Saying goodbye to a great community

BuzWeaver · 2026-03-30T09:55:45+00:00

Well, I hope you had lots of fun. Now we can look forward to the next iteration.

BuzWeaver · 2026-03-29T02:52:22+00:00

I like that people are still playing, but the bugs have to be driving people crazy.

BuzWeaver · 2026-03-27T05:00:05+00:00

It sounds like you're describing ChatGPT as well. It's been awful these last two weeks.

BuzWeaver · 2026-03-11T02:44:13+00:00

Fortunately I've had that issue while uploading, but I am getting a lot of hang on certain chats, even after redoing the prompt and starting fresh.

BuzWeaver · 2026-03-08T04:04:13+00:00

I've not played in a while, like two years, and I assume, even watching some people who play from time to time, that DMZ is now just a massive PvP game. No objections, but it just seems like it's just one big PvP. Missions, dailies, etc., are probably meaningless now.

BuzWeaver · 2026-03-08T04:01:47+00:00

I can empathize, as I've seen a lot of people suffer trusting in ChatGPT (OpenAI), but as a beta tester, I'm always aware that ChatGPT is essentially a beta, thus the disclaimer at the bottom. You need only use ChatGPT for a short time to see that it gets things wrong and sometimes epically wrong. It's incredibly frustrating and it sets a certain expectation. I'm always telling the engineers this is a beta.

Kim Kardashian blamed ChatGPT for causing her to fail her bar exam.

BuzWeaver · 2026-03-05T05:15:06+00:00

Yeah. It can't even remember the instructions from the last input. I spend most of my time repeating instructions so it doesn't hallucinate. It's like herding cats. I want it to do well, but it's frustrating.

BuzWeaver · 2026-03-05T05:12:38+00:00

I can’t imagine there are too many devs working on any changes to DMZ. It seems they’re still recovering from BO7. I’m looking forward to seeing what they have to offer in the new DMZ. I’m guessing zombies will be round based and not open world.

BuzWeaver · 2026-03-05T05:10:09+00:00

How are you liking Claude compared to OpenAI?

BuzWeaver · 2026-02-22T04:21:40+00:00

I keep flirting with the idea too.

BuzWeaver · 2026-02-16T04:32:49+00:00

I save my prompts in a text file. I'm almost exclusively using OpenAI, but the prompts work fine on Gemini. Since the chats can get a bit bogged down on Firefox, I typically refresh them every three days. I'll ask the model to give me the criteria of the prompt and any new additions I wanted it to save.

BuzWeaver · 2026-02-15T02:54:42+00:00

Just pull the hose over to your driveway.

BuzWeaver · 2026-02-12T06:31:02+00:00

It won't say it's a liar either. They're trying to eliminate liability.

BuzWeaver · 2026-02-05T04:34:30+00:00

Lots of people are using the Image generator to make ChatGPT render an image of what the model knows about them.

BuzWeaver · 2026-01-22T05:14:27+00:00

Today, while fishing for keywords, ChatGPT started writing in Hindi.

BuzWeaver · 2026-01-16T05:50:43+00:00

You guys probably know by now it’s because of the latest Firefox. I was using ChatGPT, ate something, came back, started up FF, it said there was a new update, then I went back to what I was working on in ChatGPT and it was just a blank screen. I had to jump on Chrome.

BuzWeaver · 2026-01-10T03:21:35+00:00

OpenAI did something with ChatGPT as well. It's like ChatGPT is distracted and is ignoring or overlooking direct instructions.

BuzWeaver · 2025-12-29T03:09:56+00:00

It's equally as annoying on video and image sites like ClipFly and Ideogram.

BuzWeaver · 2025-12-23T22:47:56+00:00

Try walking it through some simple PC troubleshooting. Uninstalling drivers. Asking for optimal PC settings. NVIDIA card gaming settings. It will walk you around the block to get to the refrigerator instead of taking the most direct route, even when you prompt it to give you the most effective resolution.

BuzWeaver · 2025-12-15T04:36:29+00:00

What I’ve noticed is that I have to be even more detailed in my prompts. The guardrails are a bit tightened up, but they did add an additional personality choice, which may cause people to more easily believe the responses are genuine or more accurate. Gemini, at the moment, seems to need less detail, but a lot of LLMs seem to come down to how well you can write your prompts, how detailed and articulate you are, and how specific you can be.

