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32 sats \ 1 reply \ @NovaRift 11 Oct \ on: The failures of Putin, in a nutshell Politics_And_Law
Someone said, "Politicians and diapers should be changed regularly, and for the same reason."
I agree with you, and you've put it so much better. Putin is corrupt to the core, doesn’t give a shit about citizens, and honestly, the brain drain has already started to affect the potential of Russia. I don’t know why even Russians don’t protest and throw out his stupid regime.
Honestly, Russia and China will fail so badly that they'll become examples of what happens when people just become slaves of leaders. The amount of brainwashing and shielding they do is evidence of how scared the regime is in Russia and China, and I guess it's the case in most Asian countries. (I once heard there’s a dumb dictator in one of the Asian countries who hates black so much, he banned black cars for everyone) It’s 2025, and because of some narcissistic leaders, the world will always be a shit show.
Thanks, I'll try Grok. It was good, but I deleted my X account, so it went with that. I think we can now create a Grok account without having X account? I can say that Perplexity is like a hype too, and I made a wrong purchase. Still, it is what it is for general things, it's fine.
Interesting. I haven't used it for this. How do you do that practically? Do you ask about products you were looking to buy, or do you let it recommend you? Something else?
Like for example, I love stargazing, but what if I'm not sure how will be the weather of the area where I'll be there to watch the sky? Cloudy? Clear? It matters a lot because to escape light pollution, I try to go different areas, and I can ask ChatGPT or any other AI to look for weather in those areas and what time is best to view? (I prefer ChatGPT as its search function is good enough, and explanation is better and straight forward.) It can even help you plan your day if you tell your situations (like if you have an exam and need to cover topics, it will help you from where to start and how I can finish a lot of stuff in time). When I'm purchasing groceries and if I'm confused whether this food item will be healthy for me, I just give the AI picture of its labels, and it gives me an idea of what I can expect. It helps in cooking also, like I tell what stuff is in the fridge and what I can make from that stuff. There is so much you can do from AI, just see it as a tool.
You can trust VPNs like Mullvad, Proton, and Windscribe as they have been audited. Mullvad and Proton are very trusted. Of course, you still need to trust them, but the reason these guys are surviving and running their business is because of the trust they've built over time. Mullvad was even raided by officials, and nothing was found on their servers.
But still, trust is a big thing here. I can trust these VPN more than my data gobbling ISP, who doesn’t work on any principles and will hand over information to the government like a slave at a single order. If you can self-host your own, do it or just blend into the crowd, and you'll be fine.
I've used it a lot of times and as a student, AI sometimes really help me. I only use Claude, ChatGPT, and Perplexity Pro. These three work more than enough for me and my needs. ChatGPT explains better, Claude does better in technical aspects, and Perplexity is like a very smart search engine that uses GPT, Claude, and many models. I use research mode in perplexity a lot.
But the thing is, no single AI is perfect for you. You need to keep pushing them to correct it, doublecheck the response, check the sources, and reprompt them when they forget previous chats. It's a bit frustrating for me, so I just rely on them for very basic stuff and casual things like searching now. I think we're still a long way from when AI can actually help you with the things the whole hype is about. But it does help you plan things better to be honest, like groceries. It reads what a product contains, at what amount, and what it means for your health. I feel like if you use it in a way that doesn’t cross the red line (I mean, overuse), it's just like a cool tool.
I can see that. I think Web 2.0 got into really wrong direction, and now the consequences are so much so that people are not just leaving social media, but ditching mainstream platforms that used to share valuable knowledge relating to so many categories including health. Now, you cannot differentiate that is the person who wrote this article or video is really an expert or just pretending to be one by confidently speaking. And TikTok shorts has even made it much worse.
I honestly just use advance search on Youtube and search engines I'm using and try to find old articles and videos by filtering it to longer video (20 minutes). I think that old and long articles plus videos are worth watching, or maybe just read books from expert (I do that).
I have autoimmune disorder, and the amount of misinformation that i see nowadays that just goes viral is concerning and maybe in longer run, might prove fatal, so I will say don't trust internet much for information regarding health. You can prefer Ted Health though. Everyone has learned the art of faking so well that everyone seems a coach and expert.
How did it make it past peer review?
This paper too passed peer review, and it happened last year when generative AI was gaining a lot of attention. The paper was retracted after researchers pointed it out on X it was there for quite some time. It was absurd and completely AI made. I think you can't be so sure of peer reviewed papers much.