Federico Viticci Oct 13

Unpopular reality check:

Most people in real life just call it Apple TV. They know what they mean. "The Apple one".

Renaming the service to Apple TV is cleaner, and totally a non-issue. Only nerds obsess about naming these things. Nobody in real life will ever say the sentence "The TV app for Apple TV on Apple TV". Only people here do.

Show threadFederico Viticci 
then again some folks here are still convinced people don't use chatbots and they're a fad, so what should I expect
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Show threadMatthew ScharfOct 13
@viticci exactly. My mum calls it Apple Math.
Show threadNiléaneOct 13
@viticci Is "people are convinced chatbots are a fad" an attempt to dismiss legitimate criticisms of AI and the AI bubble?
Show threadFederico Viticci Oct 13
@nileane No, it just means I disagree with that idea.
Show threadLeon CowleOct 13
@viticci I sense you & I share a (big) frustration with several commonly expressed views here on Zealotodon.
Show threadNic Lake Oct 13
@viticci how incredibly reductive of you
Show threadAva Oct 13

@viticci I mean, anecdotally, I’m in a class with ~30 other people my age. The professor asked how many people had used chatbots. Three people raised their hands.

So either people my age don’t use LLMs or they’re embarrassed enough about it to say they didn’t.

Show threadstarlingOct 14
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Show threadQuarterSwedeOct 14

@viticci Everyone at work uses them. Even my peer just used Copilot (only worked approved AI) today to speed up a project. He’s not a nerd …

And let’s be clear, it’s just old nerds. The young nerds think we’re stupid for not using them. Just ask my 17 year old, lol.

Show threadSterling Hammer Oct 14
@viticci they’re the next metaverse.
Show threadMudkipOct 14

@viticci While I sometimes use chatbots, I completely understand why people avoid them.

Personally, I recently cancelled my Club MacStories subscription and put the money on NPC XL instead. I still want to support MacStories but I've found MacStories Weekly is too focused on LLMs and less interesting recently.

Honestly, I feel tech in general was more interesting before ChatGPT existed.

Show threadJonathan ReedOct 14
@viticci But I keep telling you: no one uses ChatGPT!