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Re: ChatGPT Is Down

#51

Post by sshine »

koolba wrote: post #45
koliber wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It kind of already happens to devs when Jira or GitHub goes down. These tools are part of the core process of software delivery for many dev teams. When the forklift breaks, you can't load the truck.

The JIRA example is a funny one. It’s like a workshop with a broken clipboard. Imagine not ordering a replacement one because there’s no task (written on said clipboard) to order a replacement.

I can easily imagine this.

I have to have a piece of paper on my desk in front of my computer.

I write my priorities there. If I don't, I find it extremely hard to concentrate on or prioritise anything.

What's problematic about depending on Jira this way is:

When Jira is down, you can't go to your supplies stash and get another Jira.

Programmers can work when the office Internet or GitHub is down, because git is decentralised.

Managers don't seem to factor in that kind of risk when they subscribe to a critical tool into the cloud.

Re: ChatGPT Is Down

#52

Post by sshine »

aurareturn wrote: post #28
sshine wrote: post #21

Future dystopia: Our systems are offline, and we don’t know what to do. Typically when we have a problem, we ask the system how to solve it, but it says it’s unavailable. We have tried asking each other, but nobody knows what to ask exactly.

Hopefully we'll have more than one company who can supply us with AGI. We can just ask another AGI to fix the downed AGI.

Or we could trust that the AGI intended for the system to be down.

And now, on to heating our dinner with friction.

Re: ChatGPT Is Down

#53

Post by aaomidi »

sshine wrote: post #51
koolba wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The JIRA example is a funny one. It’s like a workshop with a broken clipboard. Imagine not ordering a replacement one because there’s no task (written on said clipboard) to order a replacement.

I can easily imagine this. I have to have a piece of paper on my desk in front of my computer. I write my priorities there. If I don't, I find it extremely hard to concentrate on or prioritise anything. What's problematic about depending on Jira this way is: When Jira is down, you can't go to your supplies stash and get another Jira. Programmers can work when the office Internet or GitHub is down, because git is dece…

Because how often is the internet down?

If you’re in an office you’re absolutely supposed to be getting multiple upstream connections.

Re: ChatGPT Is Down

#54

Post by silon42 »

sshine wrote: post #52
aurareturn wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hopefully we'll have more than one company who can supply us with AGI. We can just ask another AGI to fix the downed AGI.

Or we could trust that the AGI intended for the system to be down. And now, on to heating our dinner with friction.

Time to rewatch all the TOS episodes where Captain Kirk turns off the AI/mainframe.

Re: ChatGPT Is Down

#55

Post by krapp »

silon42 wrote: post #54
sshine wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or we could trust that the AGI intended for the system to be down. And now, on to heating our dinner with friction.

Time to rewatch all the TOS episodes where Captain Kirk turns off the AI/mainframe.

Except for the sexy ones, he tries to turn those on.

Re: ChatGPT Is Down

#56

Post by koolba »

aaomidi wrote: post #53
sshine wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can easily imagine this. I have to have a piece of paper on my desk in front of my computer. I write my priorities there. If I don't, I find it extremely hard to concentrate on or prioritise anything. What's problematic about depending on Jira this way is: When Jira is down, you can't go to your supplies stash and get another Jira. Programmers can work when the office Internet or GitHub is down, because git is dece…

Because how often is the internet down? If you’re in an office you’re absolutely supposed to be getting multiple upstream connections.

The local internet connection is a necessary but not sufficient part of accessing any hosted service. More importantly, the service itself has to be online.

Re: ChatGPT Is Down

#58

Post by overflyer »

scottmcdot wrote: post #11
overflyer wrote: post #2

Prepared a presentation for months to hold in front of my entire company. Has been down since 9:21 German time. Had one of the worst nights of my live. Now we had to postpone the presentation by two weeks. I wanna hit someone right now :'(

Sorry to hear that. Was the bad night from the poor ChatGPT performance or because of anxiety leading up to the presentation?

The anxiety!

Re: ChatGPT Is Down

#59

Post by amelius »

aurareturn wrote: post #28
sshine wrote: post #21

Future dystopia: Our systems are offline, and we don’t know what to do. Typically when we have a problem, we ask the system how to solve it, but it says it’s unavailable. We have tried asking each other, but nobody knows what to ask exactly.

Hopefully we'll have more than one company who can supply us with AGI. We can just ask another AGI to fix the downed AGI.

It's a winner-takes-all market.

The winner gets all the computational resources, gets more money, and repeat.

Re: ChatGPT Is Down

#60

Post by aaomidi »

koolba wrote: post #56
aaomidi wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Because how often is the internet down? If you’re in an office you’re absolutely supposed to be getting multiple upstream connections.

The local internet connection is a necessary but not sufficient part of accessing any hosted service. More importantly, the service itself has to be online.

Most of these SaaS services have enough availability to practically not be a problem.
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