could be a great idea if people could be trusted to correctly interpret things that are not in their scope of expertise. The parallel I'm thinking of is IT, where people will happily and repeatedly call a monitor "the computer". Imagine telling the AI your heart hurts when it's actually muscle spasms or indigestion.
The value in medical professionals is not just the raw knowledge but the practice of objective assessment or deduction of symptoms, in a way that I didn't foresee a public-facing system being able to replicate
I really value the camera on my phone, since it is essentially my main camera and I enjoy taking pictures. I might rather lean into graphene-ing this pixel than a fair phone, unfortunately. But probably not purchase a future pixel, since they abandoned the physical SIM slot
Intentionally over-complicating a device so that it must be repaired (additional revenue) by a 'professional' that they approve of (additional revenue) with their own parts (additional revenue).
You might expect a company that makes easier-to-repair things to retain more customers, but 'more customers' is an incentive because it means more profit, but if you can get several more profit more directly by doing these shenanigans, then why wouldn't unregulated capitalists go in that direction?
If you experience that world often enough, it is real in a way.
The representation of the place is virtual but the memories made in it are real.
If reality itself could be a simulation and we don't know any different, would knowing it's a simulation change the realness and validity of our experiences within?
Fascinating topic, really. It's cool how art can make you wonder.
player-cum-artist
😏😏😂 heheheh (I have to sense of humor of an 8th grader)
I really like swappa for the ability to return the phone to the seller for refund.
In theory eBay also allows this, but since it's a core feature of the swappa marketplace that it gives me comfort that the phone is listed in good faith and they haven't misrepresented the phone.
Infuriatingly, URL shortners are often used in QR codes because they have a character limit-ish (longer strings make for more detailed QR codes, which are harder to scan from further away so it's a trade-off). but if the QR points to a shortened link then it's more difficult to assess where a QR code is pointing without blindly following the link.
And now phones are overcompensating, sharpening, airbrushing, and AI correcting photos. They've captured reality and kept going, soon exceeding reality
In theory Anthropic is more concerned about AI issues, so this doesn't surprise me from their "AI safety team"