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Scam Altman says it’ll take another year before ChatGPT can start a timer. An $852 billion company, ladies and gentlemen. (gizmodo.com)

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[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

So, ChatGPT can't match any function of a Casio wristwatch. I'm concerned that when it can, it will consume the power of microwaving a turkey just to tell a user what time it is.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

a better comparison: if you ask siri to time you like this 10 years ago, it would correctly start the timer app

[–] Blass_Rose@pawb.social 1 points 1 week ago

And didn't use a single drop of water to do so. This sort of natural language processing was just done on-device, so there was no need for an Internet connection or waiting around for your slow Internet to catch up.