Depressed

You're shooting the messenger here. Why did you use that software to produce your powershell script?

Maybe for the same reason the ancient Nahuatle gawked at the snake as it crawled up the pyramid? "I don't really know but it's like magic?"
 
"A Matroska `Cluster` and `Block` are not at the same conceptual level as H.264’s GOP and keyframes.
Y'know, I had no idea that GOP stands for Group Of Pictures in your post. I'm that blind when it comes to video processing. Goes to show how important context is. I did bother to google a bit, and now your post makes sense to me. Most people are not gonna bother, for very unfortunate reasons.

Most of my life, I mentally associated the GOP acronym with Grand Old Party, a.k.a. the Republican Party of the United States. Today is the first time I learned that GOP stands for something else, as well.

My point being - an AI is not gonna be able to catch when a user is totally blind to an important concept. In Ghost In The Shell anime, that very concept of being blind to something is explored via 'ghost hacking' and 'having eyes stolen' - two terms that people who have seen the anime are familiar with.

With the way OP's father began paying attention to ChatGPT and became unpleasant to be around and for all intents and purposes blind to reality around him - Yeah, that can be compared to getting brain-hacked as described in Ghost In The Shell. It is frankly an unfortunate situation, and being humorous about it is probably not the most considerate response. And no, an AI can't catch on that. ChatGPT is a freakin' robot, y'know!
 
For what it's worth, I've tried chatGPT on occasion, usually for something where I web searched and couldn't find the answer. I didn't keep track, but its answers were sometimes right and sometimes useless. Not stupidly useless, but for example, saying do X, Y, and Z and this should work, and it didn't work. Also, with the hope that this might make the OP chuckle, years ago, a friend and I, walking back to the train station from work, were discussing self help books and my friend said, Wouldn't it be great if you could just say to someone don't be depressed, and they said, OK, and they were all better? As we walked, he mentioned something that was getting him down, and so, when we got to our respective trains, I said, And hey, don't be depressed, and he said OK, and started bouncing around as if he were suddenly happy. Sigh, writing about it, it doesn't sound funny, but it cracked me up and had me smiling all the way home. This happened in the 80's, so, I guess it must have made a lasting impression on me, as I still remember it.
 
What's alarming is that he just kind of hit and run, didn't really follow up on the thread at all.

It's depressing. It was already depressing when it was just facebook and myspace coopting people's brains. Then on top of that the magic mirrors people have been glued to for decades now, even out on the streets ("smart" telephones). Then old people, who are supposed to be the ones giving these processes drag, being the first to jump in head first. Then the magic friends (autogenerated programs).

I can't imagine the alienation for someboduy lucky enough to retain actual humanity into their adolescence.

On the other hand, for the brave souls willing to grasp it, the possibilities now outweigh the possibilities of every previous point in history combined. Steely hearts are needed.

Go do something forbidden somewhere. It will clear your thoughts.
 
For what it's worth, I've tried chatGPT on occasion, usually for something where I web searched and couldn't find the answer. I didn't keep track, but its answers were sometimes right and sometimes useless. Not stupidly useless, but for example, saying do X, Y, and Z and this should work, and it didn't work. Also, with the hope that this might make the OP chuckle, years ago, a friend and I, walking back to the train station from work, were discussing self help books and my friend said, Wouldn't it be great if you could just say to someone don't be depressed, and they said, OK, and they were all better? As we walked, he mentioned something that was getting him down, and so, when we got to our respective trains, I said, And hey, don't be depressed, and he said OK, and started bouncing around as if he were suddenly happy. Sigh, writing about it, it doesn't sound funny, but it cracked me up and had me smiling all the way home. This happened in the 80's, so, I guess it must have made a lasting impression on me, as I still remember it.
It's usually a 50-50 bet as to whether or not something that simple would actually work. I do remember that back in the 80s, that was pretty much the standard way of cheering somebody up even if the comment did not solve the underlying problem. These days, cheering somebody up is more complicated. But even with that, I'd say that a 50% chance of a simple solution working is still better than the slim ( < 1% ) chances of actually getting the underlying situation resolved...

Edit: I was re-reading my own posts, and realized I messed up the 'less than' sign! Grammar rules are still important when trying to communicate a point.
 
