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Google emissions up 48% due to AI - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 03, 2024, 10:58:45 am
content: I wonder if that translates to being 48% more useful!Quotehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c51yvz51k2xo

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 03, 2024, 03:27:41 pm
content: The remaining 68% goes to stalking humans on the internet. I think I prefer the smortnet emissions.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 03, 2024, 09:21:31 pm
content: If "AI" is instructed to do everything it can to lower "emissions", will it commit "suicide"?You have 4 hours.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 03, 2024, 10:30:56 pm
content: Well that's disappointing. Its just the emissions that went up by 48% too, so the energy consumption overall would be up by ~100%, since Google has a lot of renewable power. "Overall, Google says about two thirds of its energy is derived from carbon-free sources."

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 03, 2024, 10:34:38 pm
content: Quote from: thm_w on July 03, 2024, 10:30:56 pmGood point.
multiple AI companies ignore robots.txt - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2024, 01:38:55 pm
content: If you're involved in running webservers or websites you know that you can use robots.txt to control what webcrawlers will scan or not. Some AI companies ignore this well established standard:- Exclusive-Multiple AI companies bypassing web standard to scrape publisher sites, licensing firm says (https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-multiple-ai-companies-bypassing-143742513.html)- Perplexity Is a Bullshit Machine (https://www.wired.com/story/perplexity-is-a-bullshit-machine/)

author: janoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2024, 02:09:26 pm
content: This standard has been rather pointless and ignored by malicious bots of all kinds ever since it has existed because it fully relies on the bot behaving nicely. Which malicious and various spam and unscrupulous AI firm bots don't do - by design. It is only marginally more useful than the Do Not Track flag in browsers - everyone is free to completely disregard it and you can't do anything about it.Why would anyone expect that various content scrapers (including the well known search engines) would always respect it is rather beyond me. I think the real point of this "article" is rather this:Quote(emphasis mine)The article is rather more about a company rep trying to scaremonger and sell their "anti-AI scraping bot" snake oil analytics/detection scheme to publishers worried about their precious content being summarized than anything newsworthy, IMO.

author: SeanB
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2024, 07:03:18 pm
content: Simplest cure is probably to add a directory to robots.txt that you ask to ignore, and fill the directory with a few GB of random text in a few thousand files, along with some blobs of random data, either set as filetype of being an excel file, a pdf or something, all small random files that will break the input parser of the AI. Enough companies do that and AI scrapers will start to respect the limiters. Yes a bit of heavy traffic, and you probably will want to do a little bit of web server work that gives each file a current date and time, and also serves them randomly to filename requests, something like a canary does.

author: janoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2024, 09:09:36 pm
content: Quote from: SeanB on June 23, 2024, 07:03:18 pmThat's a good way to either DDOS yourself or blow your egress traffic charges out of the water once the bots start to massively download this garbage. Also, most bots will abort the connection after they receive more than a certain amount of data, so you will maybe slow them down, at best - while paying the bills for the traffic that your real customers can't use.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 23, 2024, 10:58:56 pm
content: Quote from: janoc on June 23, 2024, 09:09:36 pmYes, fighting bots by saturating them with bogus data would work if storing, and streaming said data was "free". It's not.
using GPT-4 to find 0-days - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 09, 2024, 10:33:23 am
content: GPT-4 autonomously hacks zero-day security flaws with 53% success rate:https://newatlas.com/technology/gpt4-autonomously-hack-zero-day-security-flaws/The research paper is linked at the end of the article. An average of US$ 24.39 per 0-day is a bargain.
Giving away your "info/ideas" to AI ... - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: 50ShadesOfDirt
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2024, 11:06:57 am
content: ... if everything (your questions, proposed answers) is reviewed by humans behind the AI, then aren't you giving away your ideas and any supporting info as you refine your ideas?Some folks might have a patent idea, and might start asking AI about it, and the next thing you know, the AI provider is harvesting all of that ...For myself, I've been trying to find local-only ways to run AI, as in bring a LLM down to my PC, and use those tools from github to query against it. Try to verify (with firewall tools) that the AI tool isn't sending data back out to a mothership.In a way, same thing with search. If you aren't careful about how your search terms are built, the search provider can harvest your patent ideas, and in both cases (AI, search), they've got way more money than you do, and can patent something way faster than you can.With search tools, I've had to be very careful about search terms around patent ideas, such that I don't give away the farm, while I try to figure out if what I'm thinking is patent-worthy.Anyone else worrying about these aspects?

