XLE

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[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Link to Tom's Hardware article for reference?

6GB is a lot. I thought these things only tweaked registry settings to disable things, not remove them.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 14 points 1 month ago

You definitely shouldn't buy a Motorola now with the hope that Graphene will get added to it in the future. This could apply exclusively to pre-flashed devices, for all we know.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If LLMs weren’t so damn sycophantic, I think we’d have a lot fewer problems with them

Unfortunately, we live in the attention economy. Chatbots are built to have an unending conversation with their users. During those conversations, the "guardrails" melt away. Companies could suspend user accounts on the first sign of suicidal or homicidal messaging, but choose not to. That would undercut their user numbers.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In the same way that homelessness correlates to drug addiction. There are many cases where a person becomes homeless, and then becomes addicted to drugs. You could, but probably shouldn't, say that the state of homelessness just proved they had addiction issues.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 11 points 1 month ago

I'd like to believe 404 Media's use of scare quotes is intentional there, but yes 100%

[–] XLE@piefed.social 6 points 1 month ago

I trust them fully. They pledge to not screw you over.

Like how Google and Microsoft pledged to reduce emissions.

Like how NVIDIA pledged to invest $100 billion in OpenAI

[–] XLE@piefed.social 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

As I understand it, the models used by browsers like Firefox for local translation are built different - much smaller, worse at generating readable structure, probably worse at parsing intent, but not prone to generating fully incorrect thoughts.

Smaller translation models were never sold to the public as "AI" back when they launched in 2023, and generally not something I've ever seen people complain about. While they technically are "AI", the marketing term is basically devoted to the server-side behemoths.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

When the product is a solution in search of a problem, keeping an open mind is a good way to get it stuffed full of garbage. I was told the same thing about NFTs and Metaverse and Blockchain: a radical benefit is just around the corner!

If it arrives (huge if), it'll be Big Tech's job to explain it to us, and it should be very apparent

[–] XLE@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Pretty well articulated point.

"What did the prompts say" is a synonym for "was he asking for it"

[–] XLE@piefed.social 8 points 1 month ago

You can try out most Linux software immediately on Windows, so you know what you're in for. LibreOffice and GIMP work in Windows, but that isn't really true the other way around with Office and Photoshop. Your mileage may vary when it comes to tolerating these alternatives.

[–] XLE@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

Probably true, but what of a laptop with the processor of their iPhone? Their older laptops can stay kicking for years, but I wonder about the longevity of something with a lighter chip on the desktop market

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