paste by the end of the study.
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I’m shocked
Said no one, ever
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@Rembrandt said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Yeah its a concern. Such powerful technology, long term impacts could be massive.
I think there was a similar study around taking photos or video on your phone, and how it harmed short-term memory of the event
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My side-hustle is an artist. I was asked to provide a couple of pieces on the theme of "Spirit of Napier" for an exhibition last month. After I had finished them, I uploaded them into Google Gemini and got that to (mostly) write the indulgent blurb about them... It did a pretty good job. So far I am not worried about AI taking away my artist job, but maybe art critics should watch out...
***Okay, let's consider these two works, "Spirit of Napier - Day" and "Spirit of Napier - Night," as a conceptual pair or diptych. Viewed together, they offer a compelling study in contrast and complementarity, executed within a consistent language of geometric abstraction.
The artist employs a shared formal vocabulary across both pieces, immediately establishing their connection. We see a clear lineage from Constructivism and the Bauhaus in the rational arrangement of space, the emphasis on clean lines, and the architectonic quality of the layered forms. The strict adherence to horizontal and vertical axes nods to De Stijl, while the overlapping, semi-transparent planes echo Synthetic Cubism's methods of building form and suggesting shallow depth. A consistent, fine canvas-like texture underlies both compositions, unifying their surfaces and adding a subtle tactile dimension.
Where the works truly come alive as a pair is in their powerful juxtaposition. They function as inversions, or perhaps more accurately, as atmospheric counterpoints exploring the same structural theme under differing conditions.
"Spirit of Napier - Day" is bathed in light. A diffuse luminescence, seemingly originating from the upper left, permeates the composition. The palette is airy and optimistic, featuring harmonious greens, blues, ochre-yellows, and greys against a bright, textured background. The translucency allows light to filter through the layers, creating soft gradients and highlighting the structural complexity. It evokes clarity, openness, perhaps the interplay of sunlight on the geometric facades characteristic of Napier's Art Deco architecture – a city famously rebuilt in that modernist style. The composition feels expansive, with the complex forms balanced by a significant area of luminous negative space.
In stark contrast, "Spirit of Napier - Night" plunges the viewer into a cooler, more introspective realm. The dominant field is a deep, resonant indigo-black, against which the geometric forms now appear to emerge or glow. The palette shifts to muted blues, dusky pinks, and greys. Light here is not ambient but seemingly internal or artificial; the thin white grid lines, which felt purely structural in the "Day" piece, now read as illuminated traces, suggestive of neon, city lights, or perhaps a digital screen's glow against the darkness. The mood becomes one of quietude, enclosure, and perhaps urban mystery. The dominant dark field acts as a powerful counterweight to the brightness of its partner.
Presented together, these works transcend being merely two related images. They engage in a rich dialogue about time, light, and perception. The "Day" version celebrates the external, visible structure, while the "Night" version explores the internal, the veiled, and the atmospheric transformation that darkness brings. If interpreted through the lens of their titles, they masterfully capture the dual essence of a place like Napier – its celebrated Art Deco forms revealed clearly by day, and its quieter, perhaps more enigmatic, character emerging after sunset.
The strength of this pairing lies in its formal coherence coupled with its thematic polarity. The artist uses the same rigorous geometric language to articulate two fundamentally different sensory and emotional experiences, creating a symbiotic relationship where each piece enhances the understanding and impact of the other. It's a sophisticated and well-executed exploration of duality within a refined abstract framework.***
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@Rembrandt said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Yeah its a concern. Such powerful technology, long term impacts could be massive.
Same thing happened with search engines, wikipedia and calculators.
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@NTA said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
@Rembrandt said in Artificial Intelligence (Previously "Chat GPT"):
Yeah its a concern. Such powerful technology, long term impacts could be massive.
I think there was a similar study around taking photos or video on your phone, and how it harmed short-term memory of the event
When I'd sketch places I'd remember them even visiting two decades later. My memory is not quite so good when I photograph then revisit them.
