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Watched Task on HBO and that show is based in Delco, and the throughline is very much "everyone here is catastrophically depressed"
And, like, yeah? Kinda?
And, like, yeah? Kinda?
January 10, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Watched Task on HBO and that show is based in Delco, and the throughline is very much "everyone here is catastrophically depressed"
And, like, yeah? Kinda?
And, like, yeah? Kinda?
Flows that glow like phosphorus?????????
December 31, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Flows that glow like phosphorus?????????
Just saw the link to the study in the article and followed it up, this is correct. Got tripped up by the NYT Opinion because the link was almost hidden for me and the only reference to the control for that was the phrase "on the same roads," which I missed initially.
December 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Just saw the link to the study in the article and followed it up, this is correct. Got tripped up by the NYT Opinion because the link was almost hidden for me and the only reference to the control for that was the phrase "on the same roads," which I missed initially.
This is apples and oranges imo, they're comparing autonomous metro-bound taxis to the "average driver." That includes rural, highway, poorer road conditions, etc.
I'd be interested to see the difference in incidents between metro taxi drivers and the average driver.
I'd be interested to see the difference in incidents between metro taxi drivers and the average driver.
December 30, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This is apples and oranges imo, they're comparing autonomous metro-bound taxis to the "average driver." That includes rural, highway, poorer road conditions, etc.
I'd be interested to see the difference in incidents between metro taxi drivers and the average driver.
I'd be interested to see the difference in incidents between metro taxi drivers and the average driver.
Brother I just caught up and you weren't kidding what the hell is happening
December 9, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Brother I just caught up and you weren't kidding what the hell is happening
I'm more than willing to talk to and help someone who isn't great at communicating what they're thinking right away, MUCH more so than someone who turns to an LLM to filter their thoughts down to me. I recognize that isn't true for everyone.
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I'm more than willing to talk to and help someone who isn't great at communicating what they're thinking right away, MUCH more so than someone who turns to an LLM to filter their thoughts down to me. I recognize that isn't true for everyone.
I feel that. Took a long time for me to be able to reach out to a person for clarification or pick up the phone to ask a question.
I just worry that using it at all, and especially at scale, is devaluing the human element. Not to mention the environmental costs.
I just worry that using it at all, and especially at scale, is devaluing the human element. Not to mention the environmental costs.
December 2, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I feel that. Took a long time for me to be able to reach out to a person for clarification or pick up the phone to ask a question.
I just worry that using it at all, and especially at scale, is devaluing the human element. Not to mention the environmental costs.
I just worry that using it at all, and especially at scale, is devaluing the human element. Not to mention the environmental costs.
Break that down for me, "The Universe is gentrifying the planet?"
As for the tourism aspect, I could go to Google Earth street view in 2015 and see fully 3D representations of La Sagrada Familia, the Eiffel tower, etc, and lots of hotel chains already have 3D walkarounds of their rooms.
As for the tourism aspect, I could go to Google Earth street view in 2015 and see fully 3D representations of La Sagrada Familia, the Eiffel tower, etc, and lots of hotel chains already have 3D walkarounds of their rooms.
December 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Break that down for me, "The Universe is gentrifying the planet?"
As for the tourism aspect, I could go to Google Earth street view in 2015 and see fully 3D representations of La Sagrada Familia, the Eiffel tower, etc, and lots of hotel chains already have 3D walkarounds of their rooms.
As for the tourism aspect, I could go to Google Earth street view in 2015 and see fully 3D representations of La Sagrada Familia, the Eiffel tower, etc, and lots of hotel chains already have 3D walkarounds of their rooms.
100%. There's a concept called "technical debt," where bad implementation is more expensive to go back and fix. That's ramping up SO badly with people using GenAI.
It's also not helping us with comprehension -- Using it to learn and summarize makes us retain less of the material. Article below.
It's also not helping us with comprehension -- Using it to learn and summarize makes us retain less of the material. Article below.
ANALYSIS | ChatGPT may help you find information faster, but you learn less | CBC Radio
Bob McDonald’s Blog: Recent studies show that using chatbots like ChatGPT may get us information faster than ever before, but we’re not gaining much knowledge by using it.
www.cbc.ca
December 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
100%. There's a concept called "technical debt," where bad implementation is more expensive to go back and fix. That's ramping up SO badly with people using GenAI.
It's also not helping us with comprehension -- Using it to learn and summarize makes us retain less of the material. Article below.
It's also not helping us with comprehension -- Using it to learn and summarize makes us retain less of the material. Article below.
