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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

LLMs are Large Language Models and generate text, not images.

(ok, LLMs can't count either but still)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I was lazy the other day and I asked gemini to set an alarm for me, then asked how long it was until that alarm. Not even fucking close to the right amount of time. I figured it would be smart enough to just subtract for me..

Should have said 8 hours and 2 mins... Nope, just made up a time

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Alarm set for 37:80 repeating every Blernsday

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Since when can Gemini do anything regarding your phone? I've tried to do similar thing like a month ago, and it did say that it doesn't support these actions.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Apparently they are adding more actions with time. At some point maybe I'll be bothered to try it again

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think what they are talking about is the Gemini app which was installed from the play store it likely doesn't have access to everything. Android put a update that integrated it to replace androids assistant. I assume it is the same one they are rolling into the Google Home and whatever so they all work the same and sync through the Home app. (Haven't tried any of that, I keep off most everything these days. Used to love playing with new tech... Now I'm just tired)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It replaced the Google assistant in standard android. Overall it is a worse experience for me so far. It tries to give much more information and isn't as easy to navigate to me. Most common things I would do is set alarms, say things like "directions to Orange county DMV" or wherever. The alarms have gotten better but assistant always used to say, "your alarm is set for 6am" and id see a thing on screen that would say 12 hrs and 22 mins until the alarm and it would disappear about 3 seconds after it created it. Gemini doesn't have that. And if I ask for directions, it reads off things for like 30 seconds and makes it hard to just click on map or what not (nonsense shit too, like reading off the GPS coordinate, pronouncing all the pronunciation). I didn't go out of my way to update it, it's just a cheap Motorola phone because I broke my old Pixel in Phoenix on a work trip. For a $70 phone though, it really does do all I need these days though. First phone I've had that I can use it for hours during the day and the battery doesn't die by the end of the day, because the CPU/GPU aren't good enough to require high power use, haha. Not sure how it works with other phones these days but I used this phone to map 2 locations (about 20 miles total), make a phone call (30 mins), check out Lemmy (1.5 hours waiting), then turned it off, and came back 37 hours later and turned it on and my battery was at 92%. Sometimes having a slow processor has perks I guess.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Right but as I said in the other thread as well, what do you think is handling the text part of text-to-image creation tools?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

well, ish. llms have a vector space of words, image generators of features. they use a second model to associate words with features. Steve's explanation is a great intro but for a deep dive i recommend Self-Cannibalizing AI from 37C3.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

April of '74? Did they predict the future or is the issue date just another gag? I know they recently started printing the magazine again, so I truly am not sure if this is a new one or an old one...

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

'shopped art and cover text. the original cover art was the finger, though.. just not fingers

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yes was going to say it would have had to have been designed by generative AI to have five fingers and a thumb. LOL

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Pasting my comment from the other post of this addressing OP:

What is this from? Did you print this? Why would you leave the og price and date tho? And no context? C’mon now this is an interesting story. But also, not something actually made by MAD Magazine… unless you work there? For those who don’t know what this is referencing:

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/mad_magazine_gives_america_the_finger

And as far as I can tell OPs image is not an actual MAD cover.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 weeks ago

This eddition of MAID magazine hits different.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

TIL the MAD magazine is still around

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yup! And reprinting editions that are 50 years old!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Not to be a party pooper but I’m pretty sure this isn’t a real mad cover, unless op works at mad this looks like a fan creation.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Oh crap, I forgot to write "/s"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

But they actually are reprinting stuff with new covers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

ah beans

A fart, a fart
It’s good for the heart
It sets the body at ease

It’ll warm up the sheets
You can set it alight
And it fumigates all of the fleas

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

It sounds like the magazine is on terminal care

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You need to be more critical of the media you consume.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But MAD magazine is indeed still around and they are making the next one about AI. Cover seems to be different though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Tiny eye would only turn up the og cover, did you find any copies or links to this anywhere else? I would def believe this was an alt cover posted somewhere by a staffer/artist but I couldn’t find anything that had this image referenced.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

I didn't find where this came from

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I could have sworn they went belly up years ago

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Considering they're reprinting old stuff with only some new stuff in there, it doesn't seem like they're doing too hot

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Ok wait what the fuck is the background to this photo? A circular box fan, the midsection of a child, and an N64 controller?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I think that's a Chucky doll?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Ooh good eye

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

That's looks more like they want to ~~finger~~ it