My understanding is that the tumor detecting machine vision is generally thought useful in addition to the radiologist’s expertise. It basically outputs “yes”, “maybe”, and “no”, which is more expertise respecting than generating somewhere thereabouts code, which the coder has to (now) validate.
This is why I wouldn’t equate these tools. LLM code generation is marketed to do much more than machine vision for tumor detection.
I don’t think it’s fair to compare LLM code generation to machine vision in this way. These are very different "AI"s. Not necessarily disagreeing with Doctorow, but this is an important distinction.
I came here to say this. Glad to see that it already has been said. The economy is bonkers.
I was hoping the author would advise against using this, because after doing this your website isn’t accessible.
I don’t think this is the answer to web scrapers, since it so adversely affects people with disabilities. The web is one of the few things that is structurally (reasonably) accessible by default even if making inaccessible websites (like the author’s is now) is possible.
If you have to choose between accessibility or letting scrapers to access your site and scrapping accessibility, you should choose accessibility.
I don’t think you mean “1 lb of protein”. I think it’s a around 0.5 grams per 1 lb?
The article doesn’t say they do this. It says: “In theory, a service could charge you more if you’re on a vacation in a foreign country, instead of your hometown, because they know you would be willing to pay more. It would be the same if your phone’s battery is low and you’re trying to get home.”
A really bad headline, but not surprising I guess.
It’s on a good roll now. People should go and sign!
Seconded (from Finland). Math teaching is still boring and it doesn’t help that (too) many teachers don’t appreciate pedagogical studies that go with the curriculum in the university. It has its problems, but rarely do the students want to engage with what math education could be.
Coupled with society’s expectations on what math education is, it’s really difficult for a teacher to change course. Even the students have the expectation that they should always be doing exercises from books and everything else is ‘useless’. It is really a deep rooted issue.
I didn’t expect my PC to become a better investment than my house - until the bubble pops.
Now I also know the feeling of buying something when it was more affordable. I can now dish out advice like “You should just buy fewer boba teas, so you could afford a PC like I did when buying it with my student loan.”