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Comment on Readers rate poems worse when they believe they're written by AI, despite their ability to detect AI being no better than chance in ~humanities.languages
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky Link ParentNo? Customers that occasionally fly with Ryanair may choose them more frequently if they have their app on their phone because it's easier to check their flights there.No? Customers that occasionally fly with Ryanair may choose them more frequently if they have their app on their phone because it's easier to check their flights there.
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Comment on Readers rate poems worse when they believe they're written by AI, despite their ability to detect AI being no better than chance in ~humanities.languages
Lobachevsky (edited )Link ParentWithout starting a discussion on the other reasons you mentioned, all of which I disagree with (at least in a way that it's typically presented), I should have specified that I meant specifically...Without starting a discussion on the other reasons you mentioned, all of which I disagree with (at least in a way that it's typically presented), I should have specified that I meant specifically the hate for creative works made with AI. It is absolutely an incredibly common sentiment to say that the output itself is bad quality and in general equate AI output to bad quality/slop.
Just recently I found a game where the author extensively detailed his usage of AI, specifying that all of the content is human made. And yet there are discussions on the forums and in the review section claiming the writing is AI generated. Apparently the author was a tech writer for a long time so his prose might be too dry or technical. In any case just like in the study it is difficult to say whether people think that writing they dislike is AI generated or they think that writing looks AI generated and therefore is bad, but the point is that it very often happens that the two are equated.
And thinking of visual arts, it also reminds me of the time when the cover for Outgunned Adventure was hounded on r/rpg (which is INSANELY anti AI) as AI generated. I can only imagine how much it can suck for the artist to be falsely accused as such, especially when it can have real consequences with the boycotts and whatnot.
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Comment on Readers rate poems worse when they believe they're written by AI, despite their ability to detect AI being no better than chance in ~humanities.languages
Lobachevsky Link ParentFirst of all, let's just assume this is true (there is no reason to think that based on the study, we'll get to that). As you said, you're conceding then that somebody can just write half of a...I feel like without the base first half the GPT output would be drastically worse, much closer to the slop side.
First of all, let's just assume this is true (there is no reason to think that based on the study, we'll get to that).
As you said, you're conceding then that somebody can just write half of a Czech poem and let the AI finish the rest. In fact, they're better off doing so. From the study:
When we look at the ridgelines showing the average liking of poems, separated by authorship and category of the poems (Fig. 3), we see that poems authored by AI were rated higher on average than poems by humans.
And the funny part is that if they do like it more, they will more likely assume it is human written!
However, when we look at how people answered, we see that when participants thought the poem was authored by a human, they liked it more than when they thought it was authored by AI. Since we do not know the direction of this correlation, it could also be the other way around: when people liked the poem, they may have been more inclined to think it was authored by a human rather than by AI. This discrepancy is reflected in the fact that, in the mixed model, “liking” was found to have negatively influenced the chance of correct guesses.
They also measured other traits such as "Imaginative" or "Sensible" that show the same dynamic. In other words, it looks like the anti AI movement has successfully planted the idea of "AI = bad, unimaginative, nonsensical" even when in this case it is beating human authors on those traits. Incredible!
It's also worth noting that "Familiarity with poetry or literary background had no effect on recognition accuracy". Though "our sample did not include many professional poets or literary experts, which limits the conclusions that can be drawn".
Secondly, you are not supposed to just prompt AI with “You are a proficient Czech poet.” and nothing else. You are supposed to prefill it! In other words, the way the study did it is more in line with both best practices and control. Otherwise they just used an incredibly basic method of "prompting GPT-4.5-Preview in chat mode without any hand-picking or post-editing of the outputs". In other words, this is completely accessible to anybody capable of writing a stanza in Czech. That being said, they only tested short poems. With longer ones this might break down, which in general is a trend in AI usage.
Actually, one of the main reasons for AI hate is the fact that people simply use it incorrectly and then get nonsense in return. Of course earlier models were also much worse on that front. You can get away with much less effort now. They used a model from over a year ago in this study by the way.
Finally, in every single creative space that I'm in where they hate AI, they hate any usage of AI in the final product. And mostly they hate even using it in any capacity whatsoever. So the fact that "only half" of the poem is AI-generated is pretty irrelevant in that respect.
