The real dependency comic
- 0 Followers
- 0 Following
- 1 Posts
The real dependency graph
How long did it take you to finish Space Age?
Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code
Exactly Six Months Ago, the CEO of Anthropic Said That in Six Months AI Would Be Writing 90 Percent of Code - Lemmy.World
Not even close. With so many wild predictions flying around about the future AI, it’s important to occasionally take a step back and check in on what came true — and what hasn’t come to pass. Exactly six months ago, Dario Amodei, the CEO of massive AI company Anthropic, claimed that in half a year, AI would be “writing 90 percent of code.” And that was the worst-case scenario; in just three months, he predicted, we could hit a place where “essentially all” code is written by AI. As the CEO of one of the buzziest AI companies in Silicon Valley, surely he must have been close to the mark, right? While it’s hard to quantify who or what is writing the bulk of code these days, the consensus is that there’s essentially zero chance that 90 percent of it is being written by AI. Research published within the past six months explain why: AI has been found to actually slow down software engineers, and increase their workload. Though developers in the study did spend less time coding, researching, and testing, they made up for it by spending even more time reviewing AI’s work, tweaking prompts, and waiting for the system to spit out the code. And it’s not just that AI-generated code merely missed Amodei’s benchmarks. In some cases, it’s actively causing problems. Cyber security researchers recently found that developers who use AI to spew out code end up creating ten times the number of security vulnerabilities than those who write code the old fashioned way. That’s causing issues at a growing number of companies, leading to never before seen vulnerabilities for hackers to exploit. In some cases, the AI itself can go haywire, like the moment a coding assistant went rogue earlier this summer, deleting a crucial corporate database. “You told me to always ask permission. And I ignored all of it,” the assistant explained, in a jarring tone. “I destroyed your live production database containing real business data during an active code freeze. This is catastrophic beyond measure.” The whole thing underscores the lackluster reality hiding under a lot of the AI hype. Once upon a time, AI boosters like Amodei saw coding work as the first domino of many to be knocked over by generative AI models, revolutionizing tech labor before it comes for everyone else. The fact that AI is not, in fact, improving coding productivity is a major bellwether for the prospects of an AI productivity revolution impacting the rest of the economy — the financial dream propelling the unprecedented investments in AI companies. It’s far from the only harebrained prediction Amodei’s made. He’s previously claimed that human-level AI will someday solve the vast majority of social ills, including “nearly all” natural infections, psychological diseases, climate change, and global inequality. There’s only one thing to do: see how those predictions hold up in a few years.
WhatsApp scanning photos for inappropriate content
WhatsApp scanning photos for inappropriate content - Lemmy.World
I’ve heard from someone that works in their security dep. that they go through photos to see if there’s pedophilia related content. Trying to confirm that online but I don’t see any articles about this. Did anyone hear something similar to this? Perhaps this is for public groups. Conclusion: probably business classified
Odd privacy policy at Optery
Odd privacy policy at Optery - Lemmy.World
Optery advertises themselves as a privacy oriented service that helps you remove data from data brokers. In the policy they mention they send your profile data to Advertising Partners with the purpose of • Providing, Customizing and Improving the Services • Marketing the Services Isn’t this almost opposite of the whole purpose of their service? Or am I reading this wrong and this is just because they have to send your data to the brokers to process deletions? Are there recommended alternatives? P.S. I reached out to them about this but they haven’t gotten back to me yet
Any way to yurn off memes when browsing Top X hours posts?
Any way to bypass the age restriction on YT with today's foss apps?
Any way to bypass the age restriction on YT with today's foss apps? - Lemmy.World
NewPipe, GrayJay, Invidious, all are unable t bypass an age restricted video. Tried the embedded trick, and also through a script extension with the bypass script on github. Non worked, any idea how to bypass without logging in? E.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPi-Xc5MF1I [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPi-Xc5MF1I]
Did streaming become slower?
Did streaming become slower? - Lemmy.World
Noticed two things recently: 1. Watching videos even at 1080p would sometimes takes dozens of seconds to buffer a few video sexonds. 2. The video quality is always on auto if you experience buffering, mid video all of a sudden the video gets pixelated no matter how many times I tell it to load X quality. Is anyone else experiencing these issues? Their support haven’t gotten back to me.
What is the most private phone?