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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AI products like ChatGPT much hyped but not much used, study says⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
They’re bullshit generators, essentially - it doesn’t matter to them whether they generate something that’s ‘true’ or not, as long as it’s plausible. Depends what you intend to use them for - if you want a throw-away image for a powerpoint slide that will only be looked at once for a few seconds, they’re ideal. They generate shit code and boring, pointless stories, so couldn’t recommend them for that.

If you’re a D&D GM that’s in need of quite a lot of ‘disposable’ material, they’re alright. Image of a bad guy that you can then work into the story? Great. Names for every single Gnomish villager? Great. Creating intricate and interesting lore that brings your world alive? No, they are not actually intelligent and cannot do that - that’s the part that you provide.

At the moment, huge amounts of venture capitalist money is making these things much cheaper than their true cost. Can only imagine the price of them is going to go up a lot when that runs out. You might not be able to afford the subscription, but you’ll be in good company soon.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Copilot key is based on a button you probably haven’t seen since IBM’s Model M⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
But will that stop me from rebinding it as my ‘compose’ key? Normally I use AltGr for that, but more modifier keys are always welcome…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨(I wonder if he knows about lemmy)1 divided by 0 (a 3rd grade teacher and principal got it wrong), Reddit r/NoStupidQuestions [4:51 | Dec 02 2023 | bprp precalculus]⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Division is defined as the inverse of multiplication. The answer to one divided by zero is the same as asking which number you would multiply by zero in order to get one. No number has that property, not even infinity. So the answer is undefined.

One divided by ‘epsilon’, where epsilon represents a very tiny number, approaches infinity for ever tinier epsilons, so in some maths contexts infinity makes sense. But in general it’s a meaningless question, and so can only have a meaningless answer.