There was some AI ad where someone pointed their camera to their messy shelf and were like “Hey, how do I clean up my shelf?” and the AI was like “try rearranging the smaller items first” and about a billion people went “no shit”.
The best are when they have the sweet old grandmas asking it how to cook.
Yeah, sweet old grandmas already know how to cook, they don’t need AIs.
One day, I need to recreate a dish my late grandma did. Probably simple, but very nostalgic at personal level. I don’t think AIs are much help here.
They’re also targeting students with the ads, which tells me that it’s encouraging them to cheat.
I use uBlock Origin btw. I only see ads when my someone is watching TV or if I go to random websites in the Tor browser.
watching TV
You guys watch TV?
Mostly just older people I see watch TV.
My girlfriends child is learning in school how to use chatgpt. They are heavily encouraged to use it to control their own text and whatever. She’s 8. She’s leqrning to use a tool ahe will never ever be allowed to in the future.
I can write my own Grade 8 essays, thank you very much.
One time I successfully used an AI to troubleshoot a sound driver problem in Linux. It was maybe a little faster than casting about on stack exchange. I had to prompt it like 30 times though because it kept being confidently wrong. I didn’t continue to use it.
Maybe there are people out there who need something to suggest “sandwich”. You buy water from the water company because you wouldn’t have water without them. I would be embarrassed to shop from a company that claims to sell “intelligence”
I used Claude terminal and it immediately identified that i had a service that constantly sent small packets to my headset and since all packets have to use the smallest ones it was crackling sometimes due to latency
Fized that and set the minimum to a reasonable amount
It had its uses
Today’s children would wonder how their grandparents lived without cellphone. Tomorrows children are going to think how we get anything done without AI.
I could live without a cellphone. But since AI got popular, it isn’t as easy to keep up at some subjects as it was before (since everybody at our highschool cheated with AI - at least I did most of the non-annoying stuff myself), which means I had to do more work.
Factually, using AI in your education means you get less value out of that education. In every math class ever, you’ve probably heard some version of,
“I don’t care that you got the right answer. I already know that 2x^2 - 5x -3 factors into (2x + 1)(x - 3) and I already know that this information is freely available. What I care about is making sure that you can figure that out without anyone helping you.”
If you use AI to do a problem, you’re training your ability to do something that everyone else on the planet can do. If you force yourself to do it, you’re training your ability to actually think.
You actually WON’T have to do more work in the long run. Think of it as an investment. If you spend the time learning it now, properly, so that you actually understand it, then every test that your study for, for the rest of your life, will be easier, and you’ll get higher grades. Measurably.
https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
Keep it up.
That work is way more valuable than an empty grade. You are going to have very useful advantages over the ones using chatbots to cheat.
Thanks to uBlock Origin, I don’t see any ads!
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Couldn’t block that one, could ya bub?
there’s sponsorblock for youtube, so I don’t see most of those either.
Just because you don’t see something online, doesn’t mean something online can’t see you. That’s a major worry, or at least it should be, unless you’re using today’s sponsor, Incogni…
stupid is growing faster than ever
It might be they’re not trying anymore.
All the common AI tasks that by end-users and small businesses can be done better by local software rather than through compute on a hyperscale platform. The only reason to need big AI is for large-scale projects. They’re still selling compute at a huge loss, and their profits are dwarfed by their expenses.
(Some argue the expenses are due to the massive buildout, which is reaching a capability point of diminishing returns. But even the running expenses outweigh the profits, even with government contracts.)
You know, like controlling armies of killer drones, or processing mass surveillance data to find dissidents that are an actual threat. Or doing cyber-ops on a rival nation.
I think that is why the stock market is still investing in big AI, not because we want better slop, but because they want garrison large populations and wreck rival societies.
Only a fool would think AI data centers are to help Timmy with an essay, Gertrude decide on a gift for her grandkids or Cameron the moron write a professional response at work that doesn’t sound like it was written by 6th grader…
…it’s all about mass surveillance. Always has been.
Here at Meta, we believe AI will build connections between people
*Footage of people connecting by dancing in a field, having a coffee, and generally doing literally anything other than use AI*
There’s people still not using adblockers and they get ai generated ads about ai shoved down their throats. Why are you doing this to yourselves?
Related, but the amount of tech and/or privacy adjacent youtubers I have seen complain about ads, about what they’re doing to be less susceptible, how this or that change is TOO much, and so on if baffling. JUST USE AN ADBLOCKER. There’s always one comment pointing that out, with a derailed conversation below, but most of the comments will be “actually, if you repeatedly close then reopen a YouTube video for 10-15 times, it will not show the ad on the next open!” with a million “don’t tell, now Google is gonna patch!” replies. I wish I was joking.
If you don’t use an Adblocker, get one, NOW. It takes 30s. If you think “it’s not that bad”, install it anyways and give it a try for a week. Disable it. See if it’s really “not that bad”, lmao.
Install them on your parents’ devices. Your grandparents’. Siblings. Friends.
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Is uBlock Origin still the king? Been using it since it came out and I genuinely don’t understand the ads problem. Sponsorblock is also a huge help.
AdNauseam takes a more actively hostile approach to advertising. IIRC Google took it off their plugin platform because they consider it malicious. Which I suppose it is, towards ads.
Pretty much, though it does not work on most Chromium browsers anymore because of Manifest V3.
On Firefox on the other hand, it is king!
Combined with Privacy Badger to block tracking.
I was using my mom’s computer the other day and I couldn’t figure out why I wasn’t seeing any ads on her browser. Then I remembered that I had installed uBlock origin for her. I love when past me does current me a solid. I’ve also told her that she can go on Faceborg if she wants but I will not help her with it in any way (I can’t since I haven’t been on it since 2008). She tells people I “refuse to let her use it” which is not strictly accurate but I feel pride anyway when she says that.
I like to think of “parents and tech” as “kids and toys”. They don’t understand it, they just want to use it and enjoy it. And they certainly don’t care what problematic ethics are involved. So just like with kids, we have to be more careful and caring. And we definitely don’t want to overwhelm them with too much information.
And switch off Chrome? Nahhhh, too difficult.
– Them, probably
Some of these ads actually makes me think that artificial intelligence is for the naturally dumb.
my favourite so far is volvo.
“hey ai, any good deals nearby?”
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there's a tv on sale at a nearby electronics store”“will it fit in the boot?”
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yes”“nice, plot me a route there”
…like the kind of person exists that impulse buys a tv.
I would believe something like “hey AI, which of the massage parlors near me are really handjob stores?”
By analysing reviews that might be possible too
I actually suspect they’re all handjob stores but I dunno.
Look for places that specifically say massage therapy, and then avoid them because they don’t do handjobs.
But will they do a good job?
Such a great example of the C O N S U M E mindset. Does the TV have the features the person wants? Is it the right size or is taking it home all that matters? Is a deal better than the regular list price for a TV that does what they need?
Nope, just ‘can I spend money’?
Also showing that the people who made the ad are out of touch with real people.
Who can just afford to buy a random TV on a whim with no research?
Hey, I’ve been on the lookout for a cheap, tiny TV to use as a weather/status board for a long time now.
If you put a six to seven inch tv in front of me that has 1) display 2) HDMI 3) $50, then there’s a really good chance I’ll buy it right then. After considering if I’m still interested in the project.I can, because I don’t.
What? Are you not interested in the most generic TV with the most basic feature set legally possible, for the measly price of a Ferrari? Heresy!
Ironically, a generic TV with a basic set of features is expensive because it is not “smart” and cannot have streaming tie-ins, pre-installed “apps”, or ads.
It is half off the arbitrarily high price at that one particular overpriced store. What a deal!
To be fair, a not insignificant portion of that ad’s target audience is probably considering impulse leasing a Volvo and showing off all of its gadgets to their friends.
I have impulse bought a tv, at the store because it was marked down due to being returned after getting a bonus. I have no idea about just doing it randomly while out.
AHHHH IM GONNA CONSOOOOOM!!!11
There’s absolutely a kind of person that does that. My ex’s father bought three vacuum cleaners because they were on a good sale and he figured someone he knew would need a vacuum eventually.
For an absolutely massive price cut I could see it. If they were selling Henry Hoovers for £1.99 I would probably take 5 of them. Maybe see if I can strap them together for funny projects.
You mean like a
humanvacuum centipede, to see if it improves the sucking?Well if you word it like that I would have to try it.
Did he give you a vacuum cleaner?
i could use one. does he do free shipping?
most vacuum cleaners still fit in a car boot though
Is GET YOUR FREE TVS still funny?
Maybe he needed a tv for the boot
Grok is this funny
My favorite ads are the ones that can easily be solved with minimal human interaction. Apple released an ad for their “rewind” feature where the Apple Watch records everyone’s audio and transcribes it. Their shining example is if the waitress talks too fast you can stare at your watch instead of asking her to repeat herself.
