I don't want my LLM to be "more conversational". I'm not using it for a chat. Accuracy is the only thing that will set LLMs apart.

100%. Amazon hired 14,000 people, and now it's firing 14,000 people it no longer wants on its payroll. Plain and simple.

Nah, it gained 14,000 people, they kinda sneak in to the buildings and start doing work if you aren't serious about your perimeter security.

The bar for medical devices in most countries is _incredibly_ high, for good reason. ChatGPT wasn't developed with the idea of being a therapist in mind, it was a side-effect of the technology that was developed.

Why is OpenAI getting a free pass here?

This is too creepy for my taste. The benefit of having an LLM be aware of my browsing history doesn't give me even close to enough extra value to allow it.

I agree and it bugs me too.

Sometimes I just want to enjoy a thing with other people enjoying a thing without any expectation that it might end up as "content" to be monetized by the algorithm.

I don't look forward to mass adoption of things like Meta glasses, where even the mundane examples of _going outside_ are all content opportunities waiting to happen.

>I don't look forward to mass adoption of things like Meta glasses, where even the mundane examples of _going outside_ are all content opportunities waiting to happen.

My first experience akin to this happened when I was at the grocery store during Covid. This guy stood near the checkout lines and just did a big arc with his phone filming all of us and mocking masks. Like the author of the blog sometimes I’m just like “it’s not worth it” but I had one of my kids with me and when I asked the guy to stop, he started ranting at me about how he uses an app that blurs faces, it’s a free country, etc. I just moved on but it’s like… dude, we’re all just trying to get through the day out here and I’m with my kid at the grocery store. Do I really need to be putting up with this crap?

I imagine if people actually start wearing any of these smart glasses in any appreciable number these experiences will be sadly pretty typical.

Yeah, because he's right, it is a free country. He shouldn't be arrested, or thrown in prison for it.

But I'm also free to apply societal pressure to behave like a grown-up.

> societal pressure to behave like a grown-up.

I think this is the key.

It might be legal, but it's not polite. It's a bit like blasting crappy music from your phone on the bus without headphones. Grown ups should know better.

> It might be legal, but it's not polite.

Too many folks forget this.

Do what you want, but I'll tell you if I don't like it. Others might too.

They're not infringing on your rights, but it might make you a little uncomfortable.

People like the guy I encountered are basically allergic to discomfort of any kind. Even the slightest inconvenience in their lives is seen as an incredibly personal and intolerable affront to their liberty, and they want to make damn sure we all know about it at every possible opportunity! Hence the behavior.

If I were to compare it to a client relationship, it’s the kind of person who throws the contract in a partner’s/client’s/vendor’s face anytime there is a minor disagreement or discussion about details. Reasonable people know you only start pointing to the contract when things escalate to a certain point as it locks everybody into a defensive posture and now everybody is going to be rigid moving forward.

> Reasonable people know you only start pointing to the contract when things escalate to a certain point as it locks everybody into a defensive posture and now everybody is going to be rigid moving forward.

First, and arguably most important, thing in learned in tech & business. Once the contracts come out, it's game over.

I know when I freelanced if somebody started frivolously pointing to the contract I immediately determined I wasn’t working with them anymore afterwards. Luckily I can only recall like two times that happened

None of the demo videos play on Firefox.

I don't think I can state this hard enough, but there is no tech cool enough that would make me comfortable allowing meta to see through my eyes.

Just never in a million years.

Adding natural gas to the definition of green energy is absolutely wild. How on earth did that pass?

Louisiana has a long history of political corruption, and the petrochemical industry is a major part of their economy.

LA has the resource curse.

I have to imagine it's just a complete lack of care and classifying it as "green" helps push through something that they're being lobbied to push. I can't imagine this is anything but nonsense.

We all know how it passed. Legislators have lots of money in natural gas I’m sure.

Define "accomplishments". Based on Woz's message, I would say he's been the true achiever in the game of life. He found, what he genuinely believes, is happiness.

Personally, I'd take that over being the creator of something valuable.

If Elon Musk is being held up as a pinnacle of achievement, I don't want that.

No ifs, no buts. Stuff like this deserves ruinous fines for its executives.

Cycle data in the hands of many country's authorities is outright dangerous. If you're storing healthcare data, it should require IN BIG RED LETTERS an explicit opt-in, every single time, when that data leaves your device.