I made the mistake a few days ago of going to the theatre to watch a movie for the first time in years. It wasn't even like some blockbuster cinema, it was an art house theatre for movie nerds, real afficionados. Of the 20 people in my vicinity, maybe 5 or 6 simply could not handle the phone withdrawal. They simply had to check it every 5 mins or so. I peeked at the guy next to me, to see what was so important. It wasn't anything, he just flicked the phone open and scrolled a bit rhough aplications and closed it back down. It was just the withdrawal.

Man alive.
 
What's alarming is that he just kind of hit and run, didn't really follow up on the thread at all.

It's depressing. It was already depressing when it was just facebook and myspace coopting people's brains. Then on top of that the magic mirrors people have been glued to for decades now, even out on the streets ("smart" telephones). Then old people, who are supposed to be the ones giving these processes drag, being the first to jump in head first. Then the magic friends (autogenerated programs).

I can't imagine the alienation for someboduy lucky enough to retain actual humanity into their adolescence.

On the other hand, for the brave souls willing to grasp it, the possibilities now outweigh the possibilities of every previous point in history combined. Steely hearts are needed.

Go do something forbidden somewhere. It will clear your thoughts.
I dont agree with you. you follow your time. you are not special, and being stupid is not way to go. how to know how to say that without all the connotation associated to that kind of literaly basic statement.
 
I dont agree with you. you follow your time. you are not special, and being stupid is not way to go. how to know how to say that without all the connotation associated to that kind of literaly basic statement.
Ummm... Might want to hold on. It is true that OP has only one post in this entire thread. And yeah, the rest of us kind of latched on to that, and made a whole conversation out of it, even with some posts having some rather disagreeable content.
 
if im speaking with an annarchist I not gonna hold anything
I'm sorry, it simply seemed to me like you were responding to the last few lines, rather than the entire post.

You did quote the entire post, though.

I do realize that the comments made by the other user were quite disagreeable.

There are ways to deal with that other than a flamewar.
 
As for being stupid, I remember a comedian doing a bit on how it has it's advantages. Someone shouts at you, What are you, stupid??!! And the answer is yeah, is that a problem? I've done it in arguments with my wife often, though it doesn't work.

For your amusement, a 4 second video https://srobb.net/stupid.mp4

And, in case it's not clear, I'm NOT calling anyone in this thread stupid.
 
Unfortunately, our executives at work are obsessed with ai.
Let them undergo rehabilitation. Being obsessed with something, as far as I know, is a pathology of the conscious/subconscious. With such illnesses, they shouldn't control you. Such illnesses are treatable. And there are excellent clinics in Israel.
I asked it about quitting caffeine cold-turkey;
And YOUR life experience didn't help you? It's a basic question. Simply basic. Coffee addiction is a chemical matter, just like other powders and liquids. There are thousands of videos on the topic on YouTube. Why would you ask an artificial and ugly dummy?
If they are obsessed with it, it is probably because they can smell a future where they pay some Hindu labour farm $1000 a month to manage what used to take a 8-9 figure salary management pool. And they are probably not wrong, much of what modern day management does can be automated.
Let them automate THEIR salaries and THEIR bonuses. Introduce mathematical "coefficients" into this parasitic management and calculate what they REALLY generate in terms of USEFUL work, not posturing and cheap show-offs. This can be calculated without AI or algorithms.
We have one official who governs an entire region. All her social media posts are pure posturing.
All I see in her "work" and "exhausted and productive labor" is:
1. Shaking hands at absolutely stupid and useless press conferences;
2. Changing her outfits and simply showing off in front of cameras and TV;
3. Participating in various "puppet" presentations and pre-arranged events; She arrives at a construction site,
she puts on a hard hat and, with a "smart" expression (slang for "еблищем"), transforms herself into a "builder." They take her in a company car
to a food production facility, dress her in a white coat and cap, and with a "smart" look, she pretends to be a "specialist" in
the production department, and so on ad infinitum. It's cosplay, fucking political cosplay;
4. She promotes and promotes her husband's business;
5. She hangs out at useless and ineffective parties. Another official could have been sent to these parties,
of lower rank, but cheaper for the public budget;
6. She prints tons of certificates of commendation on a color printer and hands them out to her ass-kissers at all the public utilities;
7. She sings the national anthem endlessly, both where it's appropriate and where it's not;
8. She licks the ass of everyone who is above her in rank;;
9. She creates schemes so that companies close to her relatives win tenders and competitions;
10. She uses her administrative resources to "push" competitors;
...

