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  • That is a different type of AI/machine learning.

    They aren’t using Large Language Models for that.

    Drug research, mRNA research acceleration, etc… Are using specialized neural nets trained in highly controlled environments with highly controlled data.

    All types of neural networks are pattern recognition. Medicine and biology has a somewhat** unique in being heavily pattern dependent and finding unique patterns in a known dataset large part of discovery. This contracts with other scientific areas where it will use inspirations from datasets, but the invention is much more abstract. That makes neural nets perfect for assisting those types of research.

    LLMs are trained on language pattern recognition. The simplistic view is “with the past X words entered, the probability of Y being the next sentence is the highest”. Where it actually has no idea what it is talking about. That is why the first LLMs were so horrible and bullshit (but at least in the early days they still were allowed to say “I don’t know”). Things have evolved rapidly and they are trained slightly differently and given MUCH more context around the sentences, but the core models of LLMs are the same and there are many many tests out there that show that the models can’t actually reason and don’t understand what they are saying outside of the very narrow context they are given which is why there are more useful as simple transcribing tools, or search (though they just lie if they can’t find the answer anyway). That is also why they are very good at copying peoples’ voice patterns in order to scam people.

    They are also literally starving entire populations of water just so people can draw a bad sketch of a car and tell chatGPT “make this into a 3D drawing with a cat on top”



  • Yes, but for driving (by a gigantic margin used way more than hiking, biking, and walking) organic maps/comaps is quite shit. In Belgium, I absolutely cannot trust it to get me to a destination I am unfamiliar with because of the policy of openstreetmaps of updating extremely infrequently and encouraging contributors not to report any road closures that last less than 6 months or whatever.

    Not to mention that it doesn’t take reported road condition into account when routing so it will send you on tiny cobblestone roads where you have to drive 30 instead of 50 to save 10 seconds theoretically by going to a main road and continually route you via u-turns back to that tiny shitty road instead of choosing a better route when you pass it.

    Even without any traffic data (so you never know approximately when you will arrive), it very often just not get you where you need to go. It is like using a GPS from 2005.



  • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nltoPrivacyHow do you do purchases online / offline?
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    Most “privacy guides” like that literally just shift trust from one party to another.

    Banks are starting to have temporary credit card numbers themselves for a purchase. It depends if you want “privacy” or “anonymity” as it seems like the person in the video wants the second.

    Nowadays there are precious few actually private or anonymous email providers themselves. Maybe Posteo or Tuta? But I don’t know their audit history with leaking metadata or handing over logs and information when asked.

    Honestly I have accepted that if I have to buy online, there is always a paper trail. Buy in-store in cash when possible, use second hand websites in your area. It is better for the environment too. Anything digital will have a paper trail that can always be de-anonymized with enough effort.

    All my electronics hobby stuff I have to buy online and I just do this with my normal credit card, especially since they have export controls in many distributors and if you get caught using fake credentials they will likely blanket blacklist you as someone trying to bypass export controls and use medical/consumer sensors and devices for weapons, against the companies’ restrictions.