author: Addicted2AnalogTek
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 07, 2024, 01:31:57 pm
content: This has absolutely crossed my mind on multiple occasions, and I've always been suspicious of data collecting search engines funneling peoples ideas to others. From my view, since it can be done, it has been done, especially since there's people who can profit off of doing it. Too many times I or a friend have thought of something, searched it, found nothing, then saw ads for the exact product a short period of time later.I'm not sure what to do about it though, aside from being selective about what search engines I use for what, and just completely avoiding A.I. My world is digital enough, anyway. I enjoy leaving my phone behind and going about my business most of the time.
GPT-4 and the Uniform Bar Exam - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 30, 2024, 11:39:44 am
content: Remember the 90th percentile claim?Re-evaluating GPT-4’s bar exam performance -https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10506-024-09396-9Quote

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 30, 2024, 11:39:07 pm
content: QuoteShocking! Who would have thought?
Next Generation Smart Phone Intelligence is Going to be So Realistically Human - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: jonovid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 25, 2024, 06:43:55 am
content: your next phone may literally try to take over control of your entire life. no exaggeration!were the next generation smart phone intelligence is going. 100s of phone apps under the control of an realistic human like AI chatbot.just wait till advertising get's to input into the phone AI. there is no escaping it. your next phone may literally have a sense of humour.see this video by cold fusion - Dagogo.

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2024, 07:21:50 pm
content: Featuring GPP (Genuine People Personality) "Your plastic pal who's fun to be with!"**Sirius Cybernetics Corporation advertising slogan - Douglas Adams, 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'

author: jpanhalt
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2024, 08:26:45 pm
content: When will the first smartphone be used instead of a jury? I am not wishing for an early death, but hope I never see that.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2024, 09:30:59 pm
content: That's really cool stuff. Seriously, here's what I want it to do on my phone: Screen calls in real time with the assistant. Specifically from numbers that are not in my contact list. For over a year I and many others get calls from real estate investors wanting to buy houses. Probably 3 or 4 a day. All the numbers are different each time so they cannot all be blocked. All that appears on the caller ID is a city name in the state. I don't answer these calls anymore; they usually hang up when it goes to voice mail, but sometimes will leave a message about 5% of the time.I'd like the assistant to screen these calls and find out what they want before I deal with them (if required). Then if they are wanting to buy my house I'd have already told the AI to hang up and I wouldn't be bothered at all by these rats. However, it's possible some day that it would be a legitimate call from a business I might need to talk to, so the assistant would then let me know.

author: TimFox
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 29, 2024, 10:39:18 pm
content: An interesting article in today’s NY Times business section suggested that AI could replace CEOs.
Microsoft's AI healthcare bot hacked - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2024, 12:37:01 pm
content: Lethal Injection: How We Hacked Microsoft's Healthcare Chat Bot -https://www.breachproof.net/blog/lethal-injection-how-we-hacked-microsoft-ai-chat-botQuote

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 13, 2024, 02:21:44 pm
content: Oh, so we are one step closer to this:The Genetic Arms Race | How CRISPR and AI Destroy the WorldThe Why Files
AI deception - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2024, 02:31:48 pm
content: AI deception: A survey of examples, risks, and potential solutions -https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(24)00103-X?

author: helius
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 11, 2024, 05:40:56 pm
content: From the title, I expected an essay about how AIisa deception. A thesis I support wholeheartedly.For example:https://softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llmentalist/
Damn you bots! - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: paulca
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2024, 11:18:34 am
content: *GPT has nerfed me.I no longer need to be able to write bash and perl one liners to automate repetitive work.ChatGPT. Please expand the following list to include 5 minute intervals from 5mins to 1 hour, leaving the rest the same.<pastes JSON list><perfectly copy and pastable and correct response>Can you do this one too?<pastes a Javascript enum variant><perfectly copy and pastable and correct response>and this one...<pastes a Java Enum variant>and...<pastes another Java switch statement variant>All correct.If I don't need to know how to do this with perl and bash, then .... ANYONE CAN DO IT!Damn you bots, that was my advantage you stole.
Another Roof on AlphaGeometry - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 18, 2024, 02:18:03 am
content: Another Roof published a video(1)commenting onAlphabet’s AlphaGeometry.The video is divided into two parts: explaining what AlphaGeometry did in a particular IMO problem and then commenting on both the smortnet and other commentators.In my opinion it doesn’t focus enough on how AlphaGeometry is a step further. Unlike recent meme LLMs and image generators, which can be seen as glorified statistics, AlphaGeometry brings a qualitative change. There is a process involving two separate parts coöperating to find a solution, where the LLM is merely acting as a heuristics source. I’d argue a language model is suboptimal in this task, as it represents the patterns indirectly, but currently there is nothing better, it appears to work, and it’s not much different from pupils helping each other in school.On all other points I can only agree.In particular I draw your attention to Alex categorizing IMO tasks solving as much less than people would intuitively think it is. Overhyping ML is one side of the coin, the other is putting human mind way higher than it seems to actually be.(1)
Google's Gemini - Never expose AI to human influences - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Gyro
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2024, 08:38:18 pm
content: It's happening again, never a good idea to expose AI to polluting human influences, or Google's attempt to offset them!Quotehttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68412620

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2024, 09:16:05 pm
content: This is one of the things that greatly worries me about ANY AI software, how much absolutefictionis it going to insert into all instructions, replies and everything else in order to meet the Political Correction objectives of it's software authors?The national news today reported that AI is now being used to rate the resumes of job applicants and that New York State has passed a law that applicants can opt out of letting AI do that. But will that mean that anyone who objects will automatically be rejected for a job? Probably, IMO. But if AI is allowed to screen job applicants, what is stop the AI's authors creating rules that screen applicants for religious views, political views, zip code, etc, etc and rejecting them on that basis? When real people make bad decisions they can be held accountable but how are you going to hold AI responsible when your application for a home mortgage is rejected, or your resume gets "lost", or you get pulled out of line at every airport for an in-depth screening or worse, you get repeatedly stopped and held by law enforcement because you fit a "profile".I think it would beextremely naiveof anyone to think that AI is not going to reflect the political/religious/cultural biases of it's authors and for AI to make decisions on that basis.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2024, 10:10:57 pm
content: But the premise is absurd. Current "AI" is *only* exposed to human-generated content to build its models. That's all it is.

author: Marco
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 28, 2024, 11:55:45 pm
content: This has nothing to do with the model, it's just some ad hoc manipulation of the prompts to put in minorities when no races are specified. Google wasn't the only one doing this. They were just a little less subtle and it's more politically correct to bash Google than OpenAI.

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 29, 2024, 06:25:44 am
content: It's a good thing.This is the first time when random individuals can create their own American propaganda and see how hilarious and out of touch with reality it is. Before that, manually produced and carefully curated samples of basically the same nonsense were shown on TV and people swallowed them uncritically.I will never forget the contrast between the "TV America" and what I saw when I actually set my foot there. Fuck America, reality is not a social construct and in the long run they will get what they deserve.
Channel 1 AI powered News - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 16, 2023, 12:47:39 pm
content: That's right folks, no more biased human news anchors! All the news anchors are AI generated, and cannot tell a lie.https://www.channel1.ai/

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: December 16, 2023, 01:07:47 pm
content: It probably can't get worse anywayJournos are actually quite similar to ChatGPT - know just enough about various things to be dangerous, even leaving their bias aside.
OpenAI not so open at all - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2023, 12:04:20 pm
content: OpenAI Threatens Popular GitHub Project With Lawsuit Over API Use:https://www.tomshardware.com/news/openai-sends-shutdown-letter-to-gpt4freeThey should be called ClosedAI.

author: Jeroen3
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2023, 12:14:43 pm
content: I suspect they don't want it using the name GPT-4.

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2023, 03:15:33 pm
content: OpenAI is not open for quite some time. Not a secret. But, if I understand gpt4free right, we’re talking about a project that leeches on the service. “Open” does not mean free as in free beer. Whatever motivation of OpenAI might be,(1)avoiding resource abuse is sufficient to explain the action.(1)After all OpenAI have a service worth billions in their hands, so it’s in their interest to retain as much control as possible.

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2023, 04:17:25 pm
content: GPT4free benefits from third parties who pay for the service, not OpenAI directly.

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2023, 10:00:22 pm
content: It’s not that simple.I will not discuss, if OpenAI has standing to sue xtekky. We do not even know the details of the exchange between xtekky and OpenAI.But the issue of openess(1)and leeching is independent of whether OpenAI can actually bring the case to the court. It’s convenient to oversimplify and put this division on the edge of the services directly used by gpt4free. Here it’s gpt4free-and-services, here is services-and-OpenAI, each area is completely independent of each other. But I believe this model has a mistake here: the separation is hardly perfect. It’s a clusterfuck of feedbacks.Let’s take a simple(2)scenario as an example. With volume orders there is usually an assumption about usage level. It’s an important factor shaping the final price. Buying in large quantities may(3)decrease unit price during negotiations. But after that it becomes a situation of increased demand with fixed supply and fixed price. Additionally binding supplier’s resources. So increased load on these “edge” services feeds back to OpenAI.(1)Which OpenAI does not claim for a long time, and the lack of which is well known.(2)Probably much simpler than what actually happens. But I choose this one, as this is something I know.(3)May, not must.

author: coppice
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 31, 2023, 09:45:30 pm
content: Quote from: madires on May 02, 2023, 12:04:20 pmWhy? Names are chosen to obscure, not illuminate.
AI use case: solving reCAPTCHA v2 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2024, 03:40:22 pm
content: AI bots now beat 100% of those traffic-image CAPTCHAs (https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/09/ai-defeats-traffic-image-captcha-in-another-triumph-of-machine-over-man/)

author: magic
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2024, 03:49:44 pm
content: Hmm, does it mean there is a hope for CAPTCHAs becoming a thing of the past?

author: Bryn
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2024, 04:40:33 pm
content: It's probably why hCaptcha is now a thing (well, for Discord anyay, from my own experience).Technology is getting smarter, and so are potential spambots

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2024, 07:00:00 pm
content: Yes but automatically defeating CAPTCHAs is worth it only when mass-doing it, and AI used for this consumes a lot of resources. So I'm not sure it makes any economic sense.

