Posts by demiurg@fosstodon.org
(DIR) Post #AVQCRbtGvQyDkXlXE0 by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2023-05-07T19:37:56Z
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@simon You are mentioned in an article of Spiegel :) https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/kuenstliche-intelligenz-es-rollt-ein-tsunami-auf-uns-zu-kolumne-stoecker-a-2410efbd-ab92-4c09-9cde-7d66ab4629c9
(DIR) Post #AYCSs1zMC17CCiCMYC by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2023-07-29T22:13:17Z
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@clive @emilymbender I think a topic that gets also not enough attention is the use of ML in the military industry. It is already used for autonomous weapon systems. It helps drones fly and object detection is used for automatic aiming, to name only some. These are also real and pressing issues which literally fly under the radar.
(DIR) Post #AZrp0NBvv5sCxwzYsC by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2023-09-17T18:51:17Z
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@foxhkron Oh the \1 is neat. I need regex nearly daily :P
(DIR) Post #AiM8YEOLpQALWx6Wum by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2024-05-28T16:54:34Z
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@futurebird I agree that it is very bad to have generated SEO spam. I think it just boosts a problem which already was present, though. Misinformation was there before and Wikipedia is no scientific source. Imo the problem is that we fail to teach our society what valid sources are and how science works. The internet never represented 'truth'. Also we have no real definition of 'truth' itself.
(DIR) Post #Aizju7r9K4mmI6iu9o by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2024-06-16T19:26:42Z
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@Wolven It is disruptive in the field of NLP. We measured in one case that it was 20% more accurate than humans for entity recognition tasks. We automate workflows for our customers and they have a big ROI. It is here to stay and it is more about automation than generating 'truth'. Truth is also not defined from a philosophical perspective. You always need to check your sources but I think you are aware of this.
(DIR) Post #Aizngf19FawsbxtMJs by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2024-06-16T20:09:05Z
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@Wolven These are not experiments but numbers of a production ticketing system. The company measured errors for the same task before and after the automation. I am aware of the impact of automations and I work several years in the field. I am also sceptic about the technology and how it is handled. The observations I make are empirical, though. I had the impression you only talk about LLMs not generating facts, while for me this is clear and not the use case where it has the biggest impact.
(DIR) Post #AlAEsBShzcnSg0AZlY by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2024-08-20T16:45:11Z
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@stux There is no way back. 100 years ago, we were quite far away from any of this. Humans are not evolving as fast as the tech they get. Also, we do not consume a lot of energy, compared to what would be available. The stupid part is that we burn fossiles, while sitting on pure hot magma, with a dynamo at its core, which is next to a gigantic fusion reactor that sends pure energy. We need to overcome lobbyism though, to be able to evolve faster, imho.
(DIR) Post #AlAWOAaYTSyWSGg4Nk by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2024-08-20T20:01:25Z
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@futurebird I think information always has a certain signal to noise ratio. Right now, the noise gets amplified. I totally agree that we need a new way of verifying good information on the net. Of course it is worth saving it, since it is a pure information exchange but it gets worthless, if the noise gets too loud. Like a very bad radio signal...
(DIR) Post #AlN5Iok06WV5XYnXU0 by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2024-08-26T21:29:14Z
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@stux City kitty ^^ But seems there exist some products and vet clinics named like this...
(DIR) Post #AoFaKwID7Gs1gQvnUW by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2024-11-21T00:15:34Z
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@art It hurts, it hurts, make it stop! Ahhh! 😱
(DIR) Post #AokJabrqSqn9SDzyC0 by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2024-11-27T23:41:37Z
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@lmk @simon As stated in the article it is mainly about database design. You want to have time stamps in your data that are consistent over the globe. That's why you use UTC or Unix time. There are pitfalls, but the article suggest another layer above the UTC normalized storage and only for 'human facing' times, especially regarding events. I think it is still a good idea (and advice) to normalize time stamps for technical purposes, like log entries. It seems you have another take on this?
(DIR) Post #AokJacwqRkNwo1LTcm by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2024-11-27T23:53:02Z
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@lmk @simon Postgres stores time internally as UTChttps://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-datetime.html#DATATYPE-TIMEZONES
(DIR) Post #Ar8XNx95jHMc5O32B6 by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2025-02-15T08:07:24Z
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Another demonstration of incompetence.https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-doge-posts-classified-data_n_67ae646de4b0513a8d767112
(DIR) Post #ArTeIApCtftwrCu8tk by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2025-02-25T12:42:03Z
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@stux Also, they have no idea about COBOL or SQL. What could possibly go wrong....
(DIR) Post #AvSpZiVdvw9dWPRrsW by demiurg@fosstodon.org
2025-06-24T18:10:46Z
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@cwebber DocuSign lets you AI summarize contracts now. What a genius idea :blobcatfacepalm: