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#41

Politics, Society and News. / Re: Simple Known Dangers with ...

Last post by buster - October 20, 2025, 07:43:09 PM

This solution seems to work but not always. I want to get rid of Googles starting with an AI Summary, where information can be gleaned by AI from unreliable sources.

So at the end of my search entry I put (space) -noai

General this jumps right past the summary into several pages found by the search engine.

#42

Politics, Society and News. / Re: Simple Known Dangers with ...

Last post by buster - October 20, 2025, 06:42:50 PM

I was so impressed by the post that I did some searches and found this:

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/cringe-worth-google-ai-overviews

[Example one on Google]

#43

Politics, Society and News. / Re: Simple Known Dangers with ...

Last post by buster - October 20, 2025, 06:22:37 PM

Jason once commented on the error of calling AI intelligent. It's stupidity has shown up quite a bit on my information searches lately, and these are the sorts of things I don't remember being wrong before, at least so often. And I always try to  avoid any click that will include AI in anything I do on a computer. (Human to the bitter end.)

Example one on Google: I asked the simple question 'When will such and such a program release series 3?' The surprising answer was that this program would release series two in August, which helped me not at all because I'd watched series two in the spring already. A notice said the answer was generated by AI.

Example two, also on Google: There are two shows released a month apart in 2023 called The Diplomat. My searches kept going to the US Netfix series. So I typed "reviews for the diplomat BBC British series". That seems pretty clear to me, but it insisted on taking me to reviews of the US production.

I can't remember Google being that stupid. Maybe there is a switch that insists on using AI to formulate answers rather than some of the older algorithms that took you to the places that matched the limited clues given.

But at least with AI we don't have to wait as long for errors as we do with humans. That's one good thing.

#44

General Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Is a Lost Cause...

Last post by buster - October 20, 2025, 05:23:29 PM

Thanks Jason. The thing I noticed was his emphasis on AI at the end and our inability to control our own purchase earlier. Coincidentally just before I watched it I had been in a conversation about 1984. Probably humans don't have much of a clue about what's going on or where we're going.

#45

General Discussion / Re: Windows 11 Is a Lost Cause...

Last post by fox - October 20, 2025, 12:23:19 PM

Wow! I learned a lot from this. And one time I did lose control of my bootloader after a Windows 11 update on my Dell laptop. I was able to revive it, but not without some difficulty. Makes me wonder whether, for occasional users of Windows, like me, is it better to wipe the drive, install Linux only and then run Windows in a VM?

#46

General Discussion / Windows 11 Is a Lost Cause. Tr...

Last post by Jason - October 19, 2025, 07:10:05 PM

Great video showing all the myriad ways that Microsoft has been invading your privacy and doing it under the guise of security. Now they want AI to read all the websites you visit, all the documents you open, everything you see, hear and say, and it will be stored locally AND on Microsoft servers. It's creepy as fuck, but more importantly, it puts your personal data at risk. And on new PCs, it will be the default. I wish I hadn't upgraded my computer to Windows 11 now.
On the other hand, I don't keep my personal info on Windows. Everything is on my Linux partition. I'll still keep Windows for gaming, but that's it.

What do you think? Does any of the stuff mentioned in the video bother you? What do you think about the Microsoft CEO for AI saying that they want the AI to see everything you see, hear everything you hear, and see everything you do? Is it worth it?

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#47

Politics, Society and News. / Re: Simple Known Dangers with ...

Last post by Jason - October 14, 2025, 06:43:18 PM

Today's Examiner had a  relevant article.

It makes me think I made a good choice in pursuing my degree in Health Science rather than Computer Science. There seems to be a glut of software developers. And employers using AI to screen resumes and cover letters is disquieting. It must be hard for your resume to be looked at if you don't know the exact keywords to get past the AI (there are some, apparently).

#48

Politics, Society and News. / Re: Simple Known Dangers with ...

Last post by Jason - October 12, 2025, 10:43:21 PM

The process of coding by non-humans is complex but interesting.If you wish to peek into the near future, or our attempts to predict the future (always iffy), you could read this:

https://sdh.global/blog/ai-ml/will-ai-replace-software-engineers-heres-what-the-data-really-shows/

Thanks for sharing. Interesting article. I agree that predictions are usually iffy. And there are some assertions at the beginning of the article that aren't evidentially strong:

Nearly 30% of 550 surveyed software developers already believe their development work will be replaced by artificial intelligence within the foreseeable future.

That's a pretty small sample. And it's basically a poll. Who are these developers? What kind of code do they develop? Is AI in the workplace? What do they know about AI that they didn't glean from mainstream media? So many questions.

Current job market indicators reflect this emerging reality. IT sector unemployment spiked from 3.9% to 5.7% in a single month, surpassing the US national average of 4% as of January 2024.

One month? Really? How does that compare to unemployment in other sectors? The US is experiencing an economic slowdown. The IT sector includes much more than software developers. Is the software development sub-category experiencing similar numbers?

A comprehensive survey of 9,000 software engineers revealed that 90% consider job hunting significantly more challenging now compared to 2020.

This could mean something, but it could still be the economic slowdown. Many of the largest companies are shedding employees who used to do simple tasks or using AI as the first line of tech support.

Much of the article confirms what I said, particularly that AI-produced code has a large error rate (30%). Developers will have to oversee the code that AI produces. What will likely happen, and is happening, is that developers will use AI to assist in their work. The author hit that on the nose. Maybe in time, AI will replace developers, which will be sad since it's such a well-paying job.

As you suggest, predictions are iffy. Let's lay down our bets, and if we're still around, then the winner can collect. 

Thanks for sharing, Buster. It was an interesting article.

#49

General Discussion / Re: Happy Thanksgiving, Everyo...

Last post by Jason - October 12, 2025, 08:06:41 PM

Thanks. Bill! I hope you have/had a good one, too.

#50

General Discussion / Happy Thanksgiving, Everyone!

Last post by ssfc72 - October 12, 2025, 08:27:11 AM

I hope everyone has an enjoyable Holiday Thanksgiving!