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: September 28, 2024, 07:24:12 pm
content: How much I hate CAPTCHAs, if they are defeated, the alternative may be much worse. The three major competitors are surveillance-based endpoint security testing, relying on a third-party authenticator, or transforming the entire internet into a patchwork of strongholds.Quote from: Bryn on September 28, 2024, 04:40:33 pmhCaptcha isn’t “the next generation reCaptcha”. It’s the same idea from another vendor. Sharing exactly the same vulnerabilities.Alphabet’s version is more popular and recognizable. They got in this particular kind of CAPTCHA earlier than Cloudflare. They also have a strong selling point to advertise to site operators compared to competition: it’s on average less disruptive, because risk determination mostly relies on private information collected about the user. Cloudflare’s service has no selling points that appeal to wider audience. They offer privacy by design,(1)they don’t rely on mass surveillance, they sell the service to any customer, and are completely open about what their CAPTCHA actually is. Both hCaptcha and reCaptcha are hiring you as an unpaid menial workforce, but while Alphabet doesn’t reveal it and you only make their products, Cloudflare is clear about the nature of the service and anybody’s product may be made.Quote from: SiliconWizard on September 28, 2024, 07:00:00 pmDoes it consume more resources than a cheap human CAPTCHA solver you can buy in the right corners of the internet, 1000 pcs in a package?(1)The basic mechanism is pre-minted tokens, which bear no connection between the creator and the spender, and — if site operator wishes so — can be verified without Cloudflare ever receiving information on who spent the tokens either. Only if the user can’t provide a token, an actual on-site CAPTCHA is used.
malicious use cases - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: madires
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 26, 2025, 09:27:51 am
content: AI can be also used for malicious purposes:- China: OpenAI uncovers Chinese security operation's AI surveillance tool monitoring anti-Chinese social media posts (https://www.business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/china-openai-uncovers-chinese-security-operations-ai-surveillance-tool-monitoring-anti-chinese-social-media-posts/)- OpenAI removes users in China, North Korea suspected of malicious activities (https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/openai-removes-users-china-north-korea-suspected-malicious-activities-2025-02-21/)
AI was asked to make a Oil Company commercial - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: jonovid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 02, 2023, 04:57:30 pm
content: Chris the Creator of youtube asked AI to make a Greta Thunberg Oil Company commercial-video is intended for entertainment purposes only.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 02, 2023, 07:35:47 pm
content: HIlarious!
Shane Wighton explains machine learning - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 27, 2023, 07:30:00 pm
content: The shortest and easiest introduction to smortnets I have encountered so far. FromShane Wighton. Timestamp relevant: starts around 10m38s.If you want to extend this to models like ChatGPT, imagine that:The robot looks not at the end of the last stroke, but at 1000 previous strokes.There is 150 billion knobs.The training set included not hundreds examples, but something on the scale closer to everything humanity ever produced.It was fine-tuned to make results look as deceiving to humans as possible, not merely be similar to the learning set.
How to Use ChatGPT as a Powerful Tool for Programming (video) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 22, 2023, 08:46:16 am
content: How to Use ChatGPT as a Powerful Tool for ProgrammingCorey SchaferMaybe the examples in the video were cherry-picked to work well, maybe they were too simple to be of any use, IDK but it looks like a very promising technology anyways.
"God Father" of AI leave Google, warns of Danger Ahead - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Rick Law
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2023, 05:43:52 pm
content: From NY Times article:Geoffrey Hinton was an artificial intelligence pioneer. In 2012, Dr. Hinton and two of his graduate students at the University of Toronto created technology that became the intellectual foundation for the A.I. systems that the tech industry’s biggest companies believe is a key to their future.On Monday, however, he officially joined a growing chorus of critics who say those companies are racing toward danger with their aggressive campaign to create products based on generative artificial intelligence, the technology that powers popular chatbots like ChatGPT....“I console myself with the normal excuse: If I hadn’t done it, somebody else would have,” Dr. Hinton said...“It is hard to see how you can prevent the bad actors from using it for bad things,” Dr. Hinton said.After the San Francisco start-up OpenAI released a new version of ChatGPT in March, more than 1,000 technology leaders and researchers signed an open letter calling for a six-month moratorium on the development of new systems because A.I technologies pose “profound risks to society and humanity.”...As companies improve their A.I. systems, he believes, they become increasingly dangerous. “Look at how it was five years ago and how it is now,” he said of A.I. technology. “Take the difference and propagate it forwards. That’s scary.”...Quoted from NY Times article "‘The Godfather of A.I.’ Leaves Google and Warns of Danger Ahead", by Cade Metz, 5/1/2023https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/technology/ai-google-chatbot-engineer-quits-hinton.html

