I, too, hope Apple gets back in the game, instead of pouring so much focus on a barely viable product known as AI. The pushback from end users, advocates every time new developments are released and falsely marketed as being usable is pretty high. It’s clear Apple can’t make even the most shoddy idea of ‘AI’ work in a sane way 100% of the time; as a real product would take a lot of research, time, and money to properly construct. They are trying to do this on a few year timescales, when realistically it might be more than 20 to 40 years of hard work. When scientists still don’t understand the origin of sentience or have a full understanding of our own brains…How can AI researchers and developers be silly enough to imagine themselves able to build sentient, reasoning artificial intelligence?

Man, Techbros really fucked this whole AI thing up, just for some short term gain and hoovering up all the data with minimal penalty! 😡

Good to know, I’ll be sure to block this bot on all of my Fediverse accounts. It’s sad to see more GenAI nonsense.

She only got banned because she was trying to make it seem like the harm Kiwi Farms did was minimal. Which is an obvious lie, Kiwi Farms is one of the biggest hives of villiany and scum; they’ve done so much harm to those they didn’t like for petty reasons. Particularly going after trans people and piling an unending torrent of harassment on them until they either kill themselves or go beyond the reach of Kiwi Farms. Proof of my claim that Kiwi Farms caused harm to the Trans community

She tried to conflate Discord unknowingly hosting mass shooters with being their allies. (I noticed said something along the same lines in a response, as you were trying to take the heat off of Kiwi Farms, sussy). That makes me wonder if this account is a sockpuppet, but I can’t say for certain, as there isn’t proof of that.

It depends, sometimes local breweries can make a drinkable light beer, “Middle Child” a variant of light beer that was served at a local brewery had a smooth, spiced taste. I tend to go for amber ales, ciders, or English Porters for the most part. Something like Natural Ice, Busch, or Budweiser is an abomination, full stop!

Be Bare Red Apple Chips and Apple itself are both fantastic options! The Busch, well, that’s best left for pouring into the toilet…

Before I had access to the internet; These were basically my, ‘Don’t die, eat something easy’ list of relatively quick foods back in the darkest, deepest depression days (turns out my brain chemistry reacts horribly to antidepressants and antipsychotics). I was just an anxious dude that didn’t know it due to being heavily medicated.

I don’t mind the changes they are proposing for the Photos app; the current version annoys me as there is no way to sort photos by recent to older. For whatever reason, the oldest photos are on top while the most recent are in the bottom. It drives me mad, at the very least a proper chronological sorting option is very much appreciated. Everything else, I can adjust, since I don’t have a strong Apple Muscle Memory.

ROFL Way to sink a vessel sooner, CEOs are so ridiculous! I used to care, but now that I have no skin in the game; I just laugh. Or fight if they try to bring their bullshit to another platform.

Beacon, a shining fur friend! He’s an adorable best boy ever, he has such a gentle demeanor that could likely soothe the most troubled of souls.

So freaking cute, I can’t contain the squee that wants to be let out!

It is an old game, but The Fun Pimps have been working on it the whole time; the old console version was the only one that wasn’t getting updates because the studio that maintained it went under. It’s still surprising for me, even, that the 1.0 is releasing on July 25th.

I’ve been playing 7 Days to Die, the experimental 1.0! It’s been a fun but challenging experience. I’ve logged about 72 hours now (I had some play time before starting on the Experimental 1.0). I plan on playing Spirittea again on Xbox because they dropped the Fishing Update finally (Microsoft took their sweet time in evaluating the update).

Yikes, Taboola is the scummiest advertising company in my opinion! This is such an out of touch move, its likely making them a boat load of money (this is all they care about).

ROFL I never imagined her to be the cutest criminal mastermind! I’m glad the older lady is alright after being dragged into the street; I remember having a diva dog who wanted to be everyone’s friend and hated being ignored.

Cute, at least Ghost is trying her best! (Edited after finding out Ghost is a leading lady)

As LLMs haven’t been able to pass a Turing Test, I can’t quite let the ‘AI’ descriptor go unchallenged. It doesn’t sit right with me; I’m not comfortable with the intentional dishonesty that conflating LLMs with AI. However, I do understand your exhaustion with trying to correct that mistake.

As for the usage beyond spellchecking and grammar checking; it is up to an individual if they want to make more usage of it despite the ethical, privacy, and security concerns surrounding LLMs. I made my choice due to this, even that makes me feel occasionally uneasy. Making a decision with all the information is far better than falling for the hype surrounding LLMs at the moment.

If techbros weren’t trying to conflate LLMs with AI, I’d mostly have no issue with them. Still have concerns with the lack of security first and dubious means that are being implemented to gather data. LLMs are a useful spelling and grammar checking tool, so there are practical uses for them.

I wouldn’t yet use them for any other purpose until truly ethical practices are implemented. Also, the weird generative quirks are smoothed out.

Only the techbro shills, the executive class, and a few people who don’t know or care how the sausage is made want AI Bullshit. I want this AI bubble to not only burst, but also burn every techbro and make them shut up. Real AI is going to be a multi-discipline and multigenerational project that will take a lot of time and research to reify. This gassed up LLM bullshit is not it!

For the moment, they are simply better than the competition in regard to LLM ambitions. I got tired of Google being incompetent and not supporting an app/service for more than a few years. Google is chasing after a viral hit app without showing they could actually maintain it for more than longer than a year, at best. Apple is stable, they have a plan to keep their main services stable and useable! I switched to an iPhone last year, it’s a stable experience, if not a bit bland at times due to a lack of serious customization elements. Since moving away from Windows and going to Ubuntu, I even plan on getting a Mac Mini to manage my iPhone (since Linux doesn’t have those tools readily available). I don’t like Apple persay because I don’t trust any corporation, in a market with little choice; I chose them for the time being. When Linux phones are ready for the general audience that is when I will jump ship.

RCS, Better Home Screen and Control Center customization, finally getting locked and hidden apps on iOS as Android has had those for years! The Photos update is pretty good, in addition to Lock Screen customization.