based on weighted averages of ‘what people are saying’ with a little randomization to spice things up

That is massively oversimplified and not really how neural networks work. Training a neural network is not just calculating averages. It adjusts a very complex network of nodes in such a way that certain input generates certain output. It is entirely possible that during that training process, abstract mechanisms like logic get trained into the system as well, because a good NN can produce meaningful output even on input that is unlike anything it has ever seen before. Arguably that is the case with ChatGPT as well. It has been proven to be able to solve maths/calculating tasks it has never seen before in its training data. Give it a poem that you wrote yourself and have it write an analysis and interpretation - it will do it and it will probably be very good. I really don't subscribe to this "statistical parrot" narrative that many people seem to believe. Just because it's not good at the same tasks that humans are good at doesn't mean it's not intelligent. Of course it is different from a human brain, so differences in capabilities are to be expected. It has no idea of the physical world, it is not trained to tell truth from lies. Of course it's not good at these things. That doesn't mean it's crap or "not intelligent". You don't call a person "not intelligent" just because they're bad at specific tasks or don't know some facts. There's certainly room for improvement with these LLMs, but they've only been around in a really usable state for like 2 years or so. Have some patience and in the meantime use it for all the wonderful stuff it's capable of.

I disagree, at least as someone who knows some Python but isn't a pro programmer, ChatGPT saves me tons of time when writing little scripts. I used it to write a little tool with a GUI that I now use all the time in like 3 hours which would have taken me days without ChatGPT.

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Bin in der Situation. Müsste wahrscheinlich 3k€ einplanen und ich hasse Autos wie die Pest, würde es nur aus rein pragmatischen Gründen machen, würde auch nicht mal eins besitzen und wahrscheinlich maximal 3x im Jahr eins leihen. Das steht einfach in keinem Verhältnis.

Bei mir (Mitte 30) ist Corona deutlich heftiger verlaufen als bei meinen Eltern. Die waren ein paar Tage schlapp, teilweise bisschen Husten, das wars. Ich hatte es 2 Monate später und lag 2 Wochen komplett flach, hohes Fieber und 3 Tage lang die schlimmsten Halsschmerzen meines Lebens. Nach der akuten Erkrankung hat es noch locker 6-8 Wochen gedauert bis ich mich wieder normal gefühlt habe. Corona ist ein scheiß Drecksvirus und es kann jeden heftig erwischen.

Interesting. Loved that book!

I used to eat meat and love it, then I learned about how animals are treated in the meat industry and stopped. I probably would have been totally okay with looking at this picture about 10 years ago. Now looking at it makes me think of the poor sentient being that probably went through a life that was hell just to get cut up into pieces and be sold in a grocery store and it makes me a bit sick. We should really stop and take a step back and think about whether what we do to animals is right. Imagine someone would raise a dog confined in a tiny space, never letting them see the daylight, then after about 2 years cut them into pieces like that. You wouldn't like that, would you?

Bei 30°C und Wind mit frischer Luft rumzusitzen ist halt schon deutlich angenehmer als bei 29° und stehender, womöglich feuchter, abgestandenener Luft. Kapiert "mein Holder" aber auch nicht und brütet lieber bei verrammelten Fenstern im eigenen Saft.

Ich denke immer noch, dass wir jetzt vielleicht Habeck als Kanzler hätten, wenn sie sich bei der letzten Wahl für ihn als Kandidaten entschieden hätten. Leider schätze ich die Chancen für ihn bei der nächsten Wahl deutlich schlechter ein. Ich glaube aber auch, dass wir kaum einen besseren Kanzler kriegen könnten, insofern hoffe ich dennoch, dass er kandidiert.

Is there a good alternative app? Been thinking about moving to a FOSS app for a while anyway but so far couldn't find one that's as good as Sync.

This is hilarious. Good comeback.