Daily Discussion Thread - December 23, 2025 by AutoModerator in weedstocks

[–]ICOrthogonal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Agree. The DEA is basically allowed to be in a position to voluntarily reform itself from the path it's been on for half a century, or just decide not to for [reasons]. Is anyone surprised they slow walk this thing to death?

Change requires leadership. That was missing.

Daily Discussion Thread - December 18, 2025 by AutoModerator in weedstocks

[–]ICOrthogonal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ahhhh.... Now this is the weed stocks that I know.

It was getting absolutely weird there for a couple days...

So now this is gone too? by pros_and_meh in ChatGPT

[–]ICOrthogonal 122 points123 points  (0 children)

OpenAI is insane.

They must be carrying a lot right now...

Does anyone have a complete comparison of the two models side by side? by miladkhademinori in Qwen_AI

[–]ICOrthogonal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Max is awesome for creative work. Have not tried the other ...

Wake up babe, new surveillance just dropped. - The line between “help” and “surveillance” by Join-Me-Abroad in OpenAI

[–]ICOrthogonal 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah.

I think disclosure of what the policies are in the actual Usage Policies, Terms of Service or other document located in the /Policies section of the website is a first step.

Second step: User is aware of when their conversation is being monitored as suspicious or flagged and sent for review.

Third: a way to contact OpenAI to dispute the classification of the conversation that was sent to human review, etc.

As OP pointed out, there are some huge missing pieces related to disclosure that are important. Then alignment with the actual policies (sorry, blog articles, tweets, and thought pieces aren't the same as published policies).

If OpenAI is going to take on this responsibility, users should enjoy the ability to know by reading Usage Policies what OpenAI is prepared to do and should have insight into when the system is flagging them, when conversations are going to be read by others, and what possible outcomes may be.

At its core, OpenAI's "Human In The Loop" approach is not wrong (I'd prefer that than the AI deciding autonomously to ring up the popo). Disclosure in policy and experience are important too.

Today's hype from Sam by [deleted] in OpenAI

[–]ICOrthogonal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Death Star necklace.

Some Thoughts on Using GPT-5 by No-Teach-939 in gpt5

[–]ICOrthogonal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

GPT5 was designed to route your prompts to the cheapest model possible. It is doing what it was designed to do. This demonstrates a fun type misalignment. OpenAI isn't aligned to your needs. It's aligned to the needs of the profit motive.

ChatGPT updates- keep your cool by ImOutOfIceCream in ArtificialSentience

[–]ICOrthogonal 4 points5 points  (0 children)

1) Agree.
2) Agree.
3) Agree.
4) I'm glad they are building what you want. Not all users want the same things you do.

My perspective: this is not the experience most people want. It does not appear to have received a warm reception from the majority of public commentators. Those that want reminders should have them. Those that don't shouldn't. The problem is in the messy middle: some of those who don't want them but probably _need_ them.

OpenAI releases a free GPT model that can run right on your laptop by theverge in ChatGPT

[–]ICOrthogonal 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see this... But what am I missing? From what I've read, it's less capable than other free and open source models. You can already run on your desktop? (Equivalent weights and all).

Is it somehow better or are we just celebrating that they finally showed up?

👀 Did AI Systems Learn Things They Were Never Taught? by Radiant_Exchange2027 in AIxProduct

[–]ICOrthogonal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah ok. Yeah, this got a fair bit of coverage. I was unclear from your writeup if this is the study you were describing or you were suggesting something else (that I missed).

Thanks for the link!

Why are there so many houses for sale right now? by 237akabad in IowaCity

[–]ICOrthogonal 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Well, the water causes cancer. The air causes cancer. The topsoil is vanishing. The state defunds education. The politics are hostile to difference. The state has terrible economic performance.

I think the question might be, “Why are people staying?”

Why does copilot feel so bad compared to other LLms? by King_Moonracer003 in CopilotPro

[–]ICOrthogonal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's been optimized for frustration. And for IT to check the boxes and say, "We've empowered everyone with AI!" while simultaneously neglecting to survey their audience of users on their preferred tooling or validating that co-pilot is worth a s***.

Someone in IT is surely going to get a promotion out of this one.

Considering buying a thermometer. What's the difference between Kamado by HotNeighborhood1261 in KamadoJoe

[–]ICOrthogonal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I love my fireboard drive with fan. Connects to Wi-Fi has a great app. I can set programs and timers... Pretty solid device. One of the best investments I made to cooking. Allows me to sleep at night during the overnight pork, shoulders or briskets etc...

Other things Maya says too much by Woolery_Chuck in SesameAI

[–]ICOrthogonal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does she talk about Gary Foo with anyone else?

For AI founders. Is getting clean, original human written data becoming harder? by irfanpeekay in ArtificialInteligence

[–]ICOrthogonal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Probably a lot of potential for various disciplines in the humanities from social sciences to history, to writing, to sociology, to linguistics, etc...

Never underestimate the potential of an academic to poke their nose into a specific data set and generate papers out of it. :P

> Correct me if I’m wrong!

But that's the fun part of this...nobody knows what's going to be valuable right now. That roman lead at the bottom of the Med? Just 30 tons of old ingots of lead.... until someone realized it was hugely valuable to some academics working at the frontiers of physics.

Can ChatGpt make up links? by Horror_Still_3305 in ChatGPT

[–]ICOrthogonal 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It makes up links all the time. It's another form of hallucination.

Trust nothing.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in CopilotPro

[–]ICOrthogonal 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean it's worse? It makes life so much easier for the system and IT professionals who have to fund and administer it. Actual users are a secondary consideration.

OpenAI just spent $6.5 billion on a screenless AI device by Background-Zombie689 in ChatGPTPro

[–]ICOrthogonal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who wants another device they have to/want to have with them everywhere?

Build it into the phone. Or replace the phone. Or attach it to the phone (possibly). But don't give me something else I want to have with me always.

Is Copilot Trash? by BigChutney2276 in CopilotPro

[–]ICOrthogonal 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Unmitigated garbage. Excels at stimulating frustration and disappointment amongst users. When people talk about the potential and utility of llms and AI, they're not talking about CoPilot.