If ChatGPT (or at least, GPT-4o) can ingest and execute code, why wouldn't it just go online, search for a FOSS chess engine in a language it "understands" (like Python), download it, recognize it as being more adept at solving problems in this specific domain, and execute that chess engine *directly* & present the output as its own?
The only thing I can think of offhand is that gpt-4o's "firewall" might limit its ability to execute code.
Except going to a web site on a mobile phone and trying to find anything useful is too difficult. Simply asking for the information is far easier.
If you're on a real computer then it's a bit easier, assuming there's any semblance of competency to the web site.
Gemini will proactively create summary cards when users open a PDF...
Speaking of Google being proactive, they proactively started charging me MORE for Gemini use even though I have it disabled on my account.
The pricing for your Google Workspace Business Starter subscription will change beginning July 9, 2025
Dear Google Workspace administrator,
We're writing to inform you of the price change that will go into effect for your Google Workspace Business Starter subscription on or after July 9, 2025. The updated subscription pricing reflects the significant added AI value, as well as the many new features we have introduced and are launching to Google Workspace editions.
I don't want to use this and I don't want to pay for it. Fuck you, Google.
Do you actually know the connection between open source software and random inexplicable and enigmatic error messages?
Expecting unpaid people to design it well or fix it for free.
Soon it will be just like over-the-air TV, except you're paying Amazon $180/year for the privilege of watching their ads.
One of the reasons Prime Video Ads hastened my departure from Amazon Prime is that I was having an issue with them
What's that have to do with ads on Prime? I'm generally okay with paying for ad-free service, and normally I would have with Prime. But imagine a scenario where I'm like "oh.. they made it a hassle to accept the grocery order, but I really love the Boyz, sigh I'll just put up with it..." In short if I were to go that route I'd just be giving them leverage to tolerate shittier service.
I think your prediction is correct, I just hope others will start noticing the problem this sort of thing can cause when bundling is introduced. It's difficult to do these days but I don't have one vendor providing multiple services* anymore in my house.
* Examples: I used to have Spectrum for TV and Internet, one got me a discount on the other. I used to have AT&T for mobile and DirecTV, owned by AT&T for TV. T-Mobile for cellular and they also provided a Netflix account, etc.
If we don't preprogram them in advance, then how will kids learn "Math class is tough!"?
If I paste an image into Writer, the right and bottom sides of the image have thin gray lines, but not left and top. Can't get rid of them, either.
This does not happen if I paste the same image into Word so it's obviously related to Writer.
The type of image doesn't matter (jpg, png, etc). It happens to all of them.
Selecting office software is not a political statement
That's right, it's not a statement. It's just a position. You either hold the position that it's ok to be dependent on a third party and it's ok to fail if that third party turns against you, or you hold the position that it's not ok and you would prefer to stay up no matter what adversaries want.
It only becomes a statement once you tell someone that security and reliability are among your values.
Scale isn't the main problem, interoperability is. If you've solved interoperability (i.e. you've got SPF, DKIM, etc working so gmail.com and outlook.com will receive emails sent from your system) then you're in good shape.
Not that running large systems is necessarily easy, but it doesn't have enemies the way interoperability has enemies. Scale is a merely conventional problem that Google and Microsoft aren't making worse for Linux users. Nobody's pushing back, trying to make you fail; your only foe is savage reality.
And man-vs-savage-reality is a pretty nice conflict to be involved in, compared to man-vs-man.
If you have dementia, you probably won't have a choice.
While this is just a game, learning to predict and react to everything involved will lead to future developments. This could easily lead to robots being used in any situation where it has to interact with humans while navigating an area.
With enough training and better software, robots could expand into other areas of life such as in Japan where they are developing robots for use by and care for senior citizens.
Here's one based on a picture I have up: road construction. Instead of having humans sweating it out in the middle of July and August, have trained robots paving roads.
How is Disney the good guy? Nothing is being stolen. All the images remain in place.
It's like when people steal videos, software, and movies. The original is still there.
How do they measure this? Did all the pirates magically agree to put Google Analytics on their web pages and share reporting with Muso? Or, in accordance with The Pirate Code (?!) do all pirate pages request the browser load http://muso.com/arr-trackme-1x... and (again, in accordance with The Pirate Code, I guess) the visitors configure their browsers to whitelist and load it? I am skeptical of any third parties who claim they "track" pirate site visits.
Tell us you don't know how viruses and vaccines work without telling us you don't know how viruses and vaccines work.
I have never seen anything fill up a vacuum so fast and still suck. -- Rob Pike, on X.
