Screwball Posted January 19 Posted January 19 More on AI in schools. I ran across this at another site and found it interesting. Video from a teacher, and a test from 1895 to compare to today. The test below is from a page at NASA. Title; Eighth-Grade Final Exam from 1895 Eighth-Grade Final Exam from 1895 Quote
chasfh Posted January 19 Posted January 19 2 hours ago, Screwball said: More on AI in schools. I ran across this at another site and found it interesting. Video from a teacher, and a test from 1895 to compare to today. The test below is from a page at NASA. Title; Eighth-Grade Final Exam from 1895 Eighth-Grade Final Exam from 1895 Let's go back in time and give them an eighth-grade final exam from 2025 and see how they do. Quote
Deleterious Posted January 27 Posted January 27 This is the type of stuff I want to see from AI. Clawdbot bought me a car Quote
oblong Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 A friend used it to get out of some kind of medical bill he didn't think he should get. They send you that crap thinking you'll just pay it. But it advised him on things to ask for... some kind of documents they must provide if you ask. Then if they do you can question that which requires them to do more work. You can specify they mail it to you. Etc. Etc. At some point the office staff just writes it off as it's not worth their time or they don't want to or can't. Basically they do what they assume you will... just pick the easiest path even if it costs you money. Quote
chasfh Posted January 27 Posted January 27 3 hours ago, oblong said: A friend used it to get out of some kind of medical bill he didn't think he should get. They send you that crap thinking you'll just pay it. But it advised him on things to ask for... some kind of documents they must provide if you ask. Then if they do you can question that which requires them to do more work. You can specify they mail it to you. Etc. Etc. At some point the office staff just writes it off as it's not worth their time or they don't want to or can't. Basically they do what they assume you will... just pick the easiest path even if it costs you money. I'm a little surprised the other side didn't just ignore your friend's queries and just start sending him threats of collection and garnishment. Quote
oblong Posted January 27 Author Posted January 27 44 minutes ago, chasfh said: I'm a little surprised the other side didn't just ignore your friend's queries and just start sending him threats of collection and garnishment. legally they can't. Patients do have rights and it's buried in all that redundant paperwork we sign. Quote
chasfh Posted January 27 Posted January 27 3 hours ago, oblong said: legally they can't. Patients do have rights and it's buried in all that redundant paperwork we sign. Well, someone at the administration is dropping the ball on that one. Quote
gehringer_2 Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 16 minutes ago, Deleterious said: and billions of watts being generated to accomplish this. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago This is what gets me. Guess who's paying for it... Quote
gehringer_2 Posted 5 hours ago Posted 5 hours ago (edited) I think one or both of two things is going to happen. One - computational HW is going to keep improving (Moore's Law and all that) which is going to leave a big utility overhang as data centers evolve to use less power, and/or two: if the power demands don't come down, and the Googles and Microsofts of the world have to start charging people more to cover the utility expense of getting results like 'you should walk to the car wash" they will find demand drops precipitously. The third related possibility is that in the constant ebb and flow between the popularity of centralized vs distributed IT that we've seen in computer science since the beginning, the continuing increase in locally available computational power and model optimization is going to allow a lot of business AI consumers to take their LLMs back in-house - both for cost and data integrity reasons. Edited 5 hours ago by gehringer_2 Quote
Screwball Posted 2 hours ago Posted 2 hours ago A local university had a lunch and learn thing a few days ago, the theme being: Using AI to solve real business problems. It was geared to the small business owner like you might see here in Cornhole. Quote They said; These student teams will work directly with participating businesses to support integration efforts, problem-solving, and project development tied to real operational needs. They probably can't make change. No thanks, I'll run my own business, then once you get hired I will train you. AI not required. We think for ourself. Quote
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