author: golden_labels
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 02, 2023, 09:38:00 am
content: Imagine spending ten years playing an important role in supporting a company, whose business model is based on and inseparable from privacy violation, manipulation and using all the shady tricks in their arsenal to circumvent regulations and protections, where humans are deprived of any rights, which will happily lead people to harm as long as it gives $0.001 profit, which will reinforce and exaggerate biases and tensions at a global scale.After all this one gets retired for old age and starts blabbing about how dangerous machine learning is. Maybe it’s not ML, that is dangerous, but everything “somebody” actively supported with his work, for a decade? With smortnets at best giving a slight advantage? Maybe it’s not ML, but the reality somebody shaped for half a century? With any potential ML abuse simply filling its voids?
About the F106 Interceptor - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: rstofer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 22, 2023, 06:47:44 pm
content: I kind of like this plane but I'm biased, my father's fingerprints are all over them. He did electrical checkout before they left theConvair plant (along side Lindbergh Field, San Diego) to Edwards AFB. Great aircraft.So I had a conversation with ChatGPT:Query:QuoteResponse:QuoteI really like this ChatGPT thing!BTW, the F106 numbers are right out of the flight manual.
GPT-4 preview... - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: BrianHG
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 19, 2023, 08:30:12 pm
content: Here you go:In fact, it now supports uploaded images.@2:11 - Take a look as it can discern that an improper VGA plug was attempted to be plugged into a USB C phone port.

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2023, 11:45:31 pm
content: Yea I saw that Pope stuff. Somebody also did some of a certain political figure in the US getting arrested - hard to tell if it was fake at first. Wait till the election is going fast and furious - this stuff will be all over the place.
AI 'PAUSE'  ?     Seems to keep going, here and there - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: RJSV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2023, 05:30:53 pm
content: Hi, I've noticed nightly news features a first-person combat scene, with green foliage and first-person holding rifle, while moving. (Nightly news on Ukraine).Very game-like.Those marketing folks, seems like they are trying to follow trends, right down to 'almost' a 3-D gamer appeal, with 31.19 % racial justice, 10 % 'mental health', and whatever else seems popular this instant.They just dial-in the 'proper reality' while following, from behind....About 1.5 seconds behind whichever thing is trending, So, probably slightly trendy to ignore recent calls for a 'pause' in AI utilization.General public has heard, recently, about 'flattening the curve' (COVID), and (seems) like any trust has diminished. So, the AI pause is maybe....old ineffective news.Or not. What's your opinion ?

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2023, 09:55:06 pm
content: I'll ask ChatGPT about it.

author: Stray Electron
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 05, 2023, 10:12:34 pm
content: Quote from: SiliconWizard on July 05, 2023, 09:55:06 pm"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain!"job finished. 0.0001 sec CPU time.

author: RJSV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: July 06, 2023, 12:12:43 am
content: Anybody else notice the (seemingly) computer generated 'WAR' scene footage, in last week or so ?Evening cable news CGI....(UHH, what's the 'i' stand for ? Computer Generated Ixxxxx ?
AI coding helper for Python? - Page 1
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author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 28, 2022, 07:25:20 pm
content: There were a few teasers about GPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer) in the last couple of years, particularly GPT-2 and GPT-3. These are from OpenAI company, which at first was open, but recent GPT-3 is not open, not free and not offline.There is a free, open, standalone version of GPT-3 which is called GPT-Neo, and more recent GPT-JAX, or GPT-J, all from Eleuther AI, an AI research grouphttps://www.eleuther.ai/GPT kind of NN are very good at generating content starting from a given context. This can work so good that the AI can return working code, starting from nothing but a plain English description.So far it works good enough only for small functions or code patterns that are found very often in code examples, github, or stackoverflow.I've tried today (for Python only):- GPT-J-6B engine in a webpagehttps://6b.eleuther.ai/(6B stands for its size, 6 Billions parameters)- Codeon as a VScode extensionhttps://github.com/sdpmas/Codeon- Kitehttps://www.kite.com/as a VScode extension + local install of Kite Engine (GPT-2), which acts like autocomplete but seems smarter and more useful than the usual ms-python (IntelliSense).The free ones I've tried are not as impressive as the teasers for the payed 'GitHub Copilot' of Microsoft (powered by OpenAI's GPT-3 with 125B params), but the results are very encouraging even with the free ones. All I've seen so far are very simple examples or eye-catching demos, so not sure how useful such a free tool would be for writing small Python programs as a hobby.Anybody here using such tools instead of stackoverflow?What other free+standalone/offline coding helpers I should try?
How to Run a ChatGPT Alternative on Your Local PC - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2023, 12:54:18 am
content: If you can't get enough on the web.Quote