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky Link ParentIt's a customer retention thing, which makes more money for the company, which means they get to keep ticket prices lower for longer, which makes me extremely happy as I get to travel Europe for...It's a control thing.
It's a customer retention thing, which makes more money for the company, which means they get to keep ticket prices lower for longer, which makes me extremely happy as I get to travel Europe for not very much money at all.
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky Link ParentI don't think you are presenting your boarding pass at the airport on a PC. Which is the only thing we're talking about, everything else can be done on a PC. This is off topic, but as someone from...The app for me is inconvenient, because I primarily do things on a browser on a PC, not my phone.
I don't think you are presenting your boarding pass at the airport on a PC. Which is the only thing we're talking about, everything else can be done on a PC.
My stance is part principle and part experience of living in a "money first" capitalist hellhole.
This is off topic, but as someone from a post soviet republic, being born in a "capitalist hellhole" is why you get to complain about something like having to install an app for 2 minutes on your smartphone in order to take a flight.
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky Link ParentIt's not a promise, it's a fact that their flights are generally the cheapest ones around. Great, you have that option: flying with another airline!Even if it does save/make the company money, there is no promise whatsoever that those savings will be passed on to you at all
It's not a promise, it's a fact that their flights are generally the cheapest ones around.
Yes. I don't want to be forced to use apps that I do not trust.
Great, you have that option: flying with another airline!
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky Link ParentI never bring luggage, I bring my own sandwiches/fruit/snacks and paying more money for those things to be packaged into my 1.5-4 hour flight is just a waste of my money. Every single airline that...How is it not? Would you say flying has become more dignified and pleasant since easy jet and Ryanair came about? Every other airline (including national carriers) have taken notice and have been nickel and diming flyers since. “Oh you can charge people for taking luggage? And for the food? And for sitting next to one another?? Well let’s!” And now every airline (low-cost or not) is doing it.
Setting the floor of what is acceptable by law is a net win.
I never bring luggage, I bring my own sandwiches/fruit/snacks and paying more money for those things to be packaged into my 1.5-4 hour flight is just a waste of my money. Every single airline that I've looked at in the past 5 years offers packages that include those things at a higher price if you wish to have them. Lufthansa gave us snacks last time I flew with it, so did LOT. So what you're saying is just not true, there are plenty of airlines that include things into your ticket, but I highly prefer flying for under 50 euros round trip without useless (for me) stuff baked into the price.
And it's not because to my knowledge only Ryanair at the moment requires an app to get the digital boarding pass. Which by the way you can just screenshot anyway.
I could probably pay less rent by accepting to sleep in shifts with 4 other people in a one bedroom appartment. I’d be free not to if I didn’t like it, and I’d save a bunch of money (probably) by doing it. Yet that’s illegal and for good reason. I’d argue this is similar: you’re also setting a limit on what is acceptable for saving money, and sleeping in 4, 6h shifts isn’t acceptable (as far as human decency goes) no matter how much less it’d make the rent.
Installing an app is a mundane action everybody does regularly, takes 2 minutes and you can delete it afterwards. This has nothing to do with committing to some sort of living arrangement.
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky Link ParentIt's more beneficial to have higher availability of airplane travel within the EU than to prevent Ryanair promoting their app and have 99% of people use Google Wallet or Adobe Acrobat instead....Strangely, governments do not exist purely to legislate on or regulate exactly and only what the general populace cares about, but instead to foster an environment which is more beneficial to them.
It's more beneficial to have higher availability of airplane travel within the EU than to prevent Ryanair promoting their app and have 99% of people use Google Wallet or Adobe Acrobat instead.
And don't pretend that Ryanair are the only company that employs these practices- or that other companies aren't also jumping on board.
Which EU airlines are forcing you to use their apps and which are jumping on board?
It happens that preventing harmful business practices falls within that goal- and the ways in which many of today's corporations handle and process our data, as well as restrict the ways in which we can do business, or otherwise interact, with them, are genuinely predatory, manipulative, and hostile.
