Master AI (Artificial Intelligence) Discussion/News Thread

[Ralph_Cramden]

 

[Petrushka]

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Nice idea, but it would be better if he just had six fingers.

 

[DVinylfan]

Wild take.

Not really.

 

[sam_adams]

Nice idea, but it would be better if he just had six fingers.

'AI' Bob Iger agrees . . .

 

[Axo1989]

hm yea i was hoping for sources. I dont do well on philosophy

I think the original post there is more graphic novel than philosophy (no offence to graphic novel readers, I mean it in the sense of illustrated imagination) because 'judgement' isn't a function performed by LLM-based chatbots.

 

[Karmacoma]

 

[Somafunk]

Here’s a good 15min dive into the parasitic nature of data centres and the communities they are situated in.

 

[EERecordist]

Distinct AI Models Seem To Converge On How They Encode Reality | Quanta Magazine

Is the inside of a vision model at all like a language model? Researchers argue that as the models grow more powerful, they may be converging toward a singular “Platonic” way to represent the world.

www.quantamagazine.org

 

[amirm]

Sometimes you have to admit AI is getting good:

 

[Somafunk]

Sometimes you have to admit AI is getting good:

The fingers on 29yr old Kelly are still the giveaway

 

[Power Pop 23]

For a monthly fee, one can receive advice from a life coach in the form of an A.I. chat bot - from self-help gurus like Tony Robbins.

https://www.wsj.com/style/ai-self-help-chat-bots-tony-robbins-gabby-bernstein-0cf8b3b0?

 

[Somafunk]

I’d rather listen to a Socrates or Plato self help a.i. than suffer at the mental expense of listening to self help guru nonsense from robbins and his ilk, imagine an a.i. version of Jordan Peterson twittering utter garbage on demand? ……..

 

[FreakyKiwi]

For a monthly fee, one can receive advice from a life coach in the form of an A.I. chat bot - from self-help gurus like Tony Robbins.

https://www.wsj.com/style/ai-self-help-chat-bots-tony-robbins-gabby-bernstein-0cf8b3b0?

Yay, all the grifters are here to make a quick buck from the AI hype.
Combined with the own nothing, subscribe to everything future this is awesome.

 

[Axo1989]

Yay, all the grifters are here to make a quick buck from the AI hype.
Combined with the own nothing, subscribe to everything future this is awesome.

Indeed, leaning on 'AI getting good' an ex-pat South African YouTuber operating in New Zealand decided to necro noted Oz critter-botherer Steve Irwin re-imagined in basic blackface.

And yes people apparently think this Aboriginal avatar is a living person—despite stereotypical visual presentation and wildly unrealistic positioning of native critters in the frame. And no, living and dead people whose likenesses have been absorbed into the terrapixel maw to generate this high-gloss slop haven't given permission, and so on.

Edit to add some pix: tassie devils are known for their people skills and general cuddliness, and routinely munch on bones of extinct megafauna, thanks to 'AI getting good'.

 

[FreakyKiwi]

Here's proof that AI models regurgitate copyrighted material.

What else should be expect from a probability based next word prediction system trained on the work of other people?

 

[somebodyelse]

Bankcamp announced their new AI policy on Reddit - no music created entirely or substantially with AI, and no use of AI to impersonate anyone.

https://www.reddit.com/r/BandCamp/comments/1qbw8ba/ai_generated_music_on_bandcamp

Ars coverage compares their situation with Spotify, and the grey area where artists are using AI as a tool in their creative process.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/01/bandcamp-bans-purely-ai-generated-music-from-its-platform/

That's covering the music side, but what about videos? There's a bit here on the use of AI by a production company the band had used before, and their training of the AI on their previous content to help keep the 'house style.'
https://metalinjection.net/news/igo...lains-the-insane-ai-video-for-new-single-adhd
https://www.borninspace.com/insanely-surreal-ai-generated-music-video-for-igorrrs-adhd/

 

[EERecordist]

Meet the new biologists treating LLMs like aliens

By studying large language models as if they were living things instead of computer programs, scientists are discovering some of their secrets for the first time.

www.technologyreview.com

 

[Power Pop 23]

A search at Amazon USA for the Qudelix T71 'dongle' brought up instead a link to redirect me to Qudelix dot com.


When Amazon does not have an item in stock, it offers a beta feature to use their A.I. to find the item elsewhere.

Amazon.com: : All Departments

Online shopping for from a great selection at All Departments Store.

www.amazon.com

With this feature, Amazon can capture transaction data for purchases outside their website.

 

[JustAnandaDourEyedDude]

Mem'ries may be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget

So it's the low prices we will remember
Whenever we remember the way we were
The way we were

 

[Power Pop 23]

Six states in the USA (Arizona, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington) are trialing a 6-year program bringing 'prior authorization' to traditional Medicare.

The program relies on A.I. and language learning models to assess the need the for select procedures, including knee arthroscopy and implanting an electrical nerve stimulation device.

WISeR (Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction) Model | CMS

Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model webpage

www.cms.gov