I didn't mean the video impersonation, I was referring to the possibility of making a synthetic bot automatically attend a conference call like a regular user without using a desktop camera simulation or stuff like that.
It's not a matter of AI, it's a matter of how Teams or Meet or Zoom allow programmatic access to the video and audio streams (the presence APIs for attending a meeting are mostly there, I think).
It really is spot on. I've been reading "The Coddling of the American Mind" [0] by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. The book's precipice feeds directly into this idea and has been a fun read thus far. It seems that LLMs will feed negatively into that "coddling", described in the book, in a very negative way as they are providing discomfort avoidance.
My concern is the assessment divide. In the district I live I happen to be on a parent board that's providing input to the leadership with respect to technology. Privacy and security are a huge component of LLMs currently, but beyond that I think the biggest area of interest is the assessment divide.
Currently the district is looking at it through the lens of having students still "test" in traditional ways so that if, and when, assessment doesn't align with daily work they can start to understand where this divide exists.
I really like the Ted Chiang quote from the article: "Using ChatGPT to complete assignments is like bringing a forklift into the weight room; you will never improve your cognitive fitness that way". I can already see this divide in some of the surrounding friend-circle wherein a lot of young (under the age of 12) are leveraging LLMs very heavily to direct them. I fear that these kids will lose the confidence, at a very early age, to even start something. It's widely discussed how getting started in projects is often the most cumbersome in a task timeline, and so without making things uncomfortable for this young generation to work at this skill I feel as though we're going to see the start of a significantly handicapped generation because they will over-rely on these tools. And, really, this is just one of many issues of over-reliance.
> Now the youth is going to be more and more clever and not necessarily more intelligent instead because that is what is valued, taking a shortcut that technology enables.
I 100% agree with this. A lot of students will fool their parents, and even a number of educators by leveraging this new "cleverness". But it's going to hit a dead end as soon as they're forced to do. I also think you're right in that this may become a class divide that further segments the population and also provides facilities for unfortunate control over the lower class through trained and targeted LLM responses.
They will also be passed over by others who put in the work and can use logic, reasoning, arguments to defend or attack work. When the time comes to review work or output, what will the clever LLM kids say without an LLM?
We’re basically asking people to stop being interested and stop having agency because a computer might have some incorrect but accessible summary of whatever topic.
A solution might be to eliminate homework, since anything outside the classroom can be cleverly mounted. What happens when students can only work on their paper during class time? Or maybe handing out paper assignments again. They can cheat all they want but filling out the answers with a pen would go a little ways to instill the non-researched answer.
Pretty sure that's not the case here. To "turn down" is a common phrase (at least in the US) that is used to describe changing something by use of a control.
As described at Wiktionary [0] - it's an idiomatic way of saying that you're going to lower the volume through use of a control to do that. The context that was used has nothing to do with party.
> At its core, turn down for what is a phrase used to promote having a good time. The phrase itself implies that there is no reason to turn down and stop partying.
Maybe that's the goal. By creating the Kia Boyz situation, through omission of proven controls used in other countries, we created a nice conduit for more draconian measures.
This entire debacle for Marques shines a light on his actual prowess. He's claimed to be a "reviewer". He's even stated he reviews things in their current state, not future. If he was "reviewing" his own app he'd rip it to shreds. The cost, the privacy nightmare that it is, and now the shoddy quality of it altogether.
He's a marketer. And a charlatan if he wants to claim he's actually skilled at objective reviews that follow some process outside his stream of thought.
Does he have good production sense? Sure. But he's not what he claims. Neither is his app. Between his garbage sit down with Apple, his shilling for Buick and this you'd think he'd realize he should stay in his lane.
Yes, he’s clearly a failure at reviews and business with billions of views on YouTube. Just because his content isn’t for your doesn’t mean his reviews are bad.
With fairness, I believe you can absolutely call marketing-influencers like Mark Gurman and MKBHD bad reviewers. None of them ever really express original thoughts - there's no "oh Apple messed up" admission or meaningful criticism of their business choices. They are absolute and documented yes-men that exist almost entirely to kiss up to FAANG businesses and drive the tech market whether it's grasping at life or succeeding to the utmost.
I guess that's what you should expect, though. People don't want reviewers that detract from the hardware they own, they want blinded optimists who will say anything is good for you.
His summary is don’t buy unless your phone is on its last legs or older than the 13. Also knocks the 60hz screen on the 16.
> People don't want reviewers that detract from the hardware they own, they want blinded optimists who will say anything is good for you.
Frankly, I’m tired of people being so pessimistic. For instance Star Wars Outlaws was a lot of fun but the video gaming YouTube community was down on it before it even launched. Some people have unrealistic expectations.
> Frankly, I’m tired of people being so pessimistic. For instance Star Wars Outlaws
I've heard people who've never played a Bethesda game before tell me that Starfield was a lot of fun. That didn't save it from being a commercial failure because people are tired of cooker-cutter formulaic open-world games though. You can extend this rationale of pessimism to a lot of things, including smartphone hardware and software deficiency.