author: RoGeorge
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 20, 2023, 04:41:22 pm
content: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chatgptai/ai-hello-world/
Google Releases Bard - a competitor for ChatGPT - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: rstofer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2023, 08:55:17 pm
content: https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/21/tech/google-bardhttps://bard.google.com- to get on the waitlist for downloading

author: xrunner
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2023, 09:09:29 pm
content: Face one off against the other. See what battle ensues.

author: SiliconWizard
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2023, 09:33:32 pm
content: Looks like FB (uh, "Meta") is lagging here.

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 21, 2023, 09:42:58 pm
content: Quotehm keeping expectations low..Quote from: SiliconWizard on March 21, 2023, 09:33:32 pmThey already have this:https://ai.facebook.com/blog/large-language-model-llama-meta-ai/But I don't see them creating a direct public interface for it. More so using the tech to drive clicks or suggest ads, customize ads. Could be wrong though.
Need help with Adobe Acrobat - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: fzabkar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 06:07:42 am
content: Are there any Adobe Acrobat power users here?I downloaded this circuit diagram for an RC toy:https://fccid.io/PIYDRH06-16A5T/Schematics/Circuit-Diagram-3064564.pdfThere is an "RX Part" and a "TX Part". The latter has been rendered invisible. However, the GoogleBot still finds the TX Part text info. When I open the PDF in Acrobat, I can capture both the visible and invisible text with Edit -> Copy or Ctrl-A.Does anyone know how to view the hidden part of the schematic? I specifically wanted to determine the pinout for an 8-pin IC, DW1064S. I have since found it elsewhere, but I'd still like to see the schematic.

author: Ian.M
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 06:31:03 am
content: Oh dear! The Acrobat equivalent of sticking a PostIt over what you want to obscure, then *NOT* making a photocopy! Removing the white rectangle on top was trivial.

author: fzabkar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 06:36:59 am
content: Quote from: Ian.M on October 15, 2025, 06:31:03 amThanks.Years ago I did something similar to uncover redacted military and legal documents and other circuit diagrams. The authors forgot to "flatten" the layers. At that time I simply copied-and-pasted the redacted text into an image viewer, but this didn't work for me this time.

author: Whales
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 07:27:06 am
content: Free PDF editors that are not junkware:1. Libreoffice Draw2. InkscapeThey can get a bit screwy if you don't have the fonts used in the PDF installed on your computer. Many PDF export tools will embed a cut-down version of a font in the PDF itself, containing only the characters actually used in that document. Some PDF editing tools don't like this and throw those fonts out, substituting with something they think is closest. YMMV.

author: fzabkar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 07:38:28 am
content: I'm using Adobe Acrobat X Pro Version 10.1.16 (2011). I can copy partial images and text from the hidden area via "Copy with Formatting" followed by "Create PDF from Clipboard". However, I think I have a resources limitation on my old machine.
Central West Astronomical Society [AU] - Astrophotograph Awards - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 01:49:42 am
content: For those interested in space photos, the winners for the 2025 David Malin Awards were announced last month. Some absolutely stunning images captured by amateur astronomers and photographers.https://davidmalinawards.com/2025-winning-images
Welding Interference on Household Appliances - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: jonovid
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2025, 11:56:10 am
content: Just recently I got this used stick welder for a DIY fabrication job in my backyard.how much truth is there to that some arc welding machine using the same standard 3-pin earthed power outlet can damage other household appliances. will welding fry my electronics?can an AC welding machine generate electromagnetic pulses into the AC household wiring if so.will an AC line filter help if so it must be 2400watt unit. is this a problem. or nothing to worry aboutI have not used it for now.see image-this 2400watt arc welding machine transformer has its metal case earthed but the 48 volt secondary is floating

author: paul cotter
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2025, 04:37:25 pm
content: I have done a lot of arc welding and never had a problem other than tripped MCBs due to the current demand. That unit appears to be an old style Lincoln welder which uses a shunt on the transformer core to control the weld current. Most modern types use an invertor instead of a low frequency transformer and I find them easier for starting the arc. All welding machines are high current devices but apart from that I have never experienced a problem nor do I know anyone who has.

author: Benta
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2025, 07:40:52 pm
content: No probs. Welding transformers are pretty loosely coupled electrically (pri/sec) and don't send a lot back.More problematic is RFI from the arc itself, which can disturb radio, TV, phone etc. signals.