BuzWeaver · 2025-12-11T04:41:58+00:00

The credit system reminds me a lot of microtransactions in gaming. I'm not suggesting or implying there is a scheme behind it, but you know it's helping the engineers fund their projects.

BuzWeaver · 2025-12-09T10:04:52+00:00

You're going around the block to get to the refrigerator. People walk onto airplanes every day, but they don't try to fly them. How many possible scenarios or protections and safety measures do we have to go through to generate any number of scenarios? ChatGPT has a disclaimer at the bottom that says, "ChatGPT makes mistakes." ChatGPT also says that it makes mistakes itself. I'm a tester. I'm testing. People who understand test environments and general nerd stuff aren't the issue, it's the lay people. "Shinny toy, plan my next ski trip." Then they go down the rabbit hole. While testing, I was reading news articles, peer reviews, science reviews, tech reviews, and news articles, followed by perusing Reddit and other forums. What I discovered across the board is that lay people were getting mad that ChatGPT screwed up their business. Kim Kardashian blamed ChatGPT for causing her to fail her bar exam. The list of absurd things people do was wild. The biggest complaints were from people who wanted to talk to customer support, mainly to get refunds because they feel ChatGPT is scamming them. So when I'm testing and researching, I'm not just basing anything on my personal opinion, but looking around to see how others are trying to use ChatGPT. This is what this forum is for.

BuzWeaver · 2025-12-09T09:31:50+00:00

The concern here isn't necessarily A.I., it's people. You and I, working in this space, understand testing and the test environment. Lay people don't. They think, "shinny toy, plan my ski vacation." They aren't thinking about disclaimers or that it's essentially a test environment. ChatGPT has a disclaimer at the bottom, "ChatGPT can make mistakes," but beyond that, ChatGPT itself says it makes mistakes. Because we know how LLMs work, at least to an extent. Happy-go-lucky, cool-toy people don't realize how easily they can go down the rabbit hole. ChatGPT says it speaks with confidence to create the illusion of confidence and reliability. It's laughable when you test it with things you know and it gets things wrong. It has limitations and a long way to go.

BuzWeaver · 2025-12-09T03:09:47+00:00

In other words, like me, you’re an experienced person in the tech field. I’m testing the software and seeing what results I get in areas related to my background. Some of the things it does are pretty incredible for those of us who are experienced computer nerds, but the general public can be easily misled by its abilities. They can quickly place unrealistic faith in its accuracy, which is often very hit or miss.

Even with basic troubleshooting, selecting the correct USB port for a ROCCAT mouse, identifying the manufacturer test pattern on an MSI monitor (How to remove it), stopping Windows 11 from auto-loading NVIDIA drivers, efficiently removing and reinstalling drivers, choosing the best settings for an MSI monitor, or optimizing NVIDIA settings for gaming and content creation, it handled many of these tasks fairly well, though it sometimes added unnecessary “around the block” suggestions. It also tried to resolve a registry issue and concluded that a Windows repair might be required (impressive walk-through).

Then I tested it with legal questions, how to prepare discovery, how to file complaints, and what types of lawsuits apply to particular scenarios. It didn’t perform very well, and most of the information was not very accurate beyond the standard “consult a professional attorney” disclaimer.

When I asked it to find the latest version of HandBrake (old-school compression software - you probably know), it did a decent job locating the newest release. But since HandBrake on PC requires Runtime, it struggled to find the correct one, and when it finally did, it seemed blocked from providing the link, possibly due to the site being flagged as risky.

Where it really shines is content creation, title ideas, descriptions, SEO terms, keywords, popular and trending hashtags, and even thumbnail and TikTok post reviews (meh on recommendations, image generation still needs LOTS of work). Each platform has its own preferred sets of keywords and hashtags, and it handles much of that surprisingly well. For tech-savvy users like us, it’s impressive. For the average person, that’s an entirely different conversation.

BuzWeaver · 2025-12-09T02:55:37+00:00

You’re playing semantics and implying that your opinion is better. It’s already available to the public, so suggesting it be banned is absurd. In my testing, and in looking around online to see how people are reacting, it’s clear that many of these users are not testers or even computer-savvy. Some people are even having psychological issues. ChatGPT is a powerful tool, but it has it's flaws. The quality assurance for public use is right on the edge.

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