This is a literature review, and doesn't mention any UDTs being implemented.
Looking into the UDT lab at UCF though, it seems like they're doing really interesting work. Seems like they're VERY limited by transformer-based LLMs' capabilities in general.
Looking into the UDT lab at UCF though, it seems like they're doing really interesting work. Seems like they're VERY limited by transformer-based LLMs' capabilities in general.
December 2, 2025 at 8:12 PM
This is a literature review, and doesn't mention any UDTs being implemented.
Looking into the UDT lab at UCF though, it seems like they're doing really interesting work. Seems like they're VERY limited by transformer-based LLMs' capabilities in general.
Looking into the UDT lab at UCF though, it seems like they're doing really interesting work. Seems like they're VERY limited by transformer-based LLMs' capabilities in general.
This is built on Copilot, which I also have access to from a governmental level at work. It's useless for everything except summarizing emails and documents, which it's very important I read and fully understand anyway.
It's just to keep people from using SaaS AI solutions for the same tasks.
It's just to keep people from using SaaS AI solutions for the same tasks.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
This is built on Copilot, which I also have access to from a governmental level at work. It's useless for everything except summarizing emails and documents, which it's very important I read and fully understand anyway.
It's just to keep people from using SaaS AI solutions for the same tasks.
It's just to keep people from using SaaS AI solutions for the same tasks.
This started as you replying to an AI-generated piece of Tiamat art. What Minneapolis has going was the work of web developers and data analysts, which I'm all about.
I feel like we're pretty clear on what Generative AI is, tell me if I'm wrong.
I feel like we're pretty clear on what Generative AI is, tell me if I'm wrong.
December 2, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This started as you replying to an AI-generated piece of Tiamat art. What Minneapolis has going was the work of web developers and data analysts, which I'm all about.
I feel like we're pretty clear on what Generative AI is, tell me if I'm wrong.
I feel like we're pretty clear on what Generative AI is, tell me if I'm wrong.
What does that even have to do with Generative AI and UDTs? We're off track, man.
December 2, 2025 at 7:59 PM
What does that even have to do with Generative AI and UDTs? We're off track, man.
I'm not seeing anything to indicate that these dashboards are GenAI-powered. This seems great though, just giving all the analytics that a city has to the public in an accessible format.
All for initiatives like this.
All for initiatives like this.
December 2, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I'm not seeing anything to indicate that these dashboards are GenAI-powered. This seems great though, just giving all the analytics that a city has to the public in an accessible format.
All for initiatives like this.
All for initiatives like this.
People have been talking about Digital Twins in some form since the early 2000s. To my knowledge, not one has been actually implemented, because we already have data analysts and ways to run projections.
And, that Forbes article is a paid piece from Dell. Again, straight from the Snake Oil guy.
And, that Forbes article is a paid piece from Dell. Again, straight from the Snake Oil guy.
Urban Digital Twin Challenges: A Systematic Review and Perspectives for Sustainable Smart Cities
Recent scientific and technological advancements have transformed the knowledge frontiers, giving rise to the next wave of disruptive technologies wit…
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December 2, 2025 at 7:52 PM
People have been talking about Digital Twins in some form since the early 2000s. To my knowledge, not one has been actually implemented, because we already have data analysts and ways to run projections.
And, that Forbes article is a paid piece from Dell. Again, straight from the Snake Oil guy.
And, that Forbes article is a paid piece from Dell. Again, straight from the Snake Oil guy.
I'm not upset with you man, it's just that you're out here trying to shut down criticism under those outputs.
I'm not understanding where the space for ethical use even is, frankly, outside independently-hosted models for assistive tools, note-taking, etc. Help me out here.
I'm not understanding where the space for ethical use even is, frankly, outside independently-hosted models for assistive tools, note-taking, etc. Help me out here.
December 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm not upset with you man, it's just that you're out here trying to shut down criticism under those outputs.
I'm not understanding where the space for ethical use even is, frankly, outside independently-hosted models for assistive tools, note-taking, etc. Help me out here.
I'm not understanding where the space for ethical use even is, frankly, outside independently-hosted models for assistive tools, note-taking, etc. Help me out here.
Not only do I not have those choices, but I'm called a downer or a hater for calling out the (in my opinion) shoddy, sauceless outputs that flood the zone and drown real, talented makers.
December 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Not only do I not have those choices, but I'm called a downer or a hater for calling out the (in my opinion) shoddy, sauceless outputs that flood the zone and drown real, talented makers.