Ironically. When I was in the Nordics many moons ago and rang up the hostel with my beginner English to ask a question, the receptionist rattled off the answer at 300 words per minute, of which I understood about none. Upon me asking her to repeat, she did in fact repeat, at the same speed and with the same result. I thanked her, hung up the phone and to this day have no idea what she said.
You know what people with hearing problems do actively use when they can, especially in their non-native languages? Subtitles.
So, now the waitress can bring a pre-recorded presentation, play it a 10 times the speed, and the customer can read it from their watch. Saves everybody some time.
Or… They could open the menu card. Also on their watch if they insist.
This is the tech we get when the people developing it are socially awkward.
If my 70% deaf parents had this, they wouldn’t use it (much like their hearing aids)
Reminds me of my favorite; Sam Altman suggested using Open AI to create a podcast based on your kids’ interests to listen to on the way to school. The top comment was “Just talk to your kids.”
“Just talk to your kids.”
I am reminded of the scene in Parks and Rec where the schools need to be closed for a day and parents are freaking out. One asks, “you’re saying I should keep my kids at home? Where I live?”
This was some parents during Covid though. People were so mad they had to spend time with their families 😭😂
I mean, it could definitely be useful to listen to a podcast together with your kids, as a way of bonding. But… why not listen to a podcast made by humans? There are sooo many!
But yes, talk with your kids! the kids will talk nonstop if they see you’re actually listening :)
They key is to actually focus your attention on your kids instead of playing with “ai” instead of your kids.
Yup! Listen to them, talk to them! Treat them as people!
Many years ago I worked for a small research company that was trying to find applications for voice assistant technology. This was before LLMs mind you, so even more useless than today. One of their projects was “make an ai that will talk to your grandparents and transcribe their stories”.
I told them that if my kids did that to me I’d just never speak to them again.
They tried anyway, and surprise — it went nowhere.
Iirc someone on the selhosted com recently built this exact thing. An AI tool that asks family members questions about their lives and transcribes it into a digital scrapbook thing.
Literally made me sick.
Honestly, if it was more of an assistant that just sat alongside you and just did the recording, that would be dope as fuck.
I’m still sad that I don’t have a lot of memories of my grandparents, partially just age, but somewhat because I was an ungrateful little shit. I sat and listened to them talk a lot when I was a kid, and what memories I still have are gold. A tool like that could have helped keep what I had rather than being left with what time and CTE haven’t taken.
Couldn’t one just use a laptop or phone to record a conversation with The Elders and then manually transcribe it later?
One could, but I know my ADHD ass would never get around to transcribing them. The videos would be nice either way, tho.
“Use OpenAI to maintain an ongoing conversation with your elders so you don’t have to” would be more honest.
Hey surveillance device that I but no one else around me opted into, what was that list of specials that the waiter had memorized and just told me? I dont want to simply ask him to repeat it.
That would require talking to a human, that’s free, so is to be discouraged when possible.
Their shining example is if the waitress talks too fast you can stare at your watch instead of asking her to repeat herself.
No, that’s too stupid, that can’t possibly be real.
I’ve been seeing ads made by ai and they’re even worse. Just saw one on YouTube for glasses “that change colour with just the touch of a finger!” And had ai video of smiling people at the beach tapping their lenses to change the glass colour multiple times, like the glass itself has rgb. Best part is, the fake product didn’t even work consistently in the ai video and didn’t change colour when they tapped sometimes.
I genuinely don’t understand how an ad that’s so obviously fake is tricking enough people to be worth spending an entire ad budget on.
Scams actually work better when they have obvious mistakes. It helps weed out people that might figure out the scam before they’ve handed over their money, saving the scammers time and effort and making the scam more efficient.
It is created in a couple of minutes and if it scams even a single rube, they will make a profit.
They’re targeting a vulnerable population. Grifters are going to grift and things are easier than ever for them. If you make it too hard to return and most people keep your crap, especially if its $20 or less. It would be nice if they found grifts that didn’t clog up our landfills and thrift stores but I guess this is better than all the identity theft. I also can’t wait to see what this decades hot new MLM is. Its the selling courses on selling courses bs thats hot now.
I really wish people would start buying this drek with credit cards and doing charge backs. Let’s see how long these fuckers last when they’re paying the cost of product, shipping, and card processing fees.
Jk, I know the margins on this shit is massive
