Can’t say I’ve ever tried nor attempted anything A.I. related and to be honest never will, but I guess every Google search I now do will have an element of A.I. malarkey about it, as does YouTube (probably?, I dunno…does it?).
This is not as much on AI as the youtubers trying to get clicks.Slightly creepy though (and symptomatic of the majority of AI videos) They all feature young, conventionally attractive, frequently scantily clad women.
I had an amazingly useful response a few days ago. Was watching a youtuber and wondered what camera he was using for secondary angle. All I could see was a post and a tiny square on top. I captured that camera using snipping tool but since it was such a small portion of the video, there was no way I could identify it. Asked ChatGPT about it which allowed me to just paste that in. It instantly identified the brand, model, etc. And even told me it could prove to me why it was that through what it had detected as far as writing on it! Very remarkable and super useful.Can’t say I’ve ever tried nor attempted anything A.I.
In related news, AI is creating more jobs than it is replacing.A few months ago I attempted to speed up my search for woofers with a particular set of characteristics, among which was having one or more demodulation rings (also known as "shorting rings" or "Faraday rings"). The answers I received were actually wrong more often than right! I found out by checking the data sheet of every recommendation. In some cases I even contacted the manufacturer to double-check whether the data sheets were correct, just in case the AI had a reliable source of information that I was unaware of. Nope.
The AI presented its incorrect recommendations as if they were absolute facts, with no clue in the wording that there was any uncertainty or any possibility of error.
This experience makes me wonder how much bad information is being given out in other areas. The correct information was out there on the internet but the AI gave me incorrect information.
Anyway if the answer matters to me, I will do my own fact-checking the old fashioned way.
The question is, are we foolish enough to think that humans, with our limited shallow minds, will be able to keep the almighty AI as a pet forever or at some point it will come to realize that its creators are the biggest threat to it and to the entire planet and decide that the best course of action would be to kill John Connor. I think you know the answer to that.
That'w exactly what I mean.This is not as much on AI as the youtubers trying to get clicks.
I need a stand alone web app that can be opened in a web browser to run it.
It needs to syntheses a waveform from up to 15 individual sine waves.
The app should display the waveform graphically at the top of the window. The definition of each individual component should be shown below that, 1 per line.
The first component should have entries for frequency in Hz and magnitude. Defaults should be 1kHz, and magnitude 1. Allowable frequency range should be 0 to 20kHz.
All subsequent components should have entries for:
- [ ] Frequency as a fraction of the first - default setting 1/1
- [ ] Magnitude as a fraction of the first - default setting 1/1
- [ ] Phase relative to the first, in the range -180 to +180 degrees. - Default setting 0 degrees.
- [ ] A check box to include or exclude the component from the waveform. By default the first 5 waveforms should be checked, the remainder unchecked.
Fractions should be enterable as two numbers : Numerator and Denominator, with enough space for 4 digits. Fractions which have numerator greater than denominator are allowed, which means frequencies of the components can be higher than the first component - but should be limited to a maximum of 80kHz.
Each component should also show the actual frequency and magnitude of the component result from the multiplication of the fractions.
Whenever a setting is changed, the waveform should be regenerated.
There should be a play button and a pause button to allow the created tone to be played to the default sound device.
There should be a volume control slider to allow the user to set the volume.
Whenever the play button is pressed, the volume should be set to zero, and a pop up should be generated warning the user not to play test tones too loud, and to turn the volume up slowly. It should not be possible to increase the volume until OK has been pressed on the pop up.
There should be a drop down to set a number of preset waveforms. These should include: Sinewave
Square wave
Triangle wave
Sawtooth wave
15 tone multitone typical test signal
Please add up to 5 additional presets that you can think of.
A save and load button should be provided to allow all settings to be saved to a json file, or loaded back in from a previously saved file. Whenever settings are loaded, the waveform should be generated from the loaded settings.
I requested a mod to give a higher res, smoother waveform display...Anyone tried coding?
Fortunately, while impressive, current "AIs" are just very advanced language models with no real learning or reasoning capabilities.The question is, are we foolish enough to think that humans, with our limited shallow minds, will be able to keep the almighty AI as a pet forever or at some point it will come to realize that its creators are the biggest threat to it and to the entire planet and decide that the best course of action would be to kill John Connor. I think you know the answer to that.
Not sure how it can code just by doing that.Fortunately, while impressive, current "AIs" are just very advanced language models with no real learning or reasoning capabilities.
We are still technologically far from AI in the strict sense, and while this surrogate may be impressive, it is actually just choosing which words in a row are statistically most likely from a database of information.
NOMAD tipped their own hand right here -- the perfect would know that data is a plural noun.NOMAD: Your data is faulty. I am Nomad. I am perfect.
I take cold comfort from that. When jobs are lost to AI or legal or medical decisions are made by AI or a nefarious actor uses AI to manipulate elections or for mass surveillance, I won’t be reassured one bit by knowing that it’s just a very advanced LLM.Fortunately, while impressive, current "AIs" are just very advanced language models with no real learning or reasoning capabilities.
We are still technologically far from AI in the strict sense, and while this surrogate may be impressive, it is actually just choosing which words in a row are statistically most likely from a database of information.
This is one of those uncanny valley anecdotes that seems characteristic of this historical moment.Another very useful AI is about drugs. I type in the name and ask for side effects, what it is good for etc. I find that the summary Google provides extremely good and seemingly accurate. When you are not feeling well, or someone in the family is not, it is nice to get such quick answers.
I was seeing my dermatologist yesterday about an ointment my regular doctor had prescribed. Dermatologist was surprised and said it is not something they used. But pulled out her phone, and used the same AI as above to find out what it was good for. And said, "I love AI for this kind of info."
Simply put, no more and no less than an extremely long series of 0s and 1s produce Beethoven's ninth symphony or "blade runner". These are complicated evolutions but basically it is and remains that, a statistical tool that applies extremely complex algorithms to a HUGE amount of data.Not sure how it can code just by doing that.
Plus the "reasoning" models that display their "thought processes" don't look much like just picking the next most likely word.
I suspect there is much more to it. But not to the extent of creating anything genuinely intelligent .... yet.
Brains are not blank slates. There’s lots of encoded learning from evolution. That’s why we talk about the various parts as older or newer. Some parts, such as the visual cortex, are pretty much hard wired.Simply put, no more and no less than an extremely long series of 0s and 1s produce Beethoven's ninth symphony or "blade runner". These are complicated evolutions but basically it is and remains that, a statistical tool that applies extremely complex algorithms to a HUGE amount of data.
The substantial difference with a real AI is that a real AI will not need initial data, like a child it will begin to process data from observations, to interpret them and give them meaning, and I believe that a technology of this type is still on average far away.
To date, no AI has real reasoning ability, skynet has yet to be born.
When jobs are lost to AI or legal or medical decisions are made by AI or a nefarious actor uses AI to manipulate elections or for mass surveillance, I won’t be reassured one bit by knowing that it’s just a very advanced LLM.