Play whatever you like, but don't act shocked when the industry's most notoriously lazy studio doesn't receive critical acclaim for a licensed IP featuring characters nobody can recognize in a faux-stealth gameplay loop that's been recycled since Assassin's Creed III. Saying you're tired of pessimism towards Ubisoft is like saying Facebook deserves softer criticism because some people like the Instagram redesign.
Just because he calls himself a "reviewer" doesn't make him that. Also people can enjoy his high production marketing videos. But just because people like his content does not make him a good reviewer OR unsuccessful.
I also didn't say he was a failure, but enjoy your baseless assertions.
For reference - you think this [0] is a good review? Give me a break. Also a great breakdown of his grift [1].
The title of your referenced video [0] is "The Largest Daily Driver Unboxing!" It was my impression that most reviewers use the term "unboxing" to mean "this is a video of me literally taking the product out of the box and giving you my first impressions on it". Marques himself often has a "Product XYZ Unboxing" video¹, where he gives his initial thoughts on a product, followed by a "Product XYZ Review" video² several days or weeks later.
I'll also note that the video you linked was sponsored by Buick, which he says within the first 20 seconds.
Ahhh, yes. All the great review outlets not only provide unpaid & unbiased reviews but also take money from those same vendors (either directly or indirectly) all while maintaining and upholding a high level of standards in their objective approach to their tech unboxing/reviewing/pontificating/vlogging companies. Suuuure.
Also, iPhone 16. Isn't it amazing MKBHD asks such tough, clearly not-agreed-to-before-the-interview when he's dealing with Apple directly and then goes with the masses on how "meh" the iPhone is within a couple months? He's clearly an amazing reviewer and not influenced by a vendors status or potential revenue that particular review will garner him. Not. At. All. /s
This is why it's amazing to see everyone like - yeah, he's a great reviewer! It's OK to take money and ask softball questions depending on all of those external variables. Go look at a site like RTINGS [0]. That's a review site. The links posted as his reviews don't follow a framework, they're not objective. It's all opinion and pretty B-roll. You legitimately can't do what he does and be an objective reviewer. It's not possible.
How does what you said jive with, for example, his review of the Humane AI Pin¹, where he reviewed the product so negatively that he received flak on social media for being too harsh and careless with his influence. Another video of his, a review of the Fisker Ocean², lead to accusations that he killed the company behind the car due to the negative review.
It "jives" because he's not s reviewer. He's just an opinionated YouTuber who has a cult-like following who listens to him verbatim.
The most obvious thing I can point you to is that his "review" of Humane should be the same as his "review" of his own wallpaper app. Yet... Marques doesn't dogfood his own advice. That speaks volumes about his ethics and motivations.
He's driven by $$$. He gives zero shits about the validity of his messaging. Just as long as it's edgy to get the views, which is why he's finding success right now on the other side of the coin: negative "reviews".
Please... DO NOT BUY A LECTRON ADAPTER mentioned in this article. This company is shady and has absolutely horrendous customer service, along with products that do not work and are not authorized at Tesla Super Chargers.
How do I know? I bought one. The first issue I had was they claimed the unit was available to ship when I purchased, but did not ship even though they sent me a tracking number that simply stated "package hasn't been dropped off at UPS" when looked up. When I inquired they said it would be shipping "this week" for 3 weeks. I had also paid for expedited shipping and the company refused to refund this. After collecting screenshots I told them I would be reversing the charge through my CC company. That same day the product was shipped.
Then I experienced the design issues with the product first hand that everyone has now beaten to death on the Internet. Next I spent another two weeks trying to get the company to refund my money and take back their product. I ended up reversing the charge and only after I did that did they issue me an RMA to send the unit back, because now they wanted it back since my CC company reviewed all of my screenshots of their claims and reversed the charge.
And we found the Jack Welch understudy comment here.
The only thing that's delusional is how backwards this comment is with respect to the customer. While, yes, Boeing has different buyers than most organizations we can see things like tertiary customers being affected by Boeing's "health" in terms of the quality of it's products. And by that I mean the 737 MAX scandal.
Shareholders shouldn't be afforded to drive the direction of the company, even though they have tools like voting rights. The purpose of a shareholder is that they provide capital because they trust Boeing will make great products that sell and potentially profit from. What a shareholder shouldn't be is someone who gets to tell Boeing to cut quality to artificially inflate the stock price. The shareholder doesn't matter in the case of Boeing employees and if it does then Boeing is not a company you should want to buy products from.
Unions are interested in protecting employees from greed, in its simplest definition. Boeing, as we know at this point in time, has put short term profits well above both its employees and its products. Yet your delusion is that not having a union will somehow fix both? Amazing stretch of reasoning there.
The Baofeng is what the parent you're replying to is talking about. I own it as well and it does have a nice display and one button copy. But I prefer the TIDRADIO TD-H3. Not as cool as the Quansheng in terms of hackable - but a phenomenal radio for the money. I bought more radios in the last year than I've bought in the last decade. I've got both Ham and GMRS licensing in the US.
[0] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/08/new-a... [1] https://github.com/hacksider/Deep-Live-Cam
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