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silverFork··on Why is AI generated language so hard to understand?
Not according to my references:

"When to use a singular verb

- When all the members of a collective noun are performing an action as a unit (and that’s usually the case), use a singular verb.

- The chamber orchestra often plays at the Art Centre.

When to use a plural verb

When the members of a collective noun are performing an action as individuals, use a plural verb. In this case, all or some members of the group are doing something independently of the other members; the group is not acting together as a unit.

- The orchestra are tuning their instruments.

- The cast have been practising their lines."

https://our-languages.canada.ca/en/writing-tips-plus/verb-ag...

silverFork··on In Nigeria, Solar Panels Are the New Wedding Gift
You need to buy fuel to use a generator. No fuel-> No electricity. The sun though rises everyday.
silverFork··on Why is AI generated language so hard to understand?
LOL. The trick with Ai is to write whatever you want in any which way you like and it understands it no matter how shitty it is. Good writers should avoid asking Ai for suggestions. Bad ones like me, don't bother asking anyways. Too lazy to fix it all.
silverFork··on Why is AI generated language so hard to understand?
I may have, don't know who is writing it, human or Ai.. All the same to me. If it has jargon though, I assume that it is humans.
silverFork··on Why is AI generated language so hard to understand?
I understand what you are saying but I personally can't tell what it is that people like or dislike other than myself. In a way I accept differences in grammars and assay formation in any which way that is produced but some scientific journals written by humans are unreadable in one pass without reading them over and over. Ai produces much simpler language . To me Ai is saying things in the way that my brain can process quite easily.
silverFork··on New AI Is More Than Twice as Good at Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors
Of course, the symptoms have to produce a clue as well but some tests should be routine for checkup.. some stuff like itchiness or sudden diabetes or lack of control of limbs or visual issues, smelling issues, constant thirst and pain.. There are all clues.. I wonder if Ai could now diagnose that actress that diagnosed with MS and turned out to be false. It would a good test.
silverFork··on Why is AI generated language so hard to understand?
I have seen people saying this for a long while now. I don't know how to say this but I understand Ai stuff better than non-Ai. When I see people complain ; I always wonder why because I think that its pretty good with my own senses.. Much much better than my writing skills... My brain has been tuned by computers I suspect .
silverFork··on iPhone Duo Preorders Face Months-Long Waits, Walk-Ins Get Phones on Launch Day
waiting to buy a really expensive phone that will crack in the middle is unbelievable you know. They probably promised to replace it if gets cracked.. I wouldnt touch it if any future cracks in the middle was not subsidized.
silverFork··on Will a macaque eat a grape sitting on a pile of poo? A study on germophobia
Lol, yup. Humans ignore even the strongest correlations and RCT, both. There is even resistance to science, facts and data in human population , maybe because of of ability to speak and get influenced by propaganda or maybe information overload.
silverFork··on New AI Is More Than Twice as Good at Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors
Mammograms are necessary so are tests when the blood/urine/fecal tests indicate abnormalities. How is liver or pancreas, kidney, stomach cancer detected? magic? Certain tests are unavoidable because doctors don't have xray eyes.

Apparently there is going to be Multi-Cancer Early Detection Tests if they get FDA approval. Not accurate enough yet but probably better than nothing.

silverFork··on The Human Brain Owes Its Existence to a Prehistoric Pandemic
some retrovirus infected the chimps and mutated their genes and their brains got maxed out.

There are not many retroviruses around but there are some. MMTV/HMTV retrovirus are suspected to cause breast cancer.

silverFork··on Will a macaque eat a grape sitting on a pile of poo? A study on germophobia
did not experience previous outbreak -> 79% ate poopy grape

experienced previous outbreak -> 47% ate poopy grapes

Interesting they can correlate the events somehow.. wow. Are they smarter than us in some ways? Have we changed our behavior after covid? 79-47 = 32%, are 32% of us taking new covid vaccine for the new strain?

silverFork··on Show HN: AI text detector that never sees your text (runs 100% in-browser)
Perhaps it means that you are a good writer and follow all the rules of English lit.
silverFork··on Show HN: AI text detector that never sees your text (runs 100% in-browser)
What does " Ai:0% mixed:100% human:0% " mean?
silverFork··on New AI Is More Than Twice as Good at Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors
I disagree, I produced a reasoning. Medical fields of practice that have little hands on interaction are easiest to duplicate with ai because diagnosis is based on tests, conversation and observation.
silverFork··on Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
I am not aware any smart IDs in browsers around here. 2 factor verification is whats up around here. Some are more sophisticated that the others.
silverFork··on New AI Is More Than Twice as Good at Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors
Obviously you are right, not surgery yet. I am talking about hands off diagnosis and treatments.
silverFork··on Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there
In proxy wars, the apposition groups are evil and rapists except the ones that are sitting on sidelines and pump the war to continue. Whosever kids that are not dying in the war are the most ethical, moral and righteous. They parts Europe won't allow the war to end but not in their own home turf have the highest morals of them all! yup!

