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Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by bayindirh »

Ma8ee wrote: post #35
lynx23 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder when the environmentalists will realize what is going on right now, and start to protest AI usage in general. I was already wondering the same when the open source community started to CI every damn PR and commit, but I guess I was too optimistic with that one.

We are aware. AI at least have the potential to create some value, which can’t be said about crypto currencies that still waste enormous resources.

I don't want to sound skeptical, but this is what Crypto people used to say when it was very new.

It was supposedly worth all the power expenditure, because changing the world needed energy. Now we see where we are.

I'm inside this "newfangled AI thing". There are groups which create value, but they create value for everybody. The humans and the nature in general, and they use AI for scientific ends. Medical image processing, ecosystem monitoring, etc. etc.

Letting bots loose on the internet, letting them consume what they say and making them answer "Sauce is a food taste enhancer, and dressing is used to keep wounds clean while allowing them to heal. A standard serving of a dressing is two spoons".

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by null0pointer »

hashtag-til wrote: post #40
poulpy123 wrote: post #28

When you have a (very very expensive) hammer, everything looks like a nail

Honestly, the “Notes” app on Mac has at least the autocomplete now and I find it quite useful. I’m very sceptical about all these AI announcements but text editing is case where I think this “AI” stuff can actually be used for good.

Notes is a very different app to Notepad though. Nobody uses the Notes app to edit plain text files, which is the sole use case of Notepad. Notes is for writing, well, notes. Notes also has a lot of other editing modes and features like drawing with the apple pencil, scanning documents, cross device syncing, etc. As far as I’m aware Notepad can only edit plain text files.

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by renewiltord »

lynx23 wrote: post #33
poulpy123 wrote: post #28

When you have a (very very expensive) hammer, everything looks like a nail

I wonder when the environmentalists will realize what is going on right now, and start to protest AI usage in general. I was already wondering the same when the open source community started to CI every damn PR and commit, but I guess I was too optimistic with that one.

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Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by sAbakumoff »

lynx23 wrote: post #33
poulpy123 wrote: post #28

When you have a (very very expensive) hammer, everything looks like a nail

I wonder when the environmentalists will realize what is going on right now, and start to protest AI usage in general. I was already wondering the same when the open source community started to CI every damn PR and commit, but I guess I was too optimistic with that one.

>> I wonder when the environmentalists will realize what is going on right now, and start to protest AI usage in general.

Never, in just 2-3 months we will have much, much bigger problems

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by turtles3 »

bayindirh wrote: post #41
Ma8ee wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are aware. AI at least have the potential to create some value, which can’t be said about crypto currencies that still waste enormous resources.

I don't want to sound skeptical, but this is what Crypto people used to say when it was very new. It was supposedly worth all the power expenditure, because changing the world needed energy. Now we see where we are. I'm inside this "newfangled AI thing". There are groups which create value, but they create value for everybody. The humans and the nature in general, and they use AI for scientific ends. Medical image pr…

To be fair, newer research is demonstrating that smaller more power efficient models with the same performance are possible, so the hope is that these giant LLMs are just a stepping stone to a less energy hungry place. In contrast, proof of work fundamentally needs more energy then bigger the network gets. It's no guarantee but we can at least see some hope that as energy impact drops and increasing value is found that 'AI' will cross the threshold of being worth the energy.

Edit: although yes I do agree that the 'value' part is tricky. If internet spam can generate more 'value' for some people than doing science, then when intelligence is cheap we are in for a rough time.

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by maccard »

bayindirh wrote: post #41
Ma8ee wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We are aware. AI at least have the potential to create some value, which can’t be said about crypto currencies that still waste enormous resources.

I don't want to sound skeptical, but this is what Crypto people used to say when it was very new. It was supposedly worth all the power expenditure, because changing the world needed energy. Now we see where we are. I'm inside this "newfangled AI thing". There are groups which create value, but they create value for everybody. The humans and the nature in general, and they use AI for scientific ends. Medical image pr…

I disagree. Crypto people kept suggesting that crypto was a solution to an X problem while ignoring that a database was a better solution the problem.

I’ve yet to hear any good use cases for crypto, and I’ve been asking for years on here. Meanwhile there are a bunch of AI tools out there that are working and helping.

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by Zr01 »

Ma8ee wrote: post #35
lynx23 wrote: post #33

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wonder when the environmentalists will realize what is going on right now, and start to protest AI usage in general. I was already wondering the same when the open source community started to CI every damn PR and commit, but I guess I was too optimistic with that one.

We are aware. AI at least have the potential to create some value, which can’t be said about crypto currencies that still waste enormous resources.

Manga Library Z, a manga archiving site that distributed old and out-of-print manga for free has been forced to close down due to all major credit card companies refusing to provide payment services. If some hypothetical widespread decentralized payment system can prevent scenarios like this one from happening, then it would be worth the "enormous waste of resources". These days, you're essentially relegated to a non-person if card companies stop allowing you to use their services.

Re: Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

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Post by masteruvpuppetz »

I hate that Win11 Notepad has so many tabs open even after you close the app.

Many times, I just paste my copied text in Notepad to strip the formatting + special characters and close it after re-copying the data. Pretty efficient.

Now that I open Notepad.. all my previous tabs are open asking me to close them one after the other (extra click on not so save the file) :@ so annoying

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