I was playing about with the #Bing chatbot this morning. I decided to ask it how to change the battery in my mum's car (which is something I need to do this weekend).
It had the good sense to ask if I meant the 12v battery or the hybrid battery, but then seemed to get confused between the 12v battery and the battery in the keyfob. Though at least it then popped up a video that had an actual walk through.
So 10/10 for effort and 6/10 for accuracy.
Fortunately, starting up a second instance of Visio is a workaround for the problem, but every other Office app lets you have multiple windows open at once without resorting to that.
I know Microsoft aren't exactly known for consistent UI, but this is silly.
Why is there no easy/straightforward way to have multiple windows open in #Visio? The only instructions I've found are old and involve (of all things) editing the registry.
I need to make a new diagram that looks a lot like an old one, so having the old one open on one monitor and the new one on another makes the most sense to me. But Visio doesn't seem to want to let me do that. The closest it offers is both documents open in the same window.
I think if you can't get out of a contract without penalty then the provider really shouldn't be allowed to raise prices during the term of the contract.
Or at the very least, the amount and number of increases should be limited and spelled out to the customer before they sign up, and if the provider needs to go beyond that for some reason then the customer should be able to opt out of the contract without penalty.
https://rxtvinfo.com/2023/ofcom-to-review-broadband-price-rises/
People tell me they're afraid of AI and computers taking over the world but if it helps: I'm really not.
For the last few decades since Terminator came out, we've been hard at work building in a dead man's switch to every major system on Earth to prevent this from happening. I guarantee you that if computers try to take over the world, somewhere, within a month, a certificate for some critical dependency no one ever considered will expire and take all the machines out at once. We've done a few dozen trial runs of this to make sure the system works. 100% success rate so far.
Another thing it reminded me of was this old short sci-fi film about the future World Government vs Perky Entrepreneurs in Space.
Particularly the bit about AI being used to make purchasing decisions. Though I'm guessing Bing isn't going to go "Freecision! Freecision!" if you ask it a question it can't answer.
Content Warning - very earnest Libertarianism and you will be left wondering if anyone has launched a crypto currency called a Hayek yet and if not, why not.
One of the things the Bing demo reminded me of was Apple's Knowledge Navigator from the late 80s.
It can't be all that long before they'll be a chat AI interface that uses a generated personality over a Teams call.
I keep meaning to try things like ChatGPT, but everytime I try it's too busy.
Hopefully I'll get a chance with Bing integration, but even that has a wait list.
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