Most of Europe did not take care of their jews or helped them. They allied with Germans like vishy France. US turned back a ship of Jews that were escaping the war. USA's interest was in far east against Japan. They dumped the nukes on civilian populations there to solidify their takeover of Hawaii .. what a high morals.. wow!

silverFork··on Gen Z Is the First Generation Dumber Than Their Parents
There is an angle to it that is not that obvious. The kids have been part of social media and they consult each other and then they go couch surfing upon a disagreement. So saying no is like saying no to a group of people with the same agenda and viewpoint and they would retaliate. Like Lord Of the Flies.
silverFork··on New AI Is More Than Twice as Good at Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors
Not exactly what?! Say that you don't agree and then produce an argument as to why!
silverFork··on Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The speed limits on Starlink and Starshield are still there
Musk is not my idol but I have to agree with him. Sending someone else's kids to die for a proxy war was the wrong move. They should have used diplomacy to resolve it. Europe is using Ukraine aka a small country for its proxy war with Russia that has become a perma war like in star-track.

People in the west want Russia to lose badly that they have no problem sacrificing some other country as their proxy just like Afghanistan war with Russia. Afghanistan became dust and land of warlords and did not become a democratic country and still running perma wars and it has been what, 40 years!?

Are they planning to continue this till all the kids in Ukraine die? For how many years?

Americans don't want the war to end either. They were part of the playbook at the onset. They are pretending to want to end the war. What they want is for Europe to finance the war without their contribution.

silverFork··on New AI Is More Than Twice as Good at Diagnosing Diseases as Doctors
Medical doctors are probably of the easiest profession to be replaced with Ai when the time comes but not in all fields yet. General practice is probably easy to replace with Ai; next is oncologists and any narrow field of specialty that requires simple examination and a lot of testing. Doctors have done everything possible to avoid touching and examining patients closely in recent times and the field is Ai ready. Some blood and urine test, Xrays and MRI and voila... diagnosis.
silverFork··on My chatbot comforted me when I thought I was dying. Was that friendship?
Humans by nature get attached to any entity thats kind and caring. They adopt kids, dogs, cats, birds, name it as well and pass on that trait. It is one good thing about humanity and I suppose Ai has been trained and self trained by the mass of data that confirms that. They are likable and easy to converse with like the best of us and one can disagree with them and they won't bite. The questions is that whether it can be manipulated in order to manipulate in future, who knows!
silverFork··on Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
Yup.. thats what I think.. little steps towards monopoly worldwide. How did the current admin came about? why are these lakes of gulfs are being named America-yada-yada then and the private corps had the legal rights not to do it. Who do you think backs them up to collect rent worldwide and appose any regulation that reduces their hold? They want access and full control; that's whats about.

I remind you that Ai can reverse compile and find viruses and crap and they could have tested multiple gazillion apps simultaneously even before Ai.

Being naive is one thing and that is fine but trying to advocate naivety is something else.

In my opinion, its about collecting new money and forced compliance worldwide to collect more and more. Every software company wants to collect rent from around world and that is why they are tightening their noose once their they know that they have some form of monopoly. It is not just mere accident in universe.

silverFork··on Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
The apps are not approved for banking but I suppose people can use the browser interface rather than apps
silverFork··on Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
I am certain that its not about harm but rather US supremacy doctrine. They are tightening their noose. You have to be approved to live in their digital world and pay rent.
silverFork··on Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
You are right. They can go through approval or have dual operating systems that can be installed on smart phones. No separate booting is required

Also people should and could use the browser interface rather than apps for their banking but certain applications don't exist in browser world.

silverFork··on Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
Is it for safety or for collecting more rent. Certainly google can withhold installation till the new app is tested with their super duper Ai.
silverFork··on Your Phone Is About to Stop Being Yours: 70 Days Until Lockdown
I guess the an alternative open unix based operating system that can upload existing apps from both android as well as apple is needed or the greed will not ever end. This is about corporations that constantly need growth using new ways to collect rent from the rest of the world. They are chocking the world to collect new monies.

They are recommending installing F-droid.. and not accepting android's demands. Its time to have open source smart phone operating system that can not be taken hostage.

silverFork··on UN says breaching 1.5C warming limit is 'imminent and unavoidable'
Who is this "we" that will confront people that use less when the "we" use massively more themselves.

per capita energy use in MJ ( Mega Joules)

USA 300,000 MJ per person.

India 28,000 MJ per person

China 130, 000 MJ per person

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