author: Electrodynamic
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2025, 08:30:37 pm
content: Ah the old buzz box welders, I have one collecting dust.Once you go DC you never go back. I have a Miller AC/DC Econotig and in 30 years have never touched the AC side nor do I plan to. If you ever see an older used DC machine for sale you would do well to buy it.
Philips company ,peeks in to its history, documentary. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: UnijunctionTransistor
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2025, 03:25:50 pm
content: There have been several articles and documentaries related to Philips, and its fall from the lofty status they enjoyed for almost a century.Here is other one:https://youtu.be/ai0SaiVNwz4?si=wT6lnVcBlJvMuxi1EDIT: and another onehttps://youtu.be/Zn-yeNi0ZuI?si=MGa66HX4mxTaLpqr

author: aargee
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2025, 12:54:56 pm
content: I was sure aunty would get her mojo back once I retired… but alas, no.
coppermountain VNA TR1300 repair - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: vishaldotgupta
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: July 12, 2025, 05:11:15 pm
content: Hii am attempting to repair a coppermountain VNA model TR1300. it seems to have problem in voltage regulator sections.it would be nice if one can share values of resistor network around IC LM317 and LM22680, and share input and output voltages around these

author: virtualparticles
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2025, 01:38:14 pm
content: The reference voltage of the LM22680 is 1.285V. The two shunt resistors at FB pin 4 are 1K and 7.5K for 1.25K effective shunt resistance. The series divider resistor R18 is 3.92K so the output voltage is 7V at the output of L4. The output from the LM317 should be 24V. There are two LD2985s with 5V outputs and a L8L33 with 3.3V output. Hope that helps.
Help identifying PCB FS-750-2025 with TEA2025 – unbranded multimedia speakers - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Aluccio1970
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 08:53:42 am
content: Hi everyone,I'm trying to identify the origin of a circuit board inside a pair of unbranded stereo active speakers. No logo, no model number—just generic "MULTIMEDIA SPEAKER SYSTEM" printed on the front.Main details:- PCB marked FS-750-2025 with a logo that looks like a stylized sail inside concentric circles- Audio chip: UTC TEA2025, stereo configuration- Potentiometers: B50K (Volume, Tone, Power)- Capacitors: 470µF 25V and 1000µF 25V- Transformer: 230V~ → 19V AC 350mA, thermal fuse rated 115°C- Speaker: 5W driver with magnet labeled “JY ม5w” (Thai characters)- Cables and plugs marked LU CHIANG, YI HUAN, KEMA KEUR, VDE, OVEWhat I'm looking for:- Identification of the PCB manufacturer or full system- Known commercial models using this layout- Anyone who's seen this logo before or has a matching schematicI have detailed photos of the PCB, transformer, wiring, speaker, plugs, and markings. I can upload them if needed.Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

author: fzabkar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2025, 09:20:48 am
content: Could this company have assembled the PCB?https://www.fs-pcba.com/pcb-assembly/

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 18, 2025 04:16:37 am
content: Quote from: Aluccio1970 on October 15, 2025, 08:53:42 amAlways do that first, now we have to ask you to do it. Unless it's something extremely distinct and common, no one knows what logo you're talking about."A picture is worth a thousand words."
salesforce ransom attack using a phonecall (allegedly 1b+ persons affected) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Simmed
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 13, 2025, 12:59:11 am
content: it started like somewhere in june this yearhttps://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/08/how-google-adidas-and-more-were-breached-in-a-salesforce-scamQuoteQuotehttps://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/oct/08/qantas-among-nearly-40-companies-facing-ransom-demand-from-hacker-groupAdidas, AeroMexico, AirFrance-KLM, Albertsons, Alexander McQueen, ASICS, Balenciaga, Brioni, CarMax, Cartier, Chanel, Cisco, Disney/Hulu, Engie Resources, FedEx, Fujifilm, GAP, Google Adsense, HBO Max, Home Depot, IKEA, Instacart, etchttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-10/article-qantas-data-breach-website-seizure/105879120FBI moves to seize the website to stop leakdont know what is latest news so far
Qualcomm buys open-source electronics firm Arduino - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Black Phoenix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2025, 01:05:41 am
content: https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/qualcomm-buys-open-source-electronics-firm-arduino-2025-10-07/QuoteQuoteQuoteThe respective official announcements:https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/10/07/a-new-chapter-for-arduino-with-qualcomm-uno-q-and-you/https://www.qualcomm.com/news/releases/2025/10/qualcomm-to-acquire-arduino-accelerating-developers--access-to-i

author: brucehoult
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2025, 01:25:52 am
content: Already a zillion comments athttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/qualcomm-acquires-arduino

author: Black Phoenix
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2025, 01:44:14 am
content: Quote from: brucehoult on October 08, 2025, 01:25:52 amMy mistake then, gonna delete.