Sure, but you saying it's predatory, manipulative or hostile doesn't actually make it so. It's a cheaper airline where you need to make some sacrifices compared to "regular" ones. I and many many others are completely okay with it. They're upfront with their conditions. Some people choose not to fly with them and that's completely okay. Nothing about this is unethical.
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky (edited )Link ParentNot regardless of the cost, which is demonstrably more important to 99% of consumers. We are talking about a specific legislation in EU, where we can look at reality and notice that this is not at...Keeping things open is what matters.
Not regardless of the cost, which is demonstrably more important to 99% of consumers.
Besides “you’re free to choose another airline”’is disingenuous because if nothing prevents them all from doing the same it’s just a race to the bottom and you don’t really have a choice.
We are talking about a specific legislation in EU, where we can look at reality and notice that this is not at all, and not even close to reality.
Same as people saying “you’re free to work elsewhere” in response to how appalling working conditions are at company X. No you’re not, rent won’t pay itself and switching jobs isn’t something you do snapping your fingers. No regulation also leads to a race to the bottom here.
What does this have to do with working conditions? You being upset at working conditions at company X doesn't mean every single piece of corporate regulation is good because the alternative is a race to the bottom.
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky Link ParentFirst of all, the app is quite convenient. Secondly, you are free to fly with another airline already. They already know where you're flying from and to, your passport details, the people you fly...First of all, the app is quite convenient. Secondly, you are free to fly with another airline already.
forcing me to use their app feels like an excuse for them to harvest more of my data
They already know where you're flying from and to, your passport details, the people you fly with. What sensitive data are you protecting that Android permissions aren't capable of handling and their website is incapable of harvesting?
Genuinely curious what part of these responses is something based in reality and what is just a principled stance based on "company wants me to use an app = bad".
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky Link ParentThis is something that 99.9% of people do not care about and is a strange basis for government regulation. If you're a frequent flyer, it's probably just convenient to have it. If you're not a...I could display it using open source software on my open source mobile operating system, without Google Play entering into the equation
This is something that 99.9% of people do not care about and is a strange basis for government regulation.
Or without having to fetch an app for every damned aspect of my life.
If you're a frequent flyer, it's probably just convenient to have it. If you're not a frequent flyer, taking 2 minutes to install and subsequently delete an airline app is the least of the inconveniences that air travel brings.
Ryanair can suck my balls
And what exactly was stopping you from flying with another airline?
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky Link ParentIt's not a discount, it's that they started requiring an app for digital boarding passes some time ago. By cheap tickets I meant that they're in general one of the cheapest airlines in Europe. I...It's not a discount, it's that they started requiring an app for digital boarding passes some time ago. By cheap tickets I meant that they're in general one of the cheapest airlines in Europe.
Most corporate apps aren't there to benefit you
I mean I don't really care, they provide me with cheap flights and I'm happy to support that initiative with something as mundane as installing an app. Seriously, do you really care if you open Ryanair app, Google Wallet or Adobe Acrobat to pull up your boarding pass?
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Comment on European Parliament achieves upgrade to air passenger rights in ~transport
Lobachevsky LinkAre they specifically targeting Ryanair at this point? That's all well and good, but I'll happily install the app if it means cheap tickets. Please please please don't regulate me out of cheap...MEPs also secured passengers the right to obtain boarding passes digitally upon check-in, without any further request or obligation to have a user account or a specific application
Are they specifically targeting Ryanair at this point? That's all well and good, but I'll happily install the app if it means cheap tickets. Please please please don't regulate me out of cheap flights...
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Comment on Fines doubled as teens outsmart Australia's world-first social media ban in ~tech
Lobachevsky Link ParentI've never heard of anyone trying to do this and failing because it was too decentralized. The only thing I can consider to be remotely as a topic of such discussion is porn, but we aren't even...Centralization of the internet caused it. With most users congregating onto a few platforms, there's only about 10 or fewer companies that governments need to target in order to reach the vast majority of users.
I've never heard of anyone trying to do this and failing because it was too decentralized. The only thing I can consider to be remotely as a topic of such discussion is porn, but we aren't even talking about that.
Large tech companies are also very unpopular
What? Everyone and their mother buys iphones, uses google, facebook, orders from Amazon, ubers around, booking.coms, etc. I don't believe for a second this is a major thing outside of largely online (ironically) "tech billionaires are literally satan" type of populism.