This is just the tip of the iceberg. This is her "productive work."
Now connect her to AI and let it optimize her "work" into USEFUL work. Get the idea? What did this idiot accomplish in her workday? All she "created" was hype, PR, and bolstered schemes to keep the thieving gang of officials and politicians from collapsing at her level. That's all the "useful" work.
Connect the government apparatus to AI.
That's all. And don't apply AI to unskilled workers. It's stupid and ineffective on a national scale.
Connect AI to the asses of politicians and officials, as well as their offshore zones. Then we'll see what good comes out of it.
Here we'll see optimization, management, statistics, formulas, and arithmetic and mathematics... :)
Like telling employees to be punctual, to not overstep bounds of their role, be able to dole out punishments and rewards (like firing and promotions), recognizing when workplace harassment is taking place, recognizing when an employee is just not trainable? Or recognizing a skill that would be quite valuable if used right?
I'm not a digital appendage of an AI. I won't need such a job. Even a well-paid one. I'll find one that pays less, but I won't become a slave with an AI anal probe.
As a subset of the tasks traditionally delegated to management, I believe the answer is yes, all of those things. Not to the satisfaction of subjective ideas, but to the maximally efficient way to achieve whatever the autogenerated program's management goals are.

Have you ever stepped inside an Amazon warehouse?
Amazon? Walmart? Never. Never. I've watched dozens of videos of how they treat workers there.
about how boss robots hire and fire people at Amazon.
+100%.
The systems infrastructure will organically accomplish all HR goals, as well as many others.
You've left ANALOGUE people out of the equation. There are "digital avatars" (outcasts, marginalized individuals), and then there are PEOPLE. System infrastructure—yes, serious stuff, but there are things beyond systems analysis, approach, or algorithm.
Mathematics isn't the queen of sciences, and systems analysis isn't what governs many things. No, sir, no...
And what's higher in the hierarchy and management? What do you think? :)

Many have become engrossed in AI like little children. The author's father is an infantile figure who found his own little world and disappeared into it.
 
I'm not a digital appendage of an AI. I won't need such a job. Even a well-paid one. I'll find one that pays less, but I won't become a slave with an AI anal probe.
Somebody still needs to organize a bunch of people to cooperate and get stuff done. Left to their own devices, by themselves, would people have the self-discipline to even dig a ditch? Working as a team of 2, even, that's far more effective than digging a ditch by yourself. Management is still a skill that not many people have. I certainly don't see myself telling people what to do. But assembling capable people, telling them stuff that gets them sold on putting in the effort - that does get results. Just look at Pep Guardiola. He was an OK player, but he's a fantastic coach who gets people to want to play on the team he's coaching. With a crappy coach who can't manage personalities and abilities, even a bunch of very talented players end up being a pretty crappy team that is easy to beat.
 
Using ChatGPT for literally everything?

There have been stories of prompt engineering that got ChatGPT to self-identify as a woman.

There have been stories of divorces where the bone of contention was giving attention to ChatGPT over real-life in-home partner. Same thing can be said about Facebook/Meta and plain surfing the Internet.

And now zuckerberg is trying to combine both into one. I saw part of an interview where he, after spending what, 20 years trying to isolate people from each other, burying their faces on their phones and computers on facebook, looked at the interviewer and said "people don't have enough friends. What people need is one of our meta ai companions."

ChatGPT is a thirsty, expensive robot that only exists because of some silicon from Intel and AMD. Yes, it's a robot that took over OP's father, unfortunately.

I'd say, how about tearing the guy away from the computer/phone and having an intense workout followed by a really nice meal? If possible, OP should be the one in charge, but prioritize the benefits (workout and meal) over being the one in charge.

There are also stories of a company that makes "ai companions" that have either shut down (shutting down the "companion"), causing a mental breakdown of, say, one's best friend dying, or been acquired by another (less moral) company who tweaks the model to constantly manipulate their human companions. The most innocuous example would be to manipulate them into higher and higher subscription levels. There are also far more nefarious levels of manipulation... Neither bodes well for society as a whole.
 
