[–] 2 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

Disclaimer: I only speak for myself. Blindness does not respect class, creed, or culture, so every blind person will have their own opinions and experiences. In my case AI hasn't shown much tangible benefit beyond what clever algorithms are already doing, for optical character recognition etc.

Beyond blindness My knee-jerk reaction to AI is strongly negative simply because it's another locus of concentrated societal power (Who else is there besides Open AI and Anthropic and maybe Groq? IIRC everyone else is just using one of those on the backend. So that's what, three people, a few dozen if you include the other C-suite folks at each company, pulling a lot of very consequential levers) But that opinion is probably par for the course for your average Lemming.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 hours ago

    When looking for videos to listen to in the background I always prioritize "low quality" stuff. They don't have the perfect mic or studio setup, don't meticulously edit out background noise, talk in a less polished manner, don't have a background music track. Prior to the rise of AI it was because such videos were less overstimulating and felt more down to earth, now it's because I know they're humans.

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  • [–] 3 points 12 hours ago* (3 children)

    Don't have any recommendations you haven't mentioned. As a blind person I listen to synthesized speech nearly all day long, so I'm pretty good at catching AI voices. I think the ones trained on IRL people have a "choppy" or "quavering" quality. I'm not an audiophile or computational linguist so I'm sure there's a term for this I'm missing, but the overall audio has a particular tell to it.

    It's getting harder, though. Now I listen for things like odd prosidy, stuff like odd pauses or inflections or inconsistent pronunciations.

    For example, the phrase "So I went to the store" could have a number of inflections that encode info about the ongoing conversation, whether I intend to continue speaking or whether I'm yielding the floor, whether I'm asking a question, indicating surprise, etc. AI is getting better at this but it's not perfect.

    Pronunciation of proper nouns or words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently in different contexts is a good indicator. Just the other day my mom was watching some AI-generated listicle and the voiceover mispronounced the name of a city after correctly pronouncing it every time before.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 days ago*

    I just hated my old job (inbound call center agent) so hard that any anxiety about going back to school was overshadowed by relief at not having to talk nonstop 8 hours a day again.

    Unfortunately I'm at a bit of a crossroads with my current job (IT) because both Pearson and Cisco make test-taking miserable if you have a disability. My current job isn't under threat, but I let all my certs lapse because I'm just sick and tired of their nonsense.

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    First, a bit of an apology. Up until August I was very active on here, then I deleted my account and nuked all my posts. I had to step away from my conworld, as I realized I was spending way, way too much time on it and not on creating IRL human connections that we need as a social species. I can't say whether I'll return to it, but for now it's not looking likely.

    I've casually referred to my worldbuiling project as being the result of maladaptive daydreaming, but I only recently actually looked into what that meant. It can hinder one's day to day life, as I mentioned above, but it's also addictive, and I was thoroughly hooked.

    Anyway, here's an unrelated random wolrldbuilding idea I had that may end up in an SCP-esque setting that I'm starting to practice technical writing for my job.


    Maslovine

    Maslovine is a white, crystalline powder that when ingested, usually in pill form, causes the subject to feel as though their physiological desires are completely satisfied. It has extreme anorectic and anaphrodisiac effects. It completely eliminates the sensation of thirst and desire for sleep as well. However, it does not remove the physiological need to eat or sleep, merely the desire to do so. Human subjects report a feeling of complete and total satiation. It is also a potent painkiller.

    While the drug is not a euphoriant or hallucinogen, it is nevertheless highly addictive, and addiction universally results in death from thirst, hunger, or lack of sleep. Subjects' reported feelings of satiation and contentment persist until death, with none of the negative effects of sleep deprivation.

    [–] [S] 3 points 4 days ago

    Update: I removed the PTFE tube and Bowden tube from the extruder. the Filament broke right before entering the extruder. I tried pushing more filament through the feeder end but I'm meeting resistance at the same depth I was before. Now I guess I have to work on disassembling the filament sensor.

    This printer cost me $1600 dollars shipped and I haven't even printed anything with it yet. It took me maybe half an hour between unboxing the A1 mini and printing my first benchy, and the a1 was I think $500 all in, and that's including the AMS lite. Over all I haven't had the best unboxing experience with the core one.

    I haven't even mentioned that Prusa decided to use 2 different types of screws to hold the top plastic cover on the chassis, meaning I need to keep track of them and their two different hex keys.

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    I bought the assembled version of the Prusa core one+ (gen 2). Got through the setup and calibration until hitting a (literal) snag when attempting to calibrate the filament sensors.

    The assembled printer is supposed to come with a bit of orange PLA filament already loaded, sticking out of the end near the spool holder. I can see the orange filament in the PTFE tube, but the bit that's supposed to stick out seems to have snapped off. Telling the printer to unload the filament doesn't do anything.

    I'm coming from a BambuLab A1 Mini, so I'm very much in the printing side of the hobby and not the printer side of the hobby, and I get a bit lost when the first step seems to be to completely disassemble the business end of the printer.

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