Perspectivist
@Perspectivist@feddit.uk
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
- George Orwell
- Comment on ChatGPT using slurs unprompted........ how does that even answer my question?? 1 hour ago:
The original claim was that ChatGPT has no viable use cases, and grammar correction and text editing clearly disproves that. Whether it’s cheaper or not is just moving the goalposts and doesn’t change the fact that it works and people use it daily. Also, calling it “vastly inferior” is baseless - traditional grammar tools can’t handle nuance, tone, or context the way ChatGPT does.
- Comment on ChatGPT using slurs unprompted........ how does that even answer my question?? 2 hours ago:
single viable use case
Grammar correction and text editing.
- Comment on ChatGPT using slurs unprompted........ how does that even answer my question?? 2 hours ago:
Recreational outrage at its finest.
- Comment on Phones may come without bundled USB cables in the future, if OEMs have their way 3 days ago:
That’s okay. I can use one of the 20 cables I have already laying around.
- Comment on If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories? 3 days ago:
I believe that the entire concept of “self” is just an illusion. There is no “you” back there behind your face looking out into the world. There’s just consciousness - the fact of experience and its content. The sense of self is just an appereance in consciousness. Not something that’s outside or separate of it.
- Comment on Instagram wants me to make content — I just want to post a photo 6 days ago:
I never really changed the way I use it. I just post pictures and watch pictures. I’ve never viewed stories or tried any of those other features. It’s the pictures I’m there for.
- Comment on Is there a drink with taste of energy drink without caffeine? 1 week ago:
I find that Pommac has remotely similar taste without actually being an energy drink.
- Comment on Just got this flyer in the mail today. 1 week ago:
My split AC unit cost me 1350€ with installation. 8k USD is ridiculous.
- Comment on Which career to pursue? 1 week ago:
I’m plumber by training but started my own bussiness a few years back and now work as a so-called “handyman” Now plumbing is only around 5% of what I do. Painting seems to be in high demand.
- Comment on Which career to pursue? 2 weeks ago:
I’m one of the few people here working in the trades and I’m not the tiniest bit worried about being replaced by AI or automation. I also like that at the end of the day I’ve actually manipulated the physical world and objectively made it better. Yeah, I might not be coming up with cure for cancer or influencing world politics buy granny over here has a working faucet now and she’s immensely thankful for it and I also get cookies (not the digital kind)
- Comment on do you use non violent communication at the workplace? 2 weeks ago:
Fair enough, but just because a term exists doesn’t mean it’s sensible.
- Comment on do you use non violent communication at the workplace? 2 weeks ago:
We don’t call people non-golfers either.
- Comment on The new iPhone is an emblem of our miserable minimalist era 2 weeks ago:
In our group chat my two other friends have exhanged literally 800 messages trying to figure out which of the newest models is best for them as if there any difference between them or between the few years old ones they already have. I literally spent less time considering the purchase of my house.
- Comment on How did easy access to Porn while growing up impacted Gen-Z ? 3 weeks ago:
I’m not gen-z nor against porn broadly speaking but I’m in the 5% of people who develop addiction/compulsion to it and it completely destroyed my sex drive to the point that I’d rather watch porn than have sex. Personally I don’t mind but it makes having a romantic relationship quite difficult and it has now cost me two of them.
10 days clean now. Wish me luck.
- Comment on What do people actually use ChatGPT for? OpenAI provides some numbers. 3 weeks ago:
No, mut you can see if the answer makes sense and then fact check it using Google if you need to.
- Comment on How often do guys have a haircut? 3 weeks ago:
Every 3 to 4 months I’d say. This is despite the fact that it’s free because both my mom and sister are hairdressers.
- Comment on What do people actually use ChatGPT for? OpenAI provides some numbers. 3 weeks ago:
You can ask it much more complex questions than you can google and you can ask follow-up questions too.
- Comment on Is a gooner the same thing as a wanker? 4 weeks ago:
No. It describes a person whose much more obsessed about it.
- Comment on Why is insulting people for their state (Florida) ok, but not gender or race? 4 weeks ago:
I don’t think insulting people for any reason is okay. We’re just blind to it when it’s directed at people we too don’t like. We’re hypocrites.
- Comment on What percentage of the world population ages 30+ do you suppose is capable of financially supporting themselves & living & thriving independently? 4 weeks ago:
Thriving is subjective but every single 30+ I know is able to financially support themselves in the common sense of the word so I’d say a quite high number. Probably around 80 to 90% if not higher.
- Comment on thick skinned employees, how can you be so thick skinned? 4 weeks ago:
It’s good to keep in mind that not showing emotions doesn’t mean not feeling them. Men don’t generally act that way with each other because there’s a real and always-present danger of actual violence. Disagreements usually either get solved, or we just bury those feelings until someone pushes us over the edge - and then we punch them in the face.
That’s not an option when you’re a man working with women. You can’t let things escalate because they can take it further than you can. He might be boiling inside, but there’s no outlet for it. We just deal with it and we’re usually quite good at that since we’ve been doing it all our lives.
- Comment on How could AI be better than an encyclopedia? 4 weeks ago:
It’s normal. Worn out clutch has different and more noticeable symptoms.
- Comment on Anon plays the lottery 4 weeks ago:
There are countless ways I feel different from the people around me, but spending habits is a big one. I never had the urge to start buying things when I got money. I’ve just always saved it. Even as a kid, I had a chest with a lock on it where I kept all my savings. I was always the one people borrowed money from and paid back with interest.
Now as an adult, I find it even easier not to go on a spending spree when I get a large lump sum of money from somewhere, because getting more money doesn’t really enable me to buy something I couldn’t have bought before. Even when I do treat myself to something, it’s usually BIFL quality, so once I have it, I never need to buy it again.
I guess it’s worth noting that always being alone with no one to spend the money with helps too.
- Comment on How could AI be better than an encyclopedia? 4 weeks ago:
Looking at my ChatGPT “random questions” tab and the things I’ve asked from it, much of it are the kind of things you probably couldn’t look up on encyclopedia.
For example:
“Is a slight drop in the engine rpm when shifting from neutral to 1st gear while holding down the clutch pedal a sign of worn out clutch”?
Or:
“What’s the difference between Mirka’s red and yellow sandpaper?”
- Comment on An AI Social Coach Is Teaching Empathy to People with Autism 5 weeks ago:
I’m not from UK.
- Comment on Automated Sextortion Spyware Takes Webcam Pics of Victims Watching Porn 5 weeks ago:
So how does this work exactly?
“Pay up or we tell everyone that you watch porn”
- Comment on An AI Social Coach Is Teaching Empathy to People with Autism 5 weeks ago:
Glad you brought up US politics here.
- Comment on [deleted] 5 weeks ago:
I don’t see how working in the trades is supposed to close the door for intellectualism or then we just mean different things with that word. Just because person rather works with their hands than deals with office politics and stares at a monitor for 8 hours a day doesn’t mean they’re stupid. Your future job prospects also look much better if you’re a plumber rather than computer scientist.
- Comment on Everyone wants a turn 5 weeks ago:
I have gerbils. Some of them love it and some couldn’t care less. For one it took over 6 months of watching her sister and just sitting in it to figure out how it works. Once she did, there was no end to it.
- Comment on Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company? 5 weeks ago:
I prevent my customers from leaving a ban review by trying to do a good job. I’d never sign a form like that, it’s a huge red flag and I doubt it’s even enforceable.