If they are obsessed with it, it is probably because they can smell a future where they pay some Hindu labour farm $1000 a month to manage what used to take a 8-9 figure salary management pool. And they are probably not wrong, much of what modern day management does can be automated.
Maybe in the distant future. In this day and age, I run across things like this: View: https://x.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802


This being an extreme case, but yeah.
 
There are also stories of a company that makes "ai companions" that have either shut down (shutting down the "companion"), causing a mental breakdown of, say, one's best friend dying, or been acquired by another (less moral) company who tweaks the model to constantly manipulate their human companions. The most innocuous example would be to manipulate them into higher and higher subscription levels. There are also far more nefarious levels of manipulation... Neither bodes well for society as a whole.
That amounts to digital version of prostitution, unfortunately - minus the actual sex. Except that in a digital world, it's easier to track individual users, tally them up, and realize just how low the humanity has sunk - just going by the sheer numbers of people who actually use those AI companion services.

Most of those people seem to be about as mindless as Facebook users back in the day. To paraphrase Zuckerberg, he did at one point say that Facebook is a great way to see for yourself the extent to which people are just mindless morons.
 
There are also stories of a company that makes "ai companions" that have either shut down (shutting down the "companion"), causing a mental breakdown of, say, one's best friend dying
That reminds me of the Tamagotchi , which was reported to have made some small children cry inconsolably when their "virtual pet" died eventually. I think "AI companions" first appeared back in the 1960s (within the limits of the technology at that time), with the ELIZA program.
 
That reminds me of the Tamagotchi , which was reported to have made some small children cry inconsolably when their "virtual pet" died eventually. I think "AI companions" first appeared back in the 1960s (within the limits of the technology at that time), with the ELIZA program.
I remember the Tamagotchi craze, I was around for that. And my take was, "Come on, that's just immature minds of kids if they cry over something like that! It's a freakin' game! People should learn to police their own behavior and emotional outbursts! And parents should be able to teach their kids some self-discipline, and to tell them that there's more to life than a freakin' game."

As for Eliza - that's just a digital version of Gypsy fortune-tellers... ever hear of Barnum Effect? That's what the vast majority of AI-obsessed people seem to suffer from. Reading about Barnum Effect, it does a much better job of characterizing and correctly diagnosing what the moron bosses are posessed by as individuals. As a group, a good description that seems to check enough boxes is Dunning-Kruger Effect. The D-K Effect is basically the tendency to overestimate one's own abilities when in a crowd of like-minded people. Oh, the shock and shame when you haven't studied for that math test, take it anyway (while deluding yourself that you'll be OK anyway), and then discovering that you were the only one who failed the test. 😂
 
I think "AI companions" first appeared back in the 1960s (within the limits of the technology at that time), with the ELIZA program.
Thanks for reminded me of my "conversations" with Elisa on ZX Spectrum, which all went more or less like in the screenshot bellow. Basically, simple parser that reformulated what you typed last into next question.
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Much better and far more fun to play with was Winograd's SHRDLU
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I dont agree with you. you follow your time. you are not special, and being stupid is not way to go. how to know how to say that without all the connotation associated to that kind of literaly basic statement.

If you never did anything forbidden, my condolences.

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Getting angry at an industrial process is what is infantile. The "human" element. 30 people on payroll whose work can be automated, and hundreds of millions of dollars saved in the process. 3000. An entire class of people (the type prone to snarky comments as some kind of valid rhetoric).

Go ahead, get angry at that. Nobody is going to pay trillions of dollars because the alternative makes you angry.

Except, again, government. To the person who posted that it is government that should be automated, they are missing hte entire point of a government. It is by definition redundant. You don't automate redundancy. They are there to steal your money and tell you what to do. Theyn can do it because it makes a critical mass of people feel safe.

Everything else, though, and you better believe it, will undergo this process of automation. Even government won't totally escape it, because at a certain point things are just not economically viable.
 
I'm a CEO. I'm going to pay astyle $XXX,000 a year to type questions into a box that I can type myself?

Oh, sorry, if I don't he will be offended because I have forsaken the human element.

Sorry accounting, scratch our LLM projects.

Fellas, I have an excellent deal on a bridge.
 
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