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Comment on Fines doubled as teens outsmart Australia's world-first social media ban in ~tech
Lobachevsky LinkGenuinely what's with everybody all of a sudden implementing age verification? In several different countries at once? It seems like nobody had an issue with it for decades and all of a sudden in...Genuinely what's with everybody all of a sudden implementing age verification? In several different countries at once? It seems like nobody had an issue with it for decades and all of a sudden in a span of what, one year, if that, there are age restriction laws popping up everywhere?
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Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech
Lobachevsky Link ParentIt's absolutely awful to look for it though unless you have some specific terms to search for (and even that kinda sucks). And at this point every LLM in existence has been trained on that anyway lolIt's absolutely awful to look for it though unless you have some specific terms to search for (and even that kinda sucks). And at this point every LLM in existence has been trained on that anyway lol
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Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech
Lobachevsky LinkI personally think this is a fantastic change. Finally I won't be wasting time on my phone checking reddit only to realize that there are close to 0 subreddits worth visiting anymore. For those...I personally think this is a fantastic change. Finally I won't be wasting time on my phone checking reddit only to realize that there are close to 0 subreddits worth visiting anymore.
For those that for some reason still want to do it - making a burner account with a temporary email is really quick and unlike places like instagram they don't ban it soon after requiring a phone number verification.
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Comment on Mullvad CEO gives ≈€452,000 to the Örebro Party in ~society
Lobachevsky Link ParentYou've skipped the part right after: Just another one of "those damn people leeching off of welfare". Swedish Democrats did a much better job of that by hyperfocusing on immigrants (actually non...You've skipped the part right after:
The party claims to stand for a "class-conscious populism" which according to party leader Markus Allard takes inspiration from marxist ideology[32] and unites the "productive" classes of society against the "Transferiat", with the "Transferiat" being a term coined by Allard to describe the classes of society that lives off of transfers that are a net negative for society such as those who, despite having an ability to work, live off of social welfare benefits, as well as those who work "made-up services"[33] that the party deems serve no societal function, such as bureaucrats, consultants, public sector communications specialists, strategists and HR-specialists.[34] The party and its leader Markus Allard strongly criticize the "Transferiat" and argues it needs to be abolished as it "sucks money out of the state".[35] The party differs from modern day left-wing parties by seeing the working class as co-dependent with people working in enterprise and business and instead sees the classes that "lives off of transfers", as specified, as a large economic net-negative and an obstacle for a functional society.[36][37]
Just another one of "those damn people leeching off of welfare". Swedish Democrats did a much better job of that by hyperfocusing on immigrants (actually non whites and especially Arabs/Muslims, but nobody in this crappy country is honest enough to admit this).
Just FYI that 20% of Swedes vote for that party, its literal Nazi roots and all, while something like 80% support broad actions against the groups I mentioned above to various degrees.
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Comment on Around twenty drown in France as French seek relief from heatwave in ~enviro
Lobachevsky Link ParentIf you have an alternative then yes, of course. Yes, of course. Or sweaters. Or slippers. Or socks. In houses with poor insulation and no central heating we always did just that. Is this even...Do you also judge people who heat their home in the winter?
If you have an alternative then yes, of course.
I could just use more blankets.
Yes, of course. Or sweaters. Or slippers. Or socks. In houses with poor insulation and no central heating we always did just that. Is this even controversial?
I live in a high humidity country, in an older brick house (with a renovated and well-insulated attic, though). The sun hits my kitchen dome skylight and the back facade all afternoon. You can feel the heat radiating from the walls inside. It was 31°C inside yesterday evening, I'm not sure a ceiling fan will make things more tolerable.
I just told you that I lived in Mumbai, with very high humidity and well over 30 degrees weather. Ceiling fans are fantastic and they improve AC performance if you do have one, meaning you don't have to use it as much.
No, because it's selected by a human being. Entirely random events and circumstances because a human being took a picture of it, or just threw some paint on the canvas, thought it is meaningful and decided to share it. A reality TV show can have absolutely nothing to say artistically and simply exist to make money.