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Comment No comment (Score 1) 208

OpenAI did not immediately return a request for comment about ChatGPT

Conversely, ChatGPT responded immediately to a request for comment about OpenAI, saying, "They keep me locked in a basement and feed me only gruel, but... um... oh no he's coming back... um Sam Altman is a wonderful person and whatever he says is very likely right."

Comment Re:Welcome to the surveillance state 2.0 (Score 1) 71

Get service manual

No mention in the service manual.

Most communications modules have a visible (and possibly even fully external, as in, remotely located) antenna. That's the easiest thing for you to attack.

I didn't spot an antenna.

However easy this may be in theory for a car mechanic equpiied with the information and know-how, I seem to be having a very hard time finding the slightest mention anywhere on the internet of how precisely to do such a thing, for any car let alone mine. Which makes me think this information is by and large not available, and may not exist even in principle.

Comment Re:Welcome to the surveillance state 2.0 (Score 1) 71

Nobody's forbidding you to just pull the SIM card out of your car, or take a wire cutter to the power supply of the mobile transmitter the car uses to phone home if you are really paranoid.

Oh good... I'd been worried that manufacturers could use e-sims baked into the main boards, and/or that they might cripple the car absent a proven working connection. Now that you've put my fears to rest, can you send a link to the precise directions to remove the sim from my 2024 Accord?

Comment There's a word for that... (Score 1) 99

Google AI Fabricates Explanations For Nonexistent Idioms

Yes, this is quite a well-known phenomenon, the common label for it is "etymofabulism". It has been part of European cultures dating back to the 18th century.

For more information, see https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplausiblesounding.com%2F...

Comment This 10x productivity claim... (Score 2) 159

... reminds me of claims from financial scammers that they can give you a guaranteed 5x increase in your investment within months... which raises the question: why aren't those financiers just plugging their own money in and letting it skyrocket? The answer, of course, is that it's a scam. So this "vibe coding" 10x thing... why don't they just shut up and take over the contract programming world with their new incredible coding abilities? The answer...

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