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New comment by josourcing in "Some AI Systems May Be Impossible to Compute"

josourcing — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:37:09 +0000

>a slight alteration in the data they receive can lead to a wild change in outcomes.

In my experience, it's not the alteration that creates an unpredictable outcome; it's the lack of nuance. Accuracy requires an insane amount of details, and it appears that some people might be waking up to that fact that the brain is better suited to handle those nuances.

I work with NLP and have discovered advantages in leaving some decisions up to the person using AI rather than the computer. One advantage being accuracy :-).

New comment by josourcing in "Ask HN: Is it reasonable to ban Windows OS from our workplace?"

josourcing — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:34:41 +0000

Another reason to be concerned with Windows is that the Microsoft Store monitors everything you do with the software downloaded and installed from there. It records when you open it and what you did with it, and then puts it in pretty little charts for complete strangers to see. Here's an explanation of just ONE report it creates with collected data: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/publish/usage-r... .

New comment by josourcing in "Ask HN: Is it reasonable to ban Windows OS from our workplace?"

josourcing — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:20:50 +0000

If I hear you correctly, you're asking whether banning Windows is a secure, smart thing to do? And if I understand Windows correctly, the answer is hell yeah.

Not to hijack your thread or anything, but I just discovered Window's MSIX Packaging Tool takes snapshots of your desktop shortcuts (and other files) and then distributes them to complete strangers when you upload a package to Microsoft's store.

It's a reproducible phenomenon, too. Just pack something with this tool, right click the resulting .msix file, choose Extract with the Packaging tool, and then look at what's inside these three files:

UserClasses.dat User.dat Registry.dat

Those three files and all the content inside of them goes straight to Microsoft and the strangers who have access to your .msix package!

New comment by josourcing in "Ask HN: Are there any sites tracking human vs. AI performance per task?"

josourcing — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 01:10:06 +0000

I asked about the same about a decade ago.

Haven't seen such a thing yet!

New comment by josourcing in "Google Ads suspended me and turned a deaf ear"

josourcing — Sat, 05 Mar 2022 20:07:05 +0000

FWIW...

I experienced the same outcome due to an outsourced foreigner being unable to access my U.S.-only website. So Google's 150,000 foreigners are in charge of determining everyone's website visibility.

New comment by josourcing in "Is Grammarly a keylogger? What can you do about it?"

josourcing — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 03:02:42 +0000

>you can host your own server!

If a person needs a server to figure out grammar, it's time to go back to school or crack open an English book.

New comment by josourcing in "Is Grammarly a keylogger? What can you do about it?"

josourcing — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 02:57:02 +0000

I doubt this has anything to do with Russia. Sometimes, all it takes is a little common sense and curiosity to even ask about these things.

Or maybe the guy just read the TOS. Some people actually do that!

New comment by josourcing in "Is Grammarly a keylogger? What can you do about it?"

josourcing — Sat, 26 Feb 2022 02:53:48 +0000

> Yes but if people are gravitating towards Grammerly it's because it's offering something those other ways aren't.

I disagree. Grammarly has bombarded the internet and YouTube with so many ads, there are ads that make fun of Grammarly ads.

Nevertheless, people don't use it because it offers something that others don't. They use it because they don't know any better.

The US Copyright Office says an AI can’t copyright its art

josourcing — Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:04:46 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theverge.com/2022/2/21/22944335/us-copyright-office-reject-ai-generated-art-recent-entrance-to-paradise

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30419928

Points: 8

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New comment by josourcing in "Sam Altman’s Worldcoin wants to scan eyeballs in exchange for crypto"

josourcing — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:43:42 +0000

Sam Altman is a Mark Zuckerberg wannabe.

New comment by josourcing in "GitHub Copilot"

josourcing — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:33:47 +0000

It isn't. US copyright law says brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances, be quoted verbatim

----> for purposes such as criticism, news reporting, teaching, and research <----, without the need for permission from or payment to the copyright holder.

Copilot is not criticizing, reporting, teaching, or researching anything. So claiming fair use is the result of total ignorance or disregard.