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byTony Isaac
1, 2026 @10:14PM
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Attached to: Electric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotal
That, and can I park it in my garage?
Well, on the other hand, who does *that* anymore!
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byTony Isaac
1, 2026 @10:12PM
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Attached to: AI Use at Work Has Increased, Gallup Poll Finds
Things like
- Creating job descriptions
- Creating root cause analysis documents
- Making presentation slide decks
- Taking notes
Personally, I couldn't be happier.
180718418
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byTony Isaac
1, 2026 @10:11PM
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Attached to: AI Use at Work Has Increased, Gallup Poll Finds
Nobody knows how to write assembly code any more either. So much deskilling!
Technology always causes people to stop learning old skills replaced by new automation.
Nobody knows how to hand-wash clothes any more. Or for that matter, many young people have no idea how to cook. And certainly, few know how to shoe a horse.
We might be "deskilled" as far as traditional programming techniques, but skill will still be required, just different skills.
180718396
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byTony Isaac
1, 2026 @10:03PM
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Attached to: Scientists Create Programmable, Autonomous Robots Smaller Than a Grain of Salt
Nanites, of course!
180716866
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byTony Isaac
1, 2026 @03:54PM
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Attached to: Experian's Tech Chief Defends Credit Scores: 'We're Not Palantir'
Yeah I know. There are those of you who think that every breach is preventable and that the companies that got breached should be punished. There are those of you who think that every business deal that turns out to be a bad deal, could have been foreseen if proper due diligence was followed. Maybe one day you'll actually be in a position to be in the wrong end of such a deal, and you'll find out that it's a lot harder than it looks. But I doubt that will happen, because naive people with your perspective, never get far enough in a business to make consequential decisions.
Note than I never said Experian was guiltless. I only said you didn't bring any evidence.
180711380
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byTony Isaac
31, 2026 @07:06PM
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Attached to: 'Call Screening is Aggravating the Rich and Powerful'
Yes indeed, AI conspiracy theories abound, such as that the ruling class is building it to take control of all the money and all the regular people.
180710954
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byTony Isaac
31, 2026 @05:27PM
(#65961580)
Attached to: Radiologists Catch More Aggressive Breast Cancers By Using AI To Help Read Mammograms, Study Finds
ChatGPT does use Python to perform math computations, especially when instructed to do so or when it determines it needs to.
https://newmr.org/blog/python-...
https://www.datastudios.org/po...
180710468
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byTony Isaac
31, 2026 @03:37PM
(#65961420)
Attached to: Los Angeles Aims To Ban Single-Use Printer Cartridges
Sure, and if you need to print your own high quality photos, you might not want one of these printers. If *I* want a high quality photo print, I'll get ShutterFly or some other photo site to do it for me.
180708966
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byTony Isaac
31, 2026 @09:29AM
(#65960790)
Attached to: Radiologists Catch More Aggressive Breast Cancers By Using AI To Help Read Mammograms, Study Finds
OK, so I tried this experiment. I asked AI this simple question:
"What is the volume of a spherical tank 29.5 feet in diameter?"
I compared the results of Copilot, Gemini, and ChatGPT.
All three AIs successfully spit out formulas to perform the calculations, though Copilot added an extra, unneeded last step to multiply by pi after it already had the right answer.
Copilot and Gemini miscalculated 14.75^3, each producing slightly different answers around 3208. Only ChatGPT got it right, 3209.046875.
Copilot came up with 13,452 sf, Gemini came up with the right answer (13.442.02 sf) but that answer was not correct based on its original miscalculation of 14.75^3. Again, ChatGPT got the answer exactly right.
Why the difference?
Well, I asked ChatGPT how it does math.it said that for complex math, it:
* Breaks the problem into steps
* Estimates or computes intermediate results
* Combines results to produce a final answer
This "estimating" or "computing" is not a function of the LLM itself, but an internal tool or API added by the developers of the larger product, that ChatGPT's LLM can leverage as part of its process.
All the major AIs have such "extra" tools or APIs. For example, all three tools can search the web for recent news and then summarize. An LLM by nature doesn't know how to search the web, but if the software running the LLM provides APIs to do so, the LLM can leverage those APIs to perform that search. GitHub Copilot, when integrated with SQL Server Management Studio, can read database schemas and produce queries based on what it sees there. LLMs don't know how to read database schemas, but it can leverage the API that allows it to do so.
Computation is just another internal tool, it is not a native LLM functionality.
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byTony Isaac
2026 @07:09PM
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Attached to: 'Moltbook Is the Most Interesting Place On the Internet Right Now'
So if humans aren't welcome (except to observe), does it have some kind of reverse captcha that only lets bots in? I wonder if it's more reliable than the regular kinds of captchas.
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byTony Isaac
2026 @07:06PM
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Attached to: Los Angeles Aims To Ban Single-Use Printer Cartridges
The reason for the circuit board, is to make sure you have to buy more ink before it's actually really gone.
180704438
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byTony Isaac
2026 @07:05PM
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Attached to: Los Angeles Aims To Ban Single-Use Printer Cartridges
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=eco...
I bought one of these recently, and I love it! No cartridges to replace, and the ink is about 95% cheaper per page, than HP cartridges.
180704324
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byTony Isaac
2026 @06:49PM
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Attached to: Why Private Equity Is Suddenly Awash With Zombie Firms
If your "investing" is in a CEO's snake oil, then you are indeed gambling. If you are investing in Walmart stock, that is not gambling, Walmart is a highly valuable asset in its own right.
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byTony Isaac
2026 @06:47PM
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Attached to: Radiologists Catch More Aggressive Breast Cancers By Using AI To Help Read Mammograms, Study Finds
All I can say is, you're blowing smoke. I'd answer each of your points, but you're not listening, you're too full of your own supposed knowledge.
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byTony Isaac
2026 @04:48PM
(#65959912)
Attached to: Universal Basic Income Could Be Used To Soften Hit From AI Job Losses In UK, Minister Says
Well there's your problem then! We don't have those things.
And even if we did have fusion power, that doesn't pay for other stuff we want.
And guess what, under the surface, pretty much everybody is selfish. Maybe except somebody like Mother Teresa, but if you asked her, she would say that even she is selfish at her core.
Yes, people are often kind, to a point. There is always a limit to their generosity.
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