Carrera wrote on 2020-11-20, 11:24:Subscription=$€
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When you log on they know who you are
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When the find you they force feed your pets high-carbohydrate food.
Oh no, they do something far more evil:
They feed your information bubble with more similar stuff, ensuring you are ensnared in their cute little ecosystem of user-driven contents aka Web x.0 ake modern slavery where the content-producer is both the slave-driver and the slave. The algorithms are basically designed to work like some kind of drug-dealer, always feeding consumers with stuff that is likely to hold their interest (and therefore keep them locked in on the site in question, be it Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, or whatever other social media service).
I wish what I just wrote was only me being extremely cynical instead of being a cynical comment based on reality - the comparisons with drugs and slavery are mine, the rest unfortunately isn't. 😐
Big Pink wrote on 2020-11-20, 18:15:
newtmonkey wrote on 2020-11-20, 11:05:
I think I noticed a change with him after he put up (and then took down) that ridiculous AI video... I know he got a LOT of grief over that and I wonder if it might have soured him a bit on his fanbase or Youtube in general.
As for the AI video; it seems odd he had the balls to record himself declaring he could sit down and create AI if he really wanted to, but not to stand by that statement when the (presumably unforseen) audience reaction was negative. From what I can remember of it before he pulled the video, he did make some interesting points but they were lost amongst the more ridiculous claims. What could have been a video to stimulate discussion and debate instead became the 'social media' reality of being bombarded with negative comments day after day. Is it any wonder he's soured?
If only the people commenting had had any clue of the kind of stuff that gets called "AI" these days. Smart regular expressions are already considered "AI" by some, as do simple stochastic or iterative processes. The whole term has become a parody of itself, mostly thanks to The Industry(TM) completely misrepresenting it in the name of marketing.
Personally I simply substitute "AI" for "AS" (Artificial Stupidity) whenever I encounter the term. Seems more accurate, especially because most examples of AI research that get a lot of publicity always seem to have some kind of very obvious flaw or incorrect assumption that anyone who did some basic reading on human cognition could point out.
rmay635703 wrote on 2020-11-23, 19:57:Giddy is a form of enthusiasm which I am
Sure is fine for YouTube […]
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Giddy is a form of enthusiasm which I am
Sure is fine for YouTube
Everyone is looking for a different angle
If you are made into a meme it’s a form of free advertising which should grow your base
The 8 bit guy wouldn’t be as popular as he is without stirring some controversy and ruffled feathers, no matter how you run things haters gonna hate
Dude (or Gal), you start off your post with something that reads like Poetry, and then totally ruin the effect with your last sentence. 😜