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I guess it's only fair that we may scrape Bard just like Bard scrapes us? I think it's called "disruption" :-)
Enjoy it while it lasts. The training set (Stack Overflow) will dry as people move away from it, resulting in model degradation, resulting in not having a useful AI AND not having a useful SO
I admit to using AI, but only for what I was using SO before. Which is 0% of the work I actually get paid for (maintaining existing software that requires expert knowledge). For personal projects, sure, it's useful. Want to code something in a new language? Great. You'll still be a beginner, and will have contributed nothing to the body of knowledge that has trained the model you are using
They just can't comprehend what needs to be done even if all that's required are 2 lines of code
However, we keep seeing posts from people who don't know html or how to create a chrome extension paternalizing about how we can be much more productive with AI tools. Last I heard a CEO was demanding dev increased productivity or firing some devs because he saw a Youtube video about how easy it is to create a website now
The only usefulness I see is in AI replacing SO. Once SO dries we'll have neither
They just can't comprehend what needs to be done even if all that's required are 2 lines of code
However, we keep seeing posts from people who don't know html or how to create a chrome extension paternalizing on how we can be much more productive with AI tools. Last I heard a CEO was demanding dev increased productivity or firing some devs because he daw a Youtube video on how easy it is to create a website now
A fully featured group calendar that I use for myself
A collaborative organigram maker that I use for my kids class
A collaborative family tree maker that my distant and close family alike use to document every detail until (as of today) 1776
If you haven't met any that's ok
However, as the linked article suggests, if Microsoft now plans to close off Bing's API (potentially sensing vulnerability in Google), it seems that the influence of monopoly power remains strong and prevalent.
Let's not discuss the amount of copyright licenses OpenAI has already infringed, too
There's no moat in anything AI, but MS gets OpenAI access at a discount and therefore will win
It flags results containing ads or seo results, uses gpt to summarize rather than cite, and gives an overall ai gpt summary
It's prepaid (first search is free) and has a login wall
I don't think energy prices will magically go back down but I could be wrong
Pretty depressing. Annual budgets are close to 0
A future is coming where everything that isn't behind a login wall will be widely abused. ToS mean nothing in the era of AI. Quality searches will stop being free and cost actual money because the alternative is to drown the users in ads and, yes, monetize their data
If you can't learn to establish trust with non-AI entities then..
Most HR people prefer the 5-page, write-down-everything-you-have-done resume. I know because I have tried both routes and because of the feedback I got I have ended up maintaining 2 versions (long and short)
I posted this some time ago but didn't get any traction. I get that it's behind a login wall, but this is necessary as running costs are high and usage needs to be tracked
An initial credit is given and then it becomes pre-paid. The price is a bit ridiculous atm (10c per good result) but I plan on halving it soon (I am being paranoid about going bankrupt)
Bing + ChatGPT + Custom code = search without SEO junk, sites containing ads, and with summaries instead of click-bait