• Auth@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Gonna go for some controversial ones.

    AI (generative), around chatgpt 2 i was hearing a ton of hype and I thought no way this ever gets good enough to be useful. Now today I can say yeah its there, in my opinion its the best way to search for answers. Google got popular because people could search with human style in puts like “how long do I cook rice for” but now we have AI that eliminates the step of skimming through the results.

    Crypto. The hype was that it would replace currency and while it hasnt done that it does actually provide a replacement for fiat currency. I can send a transaction to an internet friend and maintain all my privacy with no 3rd party being involved its great. Its stable enough to hold and its even been trending up over time. Pretty cool stuff, Monero is my preferred currency but I do use bitcoin for a ton of stuff.

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      21 hours ago

      in my opinion its the best way to search for answers.

      I’m seriously concerned for when someone comes in contact with you and asks for your source when you’re discussing something

      I can send a transaction to an internet friend and maintain all my privacy with no 3rd party being involved

      unless you run your own self-hosted blockchain then a third party is always involved, that’s kind of the entire point of blockchains

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        19 hours ago

        I’m seriously concerned for when someone comes in contact with you and asks for your source when you’re discussing something

        How often does someone ask for a source? I dont know any redditors IRL. At the moment AI is great for quickly finding the answers to common questions. In a few years it will likely be a realiable source for almost all questions.

        Also AI does list sources now. So if I ask then it can find the answer and link where that answer came from. If I really needed to double check its work.

        For blockchain stuff I shouldnt have said involved I should have said control. A 3rd party is involved in the transactions but no 3rd party controls it.

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      2 days ago

      It told me to put my hot tub temperature to 58C.

      You, and your precious chatgpt are idiots.

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        2 days ago

        You have to exercise some common sense and not just believe everything you read on the internet. I’m sorry that you burned yourself.

        Testing that just now it recommends 37-40. So like I said, they’re improving rapidly and they will be the best way to search for information.

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            2 days ago

            Again, im sorry that you burned yourself after uncritically following instructions from a chatbot. Just like with search engines you cannot take the results as gospel.

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      Sometimes I use chatgpt for questions when I don’t want to sift through garbage but I detest doing this. This only points out that search engines have got so shit they have to use other shit to get me decent results.

      For crypto, mostly it’s cryptobros tryna make a quick buck with only some people using Monero on the dark web. I do hope one day we can use Monero to purchase things though.

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        2 days ago

        Yes there are cryptobros speculating on the currency but it doesnt change much IMO. You dont have to wait to buy things with crypto its already there in a lot of places.

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            19 hours ago

            Not just monero but crypto. Any darkweb market place, most privacy services, a ton of small online sellers accept it as payment for goods. You can buy cards, houses coffees with crypto now. Its not wide spread enough to not have a bank account but you can make a decent amount of payments with it these days especially online.