Holy mother of fuck, #Microsoft. Now I understand why everyone’s suddenly talking about Linux in my feed.
What. Could. Possibly. Go. Wrong?
Even if Copilot Recall AI were 100% safe, complete recall is not what your average person needs. People are drowning in data. If anything people need to forget more of the garbage they're constantly accumulating. Having complete recall is almost as bad as having none at all.
Ask someone who's always taking smartphone photos to show you their most cherished photo from the past year. Few will be able to do it because they spend all their time taking ever more photos instead of editing their existing catalog to prune out things that don't really matter.
It’s been a rough week for OpenAI. Ever since the launch of its latest AI language model, GPT-4o, it has been hit by controversy after controversy — perhaps a sign of just how much public visibility the company is starting to get.
@arstechnica runs through a week of bad news, rumors and ridicule for one of AI’s most prominent and influential companies.
So, I know generative AI is supposed to be just the most incorrect thing ever, but I want you to compare two descriptions. "A rock on a beach under a dark sky." And: The image shows a close-up view of a rocky, cratered surface, likely a planet or moon, with a small, irregularly shaped moon or asteroid in the foreground. The larger surface appears to be Mars, given its reddish-brown color and texture. The smaller object, which is gray and heavily cratered, is likely one of Mars' moons, possibly Phobos or Deimos. The background fades into the darkness of space. The first one is supposed to be the pure best thing that isn't AI. Right? Like, it's what we've been using for the past like 5 years. And yes, it's probably improved over those years. This is Apple's image description. It's, in my opinion, the best, most clear, and sounds like the ALT-text that it's made from, which people made BTW, and the images it was made with, which had to come from somewhere, were of very high quality, unlike Facebook and Google which just plopped anything and everything into theirs. The second was from Be My Eyes. Now, which one was more correct? Obviously, Be My Eyes. Granted, it's not always going to be, but goodness just because some image classification tech is old, doesn't mean it's better. And just because Google and Facebook call their image description bullshit AI, doesn't mean it's a large language model. Because at this point in time, Google TalkBack does not use Gemini, but uses the same thing VoiceOver has. And Facebook uses that too, just a classifier. Now, should sighted people be describing their pictures? Of course. Always. With care. And having their stupid bots use something better than "picture of cats." Because even a dumb image classifier can tell me that, and probably a bit more, lol. Cats sleeping on a blanket. Cats drinking water from a bowl. Stuff like that. But for something quick, easy, and that doesn't rely on other people, shoot yeah I'll put it through Be My Eyes. #accessibility#AI#LLM#BeMyEyes#blind
Movie star Scarlett Johansson said Monday she was "shocked" by an OpenAI synthetic voice that sounds like her, which was released after she declined to work with the ChatGPT-maker on such a project. The artificial intelligence powerhouse headed by Sam Altman said it was working on temporarily muting the Johannson-sounding voice it calls "Sky." Monte Francis reports. #OpenAI#AI#Hollywood
🚨 Microsoft's new "Recall" feature is a privacy nightmare. Always-on screenshot capture, closed-source AI analysis, invasive data collection with questionable controls - all impossible for researchers to independently audit.
Users should avoid Recall entirely until it allows 3rd-party audits. This could drive many to switch to Linux.
What are your thoughts on the privacy implications of invasive AI features like Recall?
‘Investors are eager for evidence that the hugely expensive technology will drive healthy returns and, while Microsoft has said its new #AI tools have helped drive sales, it has not disclosed #Copilot user numbers.’ 🙄 https://on.ft.com/4dIDO7P
Having an AI ("Windows Recall" is enabled by default) that tracks every move you do on your computer and of course has no filter (Microsoft's own FAQ clearly states it will remember every password you type) is idiotic. But Tech bros are frothing at the mouth for anything AI so here we are.
@heiglandreas Serious question: What do you intend to use as a replacement? I would love to find something else that has the look, feel, and features of #iTerm but that is cross-platform.
My prediction is that some people (the AI haters, of which there seem to be a quite a few on the Fediverse) are going to have a hissy fit about this, go try some other terminal program, and realize that nothing else comes close to #iTerm2 in features and functionality. And then they will quietly go back to using it (even if that means restoring a previous version from their Time Machine backup).
My understanding is that the #AI doesn't work unless you enter an #OpenAI key, so I don't see the problem. The feature is there for people who want it (and I guarantee you a lot of people do, even despite the fact that AI still hallucinates code that simply won't work) and unless I am missing something, those that don't want it only need to refrain from adding a key. By default it is not enabled, or am I totally missing something here?
For those that really are determined to find a replacement, and who consider tabs and profiles to be important features, I will suggest #Tabby - it is the closest I have found to a useable terminal program (for me, maybe not for someone else), but it's still no iTerm.
What a lovely surprise - this year's playlist starts with a beautiful and intelligent piece of very well produced indie pop/rock. I love the effortless guitar work, the overall feel of the track, the message.... honestly, there's nothing not to like here.
"An impressive feat of technology, yet leaves me pondering the essence of musical creation. Does AI-vocals enhance or detract from the human experience of music? A question worth exploring. (Written with AI assistance) #Fedivision"
(this feedback was provided by GPT-4 after parsing my background. Does that make it less valuable than my other feedback?)