[–] 2 points 2 days ago

The purpose of the analogy is to illustrate the fact that while the phone issue exists regardless of method of transportation, the method of transportation is the issue when combined with distraction.

Distracted walkers bumping into each other is much less of an issue than distracted drivers hitting others.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    This is kind of like saying "the clumsiness issue still exists whether you're carrying a bowling ball or a hand grenade with the pin removed. You could drop either and still get hurt!"

    The two are so far apart that comparing them feels silly.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 days ago (4 children)

    Some chatbots do reality checks. But it's usually only for extreme situations. I can only imagine the kinds of things that people, especially young people, would be asking LLMs to validate them on...

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    I know a lot of us use ad-blockers and the like so we don't see ads often anymore. But we can get some insight as to how much certain "services" make by showing ads to the average customer when they have paid ad-free subscriptions available. YouTube, for example. Maybe streaming services.

    I'm curious how much most things would cost in this case, especially since so many "services" tend to have maintenance and upkeep costs.

    How much would Facebook cost to use if it were ad-free? Snapchat? Windows? (Which is extra gross for having all of an up-front cost, ads embedded, AI included, and pushes for paid subscriptions of its own complementary products...)

     

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