That is so fucked. It is shit like this that makes me not trust AI at all. One thing is how it gets things wrong all the time and never learns from mistakes or corrections. Another is that I simply do not trust the faceless people behind these AIs to be altruistic and not having an agenda with their little chat bots. There is a lot of potential in AI, but it is also a tool that can and will be used to mis- and disinform people and that is just too dangerous on top of all the mistakes AI still makes constantly.
Nangijala
joined 8 months ago
In my country we had a rise in people going to the ER with mushroom poisonings due to using AI to verify whether or not they were edible. Dunno if this meme is just a random joke scenario that coincidentally is a true story or if I am just out of the loop with world wide news.
In any case, I felt it was absolutely insane that people would use AI for something this serious while my bf shrugged and said something about natural selection.
I currently watch YouTube with the Wcosia browser on my phone and have barely gotten any ads since I started using it for this purpose. I dunno why it is like this. I think I have gotten one ad in months and all I had to do was refresh the browser and it went away.
Used to use DuckDuckGo and their video player which also works fine. No ads.
It probably won't last forever. YouTube seems hellbend on becoming AdTube, but for now, this is a fine alternative. I dunno how watching YouTube works with ecosia on the computer, if there are ads there, but on the phone, nothing.
All I know about candy corn is what it looks like and that it apparently tastes bad.
Considering that the people who dislike candy corn are the same people who think that Hershey is anywhere close to being chocolate and that Reese's peanut butter cups tastes of anything other than pure sugar with a hint of peanut, I am terrified what candy corn tastes like.
I wouldn't mind a summary, my friend! 🤗 but only if you feel up for it! It might be a good jumping off point for a newbie like me to get into Uruguayan history!
You're from Uruguay? Honestly, I know almost nothing about this country other than they have a very, very cool flag and that the land is placed in South America 🫣 the fact that there's a long history of politicians dueling is kinda metal/nutty ngl. Makes me want to delve a bit deeper into Uruguayan culture and history. There has to be some hidden gem stories in there.
Even more interesting, Uruguay once had a president who looked like Elvis and he hated a political opponent so much he challenged him to a duel with pistols, which actually happened, but both of them were thankfully terrible shooters so no one died.
Balthazar Brum
Yes, I didn't notice the title of the post at first. Yes I did go look up who the president was and fell into a rabbit hole with several other presidents and started reading about the Colorado Party. No I don't have the time for this. I have to be at work in an hour and just wasted 20 minutes reading about Uruguayan politics Dx
He never did. He's left wing.
My first thought when I saw this thread was that it would be very funny if this guy hadn't voted for trump, yet most people commenting would be the types to jump the gun with smug comments and assumptions, revealing themselves as part of the proud non-critical thinking crowd who thinks they are so clever.
I was not disappointed.
I am however, very sad for people like Scott Brown who's become a casualty of their colleagues' retardation and short sighted decision making. He seems like a good dude.
Log out of youtube. Algorithm cannot trap you the same way when it doesn't have data on you.
Actively search for video you wish to watch.
Use DuckDuckGo video player when watching video.
Problem solved.
Bonus info: keep tab open with channels you like to get updates from. Check them once in awhile for new uploads. When they don't upload and you have to wait, you will grow bored and find something else to do.
Personally, it has really helped me with my youtube addiction that I am logged out and use a video player that cuts me off entirely from algorithms, comments and ads.
I have seen a video about this shit also being implemented in cars. You can drive down the highway, with your GPS on and a pop up ad appears out of the blue, blocking the screen, not really allowing you to get rid of it before you remove your attention from the road to the screen, trying to figure out what button to push to get rid of the ad.
And the fact that people pay extra for cars and fridges to show them ads is just so friggin stupid. If people buy these products after knowing that they pay extra to be bombarded with ads, its 100% on them.
But in the case of the car, I do feel that shit should be illegal. It's so fucking dangerous and irresponsible from the manufacturer to implement a "feature" that can cost lives.