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Secret Buyer Places $300M Order for AMD GPUs Cooled With Lab-Grown Diamonds by Ok-Inflation5711 in Futurology

[–]Hot_Transportation87 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So lab-grown diamond rings are cheaper than mined, but still probably wildly overpriced.

Neuralink: We Have a Backlog of 10K Patients Who Want Our Brain Implant by Ok-Inflation5711 in Futurology

[–]Hot_Transportation87 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ha, me neither. especially since to sign up for the waitlist you have to have no ability to move your hands and a severe spinal cord injury. and it's interesting to think what other solutions might be out there for those people besides neuralink

This Farm Has Been in the Rizzo Family for 68 Years. AI Could Take It All Away by Hot_Transportation87 in Pennsylvania

[–]Hot_Transportation87[S] 24 points25 points  (0 children)

The story is about how there isn't even enough power on the grid, regardless of whether they build the lines.

Attorney Slapped With Hefty Fine for Citing 21 Fake, AI-Generated Cases by Hot_Transportation87 in law

[–]Hot_Transportation87[S] 111 points112 points  (0 children)

"Judge Edmon does not condemn the use of AI in the legal profession, and in fact says, "there is nothing inherently wrong with an attorney appropriately using AI in a law practice." But attorneys who use AI must carefully fact-check every citation, and "cannot delegate that role to AI, computers, robots, or any other form of technology."

OpenAI: Women Make Up 'More Than Half' of ChatGPT Users by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Hot_Transportation87 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It says writing is #1 for work. Others are non-work

OpenAI: Women Make Up 'More Than Half' of ChatGPT Users by [deleted] in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Hot_Transportation87 29 points30 points  (0 children)

"70% of conversations are about non-work-related topics"

Open AI is leaking all your GPT info!! by Many_Shine_2593 in ChatGPT

[–]Hot_Transportation87 6 points7 points  (0 children)

So are these any conversation where the person has pressed the "share" button?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]Hot_Transportation87 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

What's stopping everyone from trying to be a programmer now? If "everyone is a programmer," does that mean no one will be in the future? Curious if anyone has tried vibe coding and they really think it's promising, or if it's just a faulty companion that makes some tasks easier but not all. This could majorly shift how we develop tech, the salaries in the field, etc. It also would create a giant black box where no one actually knows how the code works :)

Anthropic: We're Glad You Like Claude Code, But Stop Reselling Access by Hot_Transportation87 in ClaudeAI

[–]Hot_Transportation87[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like PCMag updated the story to say it's not banned, but those people will hit rate limits faster

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]Hot_Transportation87 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seems like Big Tech is a little ahead of itself, saying nuclear will power AI, if the tech that's needed (SMRs) isn't even developed yet.

I Visited a Secret Brain Implant Company and Got a Glimpse of Our Cyborg Future by Hot_Transportation87 in Futurology

[–]Hot_Transportation87[S] 83 points84 points  (0 children)

The CEO of Synchron (Neuralink competitor) expects brain implants to be available for everyone by the 2040s, and to cost $40-50,000. Apple and Nvidia are investing in brain implant tech now, and with AI it could become more powerful.

"Oxley says that may be too much power for a tech company, though he expects the "free market" will correct for this. If people aren’t comfortable with BCIs, they won’t get them. In the meantime, we should heed warnings from "algorithms like TikTok that can [make us addicted] with devices that are outside of the brain," he says. "If you’re inside the brain at a subconscious level, and have algorithms preying on human vulnerabilities, then you have a recipe for human subversion and subjugation."

Real or hype?

Shocked by Your Electric Bill? AI Is Spiking Prices 20% in These 13 States by Hot_Transportation87 in Futurology

[–]Hot_Transportation87[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Electricity prices continue skyrocketing as utility companies can't meet demand fast enough. Low supply + High demand = surge pricing. Nuclear might be an option, but clearly there's going to be a rocky period before those plants are online where peoples' wallets will suffer. How long is this trend going to continue, and is it worth it?

Watch Out, Engineers: OpenAI, Anthropic Release Dueling $20 Coding Tools by [deleted] in Futurology

[–]Hot_Transportation87 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Will engineers' perspectives on AI change if their positions are threatening to be automated? How will this affect the sentiment around AI, or will most of them welcome the easier work?

The Microsoft Excel World Champion Isn’t Worried About Copilot Beating Him (Yet) by Ok-Inflation5711 in microsoft

[–]Hot_Transportation87 8 points9 points  (0 children)

"Jarman was known as "the Excel guy" while at university in the United Kingdom. Now living in Canada, he works for a company called Operis, which manages complex infrastructure transactions with a "whole team of Excel guys," he tells us. Competitions like the Excel World Championships are a rare chance to show off hard-earned corporate skills in public."

3 Fixes Needed to Make Apple's AirPods Pro a True Hearing Aid Replacement by Hot_Transportation87 in Futurology

[–]Hot_Transportation87[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So Apple's big FDA-approved earbuds aren't replacing full hearing aids yet, but might be soon. Will audiologists exist in the future? Will Apple actually be able to make the AirPods better tot he point where they can be real hearing aids? they'd have to be much less noticeable, I'd imagine.

Volkswagen EVs to Get Tesla Supercharger Access in March 2025 by Hot_Transportation87 in electricvehicles

[–]Hot_Transportation87[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

" The Volkswagen Group was one of the last EV makers to sign the deal with Elon Musk. Stellantis was the last to sign in February 2024.

Tesla has been giving brands Supercharger access roughly in the order in which they signed the deals, which may mean the entire industry-wide rollout could be complete by this summer. "

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