“Could the multitrillion dollar #investment in #AI, burning money at unprecedented rates, and still struggling with #hallucinations, #unreliability and #misalignment – even after truly massive investments, turn out to be another epic arrogance-fueled mistake?” open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

Could generative AI turn out t...
Could generative AI turn out to be the tech industry’s Vietnam? And could public backlash lead AI to a better place?

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@HankB @sutaio I see a problem that these notes often contain information how to recover from hard disk failure, kernel failure or PC hardware failure.

I assume Markdown, Mkdocs and a Forgejo Git server don't work when PC fails to boot up, hard disk fails or the PCI bus fails (which happened to me twice due to corrosion of the RPi motherboard which I successfully solved by copious washing in vinegar, tap water and many hours drying in front of a fan). I fixed several hard disk failures successfully by overwriting the area with faulty recording with fresh signal, but for this the writes have to be properly aligned and manually entered.

I doubt they will be able to do changes into Markdown, Mkdocs and a Forgejo Git server so that they would work even when the PCI bus or hard disk fails or the PC fails to boot, so I will stay with a biro and paper notebooks. They are more robust, resilient and reliable.

#complexity #unreliability #failure #robustness #resilient #resiliency #durability

A quotation from Thomas Fuller

A courageous Foe is better than a cowardly Friend.

Thomas Fuller (1654-1734) English physician, preacher, aphorist, writer
Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 56 (1732)

More about this quote: wist.info/fuller-thomas-1654/8…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #thomasfuller #proverb #ally #courage #cowardice #foe #friend #integrity #opponent #unreliability

Fuller, Thomas (1654) - Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs (compiler), # 56 (1732) | WIST Quotations

A courageous Foe is better than a cowardly Friend.

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CREDIBILITY That is what the #USA has lost since "president" #trump has been elected #MarketUncertainty #MarketChaos #trumpCRASH #Inflation #stagflation #Uncertainty #Unreliability #Politics #News #Business
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A quotation from Josh Billings

Thare iz two men, prowling around, who want cluss watching, the one, that iz allwuz praizing, and the one, who iz allwuz kondeming, himself.
 
[There are two men, prowling around, who want close watching: the one that is always praising, and the one who is always condemning, himself.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Trump Kards, ch. 14 “A Ghost” (1874)

Sourcing, notes: wist.info/billings-josh/75600/

#quote #quotes #quotation #ego #pride ?#selfaggrandizing #selfcondemnation #selfcriticism #selfpraising #unreliability

Leo AI just generated a sentence completely contradicting the previous one in the same answer.
So, how can HR departments, companies, and brands increasingly trust artificial intelligence when it behaves so incoherently? If it continues this way and the AI bubble bursts, some companies may come to realize that they have cluelessly lost their best employees and will be left to their own devices.

#inconsistency = #unreliability #flawedAI #LLM #trust #idiocy #AIbubble #HR #knowledge #AI

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaa / #uno / #humanitarianaid / #idf / #violence / #unreliability / #breachoflaw

»"A clearly marked humanitarian vehicle, part of a convoy that had been fully coordinated with the IDF, was struck 10 times by IDF gunfire, including with bullets targeting front windows," Stephane Dujarric said, adding that the two occupants were unharmed.«
https://www.dw.com/en/middle-east-updates-un-vehicle-in-gaza-hit-by-idf-gunfire/live-70075241?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf

Middle East updates: UN vehicle in Gaza hit by IDF gunfire

The UN said a vehicle in a Gaza aid convoy was struck 10 times in all, with the occupants unharmed. The World Food Program said soon after that it was suspending the movement of all Gaza staff. DW has more.

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A quotation from Jerome, Jerome K.:

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There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right — except when you rely upon it, and then it is more wrong than you would think a clock could be in a civilized country.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/jerome-jermome-k/66591/

#quote #quotes #quotation #accuracy #clock #correctness #error #machinery #perversity #technology #unreliability

"Clocks," Diary of a Pilgrimage, and Six Other Essays (1891) - Jerome, Jerome K. | WIST Quotations

There are two kinds of clocks. There is the clock that is always wrong, and that knows it is wrong, and glories in it; and there is the clock that is always right -- except when you rely upon it, and then it is more wrong than you would think…

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A quotation from Virgil:

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A woman is a fickle, changeful thing!

[Varium et mutabile semper
femina.]
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/virgil/20210/

#quote #quotes #quotation #changeability #dependability #fickleness #misogyny #mood #unreliability #women

A quotation from O'Malley, Austin:

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Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/omalley-austin/59649/

#quote #quotes #quotation #memory #past #remembrance #retention #unreliability