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Comment Re: Hallucinations (Score 1) 71

I ask "what does this common idiom mean: a squirrel only shaves when the moon is out".

The AI gives me an answer explaining it.

That's a hallucination.

There is no answer because I just made up "idiom", but an AI might still string words together to give a meaningful-looking answer because that's what an AI is essentially trained to do. Truth doesn't matter to it, outputting a string of words does.

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Comment Problem solving is a skill that will be lost (Score 3, Insightful) 108

I tend to be a good problem solver. Despite mainly working in System Ops/DevOps, I've had developers pull me into sessions were their stuff was broken, and I'd help them quickly find and fix their problems.

I'm good at this because I learned to code. I learned C and assembler in college, and networking, and OS design, and all those low level things they help me "think" like a computer.

That's a skill that will be lost if people don't learn how to code, I fear. AI will churn out code, and if it breaks the "developers" won't know how to even start looking at it for issues.

Comment What about my parents? (Score 1) 35

I'm ok using a digital boarding card. I prefer it.

I'm not so sure I'm ok with having to teach my parents how to do it, though. I guess I'm going to have to check them in on my phone, screenshot the boarding card, and print the screenshot.

And I'm sure there are many other people who prefer paper for multiple other reasons. Like not having a phone, for one.

Digital is great, but not for everyone!

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