author: Halcyon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 08, 2025, 02:07:30 am
content: Quote from: Black Phoenix on October 08, 2025, 01:44:14 amAll good!See existing thread:https://www.eevblog.com/forum/microcontrollers/qualcomm-acquires-arduino
Conenctors identify, pcb tht turned press-fit??? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: ivi_yak
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2025, 11:32:36 am
content: Hi,Please help me to find these types of connectors?Close to Mill-Max but:https://www.mouser.pl/ProductDetail/Mill-Max/7305-0-15-15-47-27-10-0?qs=QVz7UnnaAAGZJgZDI7Hd%2FA%3D%3D

author: ivi_yak
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2025, 11:55:19 am
content: https://forum.digikey.com/t/mill-max-ofp-sockets-are-they-pick-and-place-compatible/11274

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 08, 2025, 09:48:24 pm
content: Doesn't look like OFP, seems to be a cheaper version with just internal spring leafs.Interesting too that a few of them have solder on them and the others do not.The millmax stuff will work though if you just want to achieve the same functionality.
Microscope focus tension adjustment (microscope head up/down tightness) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Psi
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 12:52:42 am
content: Just a heads up in case anyone else was not aware (I wasn't until now).For the typical china microscopes that most of us have (rebranded eaton, amscope, luckyzoom etc..).On at least some of the microscope mounts/stands (mine is the double boom one, maybe others).You can rotate one focus knob on one side while holding the other focus knob on the others side stationary to tighten/loosen the up/down movement.It's useful if your microscope head sometimes rotates the focus knob and moves downwards under it's own weight. Which can happen if your camera is heavy.It's actually written on one side "tension" with an arrow. So might be obvious to some, but probably not to everyone so just thought id mention it.

author: Andy Watson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 01:49:29 am
content: Quote from: Psi on October 07, 2025, 12:52:42 amNot just the china microscopes that do this. I have an ancient Olympus S3. By rotating the focusing knobs contrary to each other, you can loosen or tighten the focus slide/rack.

author: jfiresto
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 08:58:59 am
content: Some student microscopes require a tool to adjust the focus tension or change the eyepieces. You can guess why. (I write that as someone who liked and likes to take things apart.)

author: jfiresto
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 09:10:03 am
content: From the Amscope SM-4 Series Manual (undated), p. 13:Quote
Help identifying stud mount diodes. - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: johansen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 07, 2025, 05:55:36 am
content: I have 6 stud mount diodes, likely in the 200 amp range.The stud is 3/8-24 thread and the hex body is about 1-1/8th. The crimped tin plated braid is #6 copper to a ring terminal.The only identifying number on the diode is "866M"Probably 1980's era given the rest of the junk said diodes came with.
QW-MS3010D  Power Supply - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Eryn Carter
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 01, 2025, 11:14:45 pm
content: I purchased this power supply in April this year 2025, it lasted 5 months. I bought it mainly to charge small lithium battery packs. I was testing an LED at the time it went awal, 400miliamps, about 8 odd volts, you could hardly call that punishing the thing. I was running it off a 3000 watt pure sine wave inverter along with my laptop & a DC freezer. You could hardly call that a huge current draw either. Here is the interesting part, when I plug it directly into the inverter the inverter goes into overload and starts yelling. I'm baffled as to why it didn't take out the primary fuse in the power supply? There dosn't appear to be any obvious damage to the PCB or any of the components. I'm not that clever when it comes to electronics. Any body got any ideas as to where I should start, or is it another project box?

author: thm_w
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 02, 2025, 07:20:47 pm
content: https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/review-qw-ms3010d-30vdc-10a-power-supply.141258/Lots of bad reviews of these.Open it up and look for a primary fuse, maybe its not there or maybe its over rated, or maybe the inverter is severely limiting current. Measure resistance across the main FETs. Make sure the main cap has been discharged before doing this.Are you sure it wasn't damaged from the lithium packs? Its easy to damage some PSUs if you charge batteries without a diode.

author: Eryn Carter
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 04, 2025, 01:12:14 am
content: Thanks for that info thm_w, There is a primary fuse which is still intact, that was one off the first things I checked. I have been lead to believe there is a secondary fuse also, have yet to identify that. I am a bit reluctant to hook the power supply onto the grid, it's not that user friendly in cases like this. I need to get more test gear. The batteries are D.I.Y. kits I obtained from Aliexpress same size as the 7ah alarm back-up system 4in total, 21 18650 cells in each, BMS included e.t.c. nothing to dramatic there. I guess i just have to keep picking away at it as time allows.Thanks again.Eryn.