Re: Smartphones News and Discussions
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2024 2:17 pm
no lol
I am not giving into the consumerism
I am not giving into the consumerism
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Just why? Aren't these cumbersome enough? If I wanted a big display I'd buy a tablet.
There's a reason why contemporary AI is so stupid, and it's rather frustrating to see it in practice. The AIs aren't actually stupid; we're just using them stupidly.Tadasuke wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 6:32 amAnd those "AIs" are still awfully stupid, and nearly everybody outside futurology/singularity circles thinks so too. Literally the only places I get downvoted for saying current AI is dumb and useless are futurism and singularity places. Everywhere else people agree.
They still feel quite futuristic to me. And the cameras are massively better now than 10-15 years ago, especially video quality.Tadasuke wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 6:32 am Smartphones have had a similar user experience for many years now. It's basically a rectangular computer with a touchscreen, microphones, cameras and other sensors.
There is no large improvement in day-to-day user experience. Just advertisements pretending this or that.
Faster processing, slightly better cameras, maybe very slightly bigger screen. Boring!
I don't want to use such devices, even if they had 100 exaflops of processing speed. They don't feel futuristic at all to me, to be honest. Even 15 years ago I was already thinking about AR glasses and BCIs. I feel like we are stuck. And those "AIs" are still awfully stupid, and nearly everybody outside futurology/singularity circles thinks so too. Literally the only places I get downvoted for saying current AI is dumb and useless are futurism and singularity places. Everywhere else people agree.
The cameras are an improvement, but only because of planned obsolescence. They want you to buy slightly better stuff regularly.Tadasuke wrote: ↑Fri May 03, 2024 6:32 am Smartphones have had a similar user experience for many years now. It's basically a rectangular computer with a touchscreen, microphones, cameras and other sensors.
There is no large improvement in day-to-day user experience. Just advertisements pretending this or that.
Faster processing, slightly better cameras, maybe very slightly bigger screen. Boring!
I don't want to use such devices, even if they had 100 exaflops of processing speed. They don't feel futuristic at all to me, to be honest. Even 15 years ago I was already thinking about AR glasses and BCIs. I feel like we are stuck. And those "AIs" are still awfully stupid, and nearly everybody outside futurology/singularity circles thinks so too. Literally the only places I get downvoted for saying current AI is dumb and useless are futurism and singularity places. Everywhere else people agree.