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New comment by unsane in "Google officially announces that ads will be included in AI Mode search results"

unsane — Thu, 21 May 2026 12:00:48 +0000

I had the same reaction, and checked dictionary.com.

This new meaning was there, with its only example relating to AI ads!

2. material made for advertising and other aspects of marketing, as a billboard, video ad, or web page design, or the activity of designing and producing it.

"In our latest campaign for a luxury services client, we used an AI platform to fine-tune creative based on user behavior."

Did AI make up this variant meaning and put it in the dictionary, and AI used the word in generating Google's article? What came first, the chicken or the egg? Regardless things are moving fast.

New comment by unsane in "Following lawsuit, rep admits "AI" George Carlin was human-written"

unsane — Sun, 28 Jan 2024 22:07:50 +0000

Yeah, at the time it was pretty widely known that this was the case (I don't recall whether it was in the description specifically). There's no revelation or admission that suddenly occurred this week.

New comment by unsane in "AI-Powered Nvidia RTX Video HDR Transforms Standard Video into HDR Video"

unsane — Wed, 24 Jan 2024 20:55:54 +0000

Creators don't publish videos until the high-res versions are done processing.

New comment by unsane in "Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?"

unsane — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 01:33:14 +0000

Neat little game! I don't like that you can lift cubes to see what's hidden, ruins the fun for my personal tastes as it becomes tedious.

New comment by unsane in "Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?"

unsane — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 01:12:51 +0000

Your post resonated with me a lot.

I'm jealous! Experiencing the world with all the garbage filtered out.

New comment by unsane in "Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?"

unsane — Sun, 30 Apr 2023 00:08:21 +0000

I asked ChatGPT:

Is chatgpt a stochastic parrot?

No, ChatGPT is not a stochastic parrot. ChatGPT is a large language model that uses deep learning algorithms to generate text based on the input it receives. While it can sometimes produce nonsensical or inaccurate responses, it is not simply repeating phrases or patterns without any understanding of the meaning behind them. Instead, ChatGPT is designed to analyze and learn from a vast corpus of text data, and it uses that knowledge to generate responses that are intended to be relevant and meaningful based on the input it receives.

New comment by unsane in "Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself?"

unsane — Sat, 29 Apr 2023 23:57:15 +0000

VLC has a setting to pause videos when they reach the end, instead of stopping them. Depending on how your system is set up, this might prevent the flashing.