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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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Similar to how the term 'digital' has shifted from doing numeric calculations and storage to how it's used today, referring to content you purchase and stream or download from the internet.

Terminology changes over time, and I'm not sure that I like some of the changes. 🤷

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[–] renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.net 10 points 1 day ago (5 children)

There’s nothing particularly “smart” about machine learning models. They are still programs that run on computers, the only difference is that they are made by another program rather than by a human, so they are too complicated for humans to meaningfully read.

Also, the meaning of digital hasn’t really changed. It still refers to information that is represented in bits rather than some analog format.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Agreed.

I once asked AI a question, "How do you inflate a foldable phone?"

If it was smart, it should have responded with something like 'This question doesn't make sense, but here are some related articles to help you.'

But no no no, it literally wrote out instructions for me that almost looked perfectly professional, except it just replaced 'inner tube' with 'folding phone'...

If AI keeps hallucinating like that, and people accept it as somehow being 'smarter' than humans, then indeed we might just be on track for a new dumb generation of humans that just accept bullshit as fact.

🤦‍♂️

[–] riskable@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Well... Don't leave us hanging!

Did the instructions work? You'd think it would be harder than inflating a tablet-style phone... Because of the hinge.

[–] over_clox@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

LMFAO!

Want a quick way to inflate a foldable phone, stab it with a screwdriver. Don't mind the smoke and fire, that's just part of the process 🔥👍

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