[Technology] Artificial Intelligence

[Iggle Piggle]

I'm never sure if I'd consider the government being good at IT to be a good thing.
Considering the amount they mess up now, imagine the damage they could cause once they've mastered become basically competent at computing.

Government outsource nearly all their IT projects. There are a plethora of things bids are managed against but the biggest weighting is always price. You therefore end up with the cheapest bidder because that is the one that hasn't been thought through properly. Rinse and repeat.

Government will never ever be competent or even manage their own IT.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

Personally, I hand write all my NSC points and print out my daily copy of the Guardian.

I got a letter in the post today (which I immediately threw in the bin). It's the first one I've had in 6 months.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Well…..

Part of me thinks I’d give a right bollock to get involved in OpenAI and know the inside track. And a lot of me says SIX interviews? It’s a dreadful modern trend in tech and almost always run by highly insecure and risk adverse management teams.

#fence

I agree with your comments about the number of interviews. To get into Meta, he had 9!

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I agree with your comments about the number of interviews. To get into Meta, he had 9!

How the hell does anybody have 9 interviews for a job?

 

[Guinness Boy]

How the hell does anybody have 9 interviews for a job?

It’s one of several trends in tech that are the subject of big debate on LinkedIn.

I personally think it’s ridiculous.

I had four for my current role and I was approached by them!

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

It’s one of several trends in tech that are the subject of big debate on LinkedIn.

I personally think it’s ridiculous.

I had four for my current role and I was approached by them!

I'm also slightly bewildered by how anybody has a big debate on LinkedIn.
In my experience it's just people saying "Really good building links with the geotechnics team in Altrincham today!!"

Other teams and office locations are obviously available.

 

[warmleyseagull]

Can AI play LB?

 

[raymondo]

Do you think we haven't? The internet has been the biggest revolution since electricity.

I know you are right - my replies weren't totally serious. I've been having a bad week with both technology and paperwork .

 

[beorhthelm]

another theory about Sam Altman is he's been trying to raise investment to start a new AI dedicated chip company.

the AI algos rely on chips and source data, which is why we are no where near artifical general intelligence, state of the art is still done through brute force computing.

 

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The correct use of AI

 

[Wozza]

OpenAI's Operator is pretty mad.

It will operate the web for you (AI agents using keyboard and mouse), searching around for best prices, filling in forms etc.

... leaving you to do more important stuff - like, er, posting crap on NSC.



Not in UK yet, mind.

Future use case:

"Find me a 7-day holiday in Greece for all my family during May half-term, less than £800 a head, hotel must have water slides and be within 1 mile of beach, flight out after 8pm"

(It will know/learn our ages, what schools my kids go to/when half-term is, that my nearest airport is Gatwick etc)

It would present options, ask if you wanted to go ahead and book for you.

What are we gonna do with all our spare time, eh?

 

[Bakero]

 

[SouthSaxon]

OpenAI's Operator is pretty mad.

It will operate the web for you (AI agents using keyboard and mouse), searching around for best prices, filling in forms etc.

... leaving you to do more important stuff - like, er, posting crap on NSC.



Not in UK yet, mind.

Future use case:

"Find me a 7-day holiday in Greece for all my family during May half-term, less than £800 a head, hotel must have water slides and be within 1 mile of beach, flight out after 8pm"

(It will know/learn our ages, what schools my kids go to/when half-term is, that my nearest airport is Gatwick etc)

It would present options, ask if you wanted to go ahead and book for you.

What are we gonna do with all our spare time, eh?

There’s no way I’m going to trust anything (especially produced by Big Tech) with that much discretion or access to personal information.

I’m gradually cutting back on that stuff, not expanding it.

 

[sydney]

View attachment 198748

sums it up really.

 

[SouthSaxon]

Can AI play LB?

If you mean American AI, it can play inside or outside linebacker.

If you mean Chinese AI, it can play [redacted]

 

[Mr.Green]

Is it pointless for schoolkids like my son to study Computer Science / Computer related subjects in schools, colleges, universities as perhaps in 10 years most of these jobs may have been wiped out by AI ? Could that happen?

 

[Happy Exile]

Is it pointless for schoolkids like my son to study Computer Science / Computer related subjects in schools, colleges, universities as perhaps in 10 years most of these jobs may have been wiped out by AI ? Could that happen?

I don't think anyone can say for sure, though the pace of change is so fast I think we'll know quicker than 10 years what the trajectory is. At the moment many computing jobs are augmented by AI rather than replaced and all but the most pessimistic predictions about the impact of AI on work suggest it'll ultimately lead to job creation, with a load of new jobs being created that we can't imagine now. A bit like how even just 20 years ago the idea of an app developer didn't exist. What that means is that human skills like adaptability, critical thinking, creativity and most importantly the willingness and capacity to learn new things are perhaps what's most important.

It's not just computing jobs changing. I work for a medium-sized charity and manage a team who develop products that get sold to help fund the charitable purpose. This week alone I've used AI to:

- coach me through some challenges with suppliers that I've not been able to move forward with. (It worked.)
- help put structure and a flow of work around delivering on a volume of work and deadlines that threatened to become overwhelming
- draft messages to people
- critically evaluate and recommend changes to a business case to make it more likely to succeed
- summarise a 30 page report

It's helped me work quicker, more effectively, saved easily 2 or 3 days of delay alongside maybe a day of effort and saved the charity a load of money in the process. I think in many office jobs we're rapidly approaching a point where not using AI will be a career as well as commercial disadvantage, and maybe we're already there in a lot of cases. I only use free AI tools anyone can use and at the moment I think the biggest differentiator in success using them is "prompt engineering" and knowing how to get the best out of it - that's a skill I'd recommend people to learn for sure.

 

[Bakero]

Hook this guy up to Chatgpt and you've got yourself a T1000 personal assistant

 

[keaton]

‘It’s a new world’: the analysts using AI to psychologically profile elite players

Statistics can help assess a potential recruit’s emotional control and leadership, while highlighting red flags

www.theguardian.com

We are mentioned. Which isn't a ringing endorsement bearing in mind the criticism of leadership and teamwork in the team from many