Tech you miss/ new tech trends you hate - ok boomers

[sweater_supremacy]

Remember the first time you read some AI response and suddenly thought "holy fuck this was smarter than I would have said."

No it still struggles with basic math and struggles to remember what I said two messages prior. I'll be impressed when it takes the entire conversation into consideration instead of acting like and add sped who needs to be reminded about things constantly

 

[AnOminous]

Real answer: The first time I saw GPT 3 give correct procedures for radiology word problems without any additional human input.
Scared the shit out of me.

I'm glad it's still rather bad at actually interpreting things like legal opinions. It's good at synthesizing stuff with clear answers that are on the Internet, like "what are the elements of consumer fraud," but if you ask it for much more it starts wildly hallucinating and making things up. Like when an opinion is comparing and contrasting cases, it often can't figure out what the court's actual conclusion or reasoning is.

It's rather better already than it was even a few months ago, though it's still at the point anyone using it seriously for real law purposes should be disbarred.

 

[Buttigieg2020]

I'm glad it's still rather bad at actually interpreting things like legal opinions. It's good at synthesizing stuff with clear answers that are on the Internet, like "what are the elements of consumer fraud," but if you ask it for much more it starts wildly hallucinating and making things up. Like when an opinion is comparing and contrasting cases, it often can't figure out what the court's actual conclusion or reasoning is.

It's rather better already than it was even a few months ago, though it's still at the point anyone using it seriously for real law purposes should be disbarred.

Seeing lawyers being held in contempt of court for citing non-existent cases is really funny.

 

[AnOminous]

Seeing lawyers being held in contempt of court for citing non-existent cases is really funny.

Shepardize or jeopardize. Bitch.

 

[Sniperwoof]

I'm not sure why but the last few phones I've gotten have had issues charging right out of the box.

"Slow charging please check your connection"

It happens when charging wirelessly or wired and regarding of what brick or cable I use.

The phone I had ten years ago charged flawlessly up until they day it died.

 

[seri0us]

I'm not sure why but the last few phones I've gotten have had issues charging right out of the box.

"Slow charging please check your connection"

It happens when charging wirelessly or wired and regarding of what brick or cable I use.

The phone I had ten years ago charged flawlessly up until they day it died.

Clean the port

 

[ToroidalBoat]

Mentioned this in the "grinds gears" thread: a new tech trend I do not exactly like is where BS like excessive ads or spying cookies are called "enhancing user experience" or other BS like that. Maybe it's "enhancing the user experience" for those who run the site.

It's BS when annoying crap on websites is called "enhancing" or "optimizing" one's "experience" using the site.

 

[geckogoy]

a new tech trend I do not exactly like is where BS like excessive ads or spying cookies are called "enhancing user experience"

No its because if they know everything about you, they can feed all this data into a huge statistical model and then figure out how to move the buttons around on the website to make you happier

 

[Merton J. Dingle]

On a lighter note (as opposed to being given false legal info), when I asked Bing chat if there were any mods for other FPSes that made them have a neon retrofuture look like Blood Dragon, it literally made-up mods and eventually admitted that at least one particular mod did not exist after I questioned it enough.

 

[The Last Stand]

Why do I need to watch somebody PLAY a game to GET something for a game? It's now a thing for games to be sponsored in people's Twitch streams to unlock goodies. Why?

 

[ToroidalBoat]

the virgin "Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site."

the Chad "server not found"

(I like it when AI and computers sound like robots, not trying to sound like people.)

 

[sweater_supremacy]

the virgin "Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site."

the Chad "server not found"

(I like it when AI and computers sound like robots, not trying to sound like people.)

Agreed, I like qhe they give a technical reason instead of sacrificing specificity humanizing a fucking error message

 

[ToroidalBoat]

humanizing a fucking error message

Error messages could be annoying before, but ones in Current Year that try to sound like people are even more annoying.

Speaking of, those services over the phone they try to make sound like perky people who like going "Sorry. I didn't get that." and "I understand you want to speak to a representative, but..." can easily be very infuriating. Especially paired with incompetent service.

 

[sweater_supremacy]

Error messages were annoying before, but in Current Year they're even more annoying sounding like people.

What's also annoying is when automated services over the phone sound like perky people who like to say "Sorry. I didn't get that." and "I understand you want to speak to a representative, but...", which can be very annoying.

They might be annoying but it's helpful if it tells you what specifically went wrong yeah?

 

[User names must be unique]

Work related Password expiry. It actively harms security and is just a nuisance.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

They might be annoying but it's helpful if it tells you what specifically went wrong yeah?

Older ones are annoying because there's BS going on, but at least "SYNTAX ERROR" is better than the "Oops! Something went wrong." BS.

 

[seri0us]

Work related Password expiry. It actively harms security and is just a nuisance.

If you're not using a password manager, you're a retard!

 

[User names must be unique]

If you're not using a password manager, you're a retard!

Okay now tell that to everyone that works at the company including all the boomers who can't figure out what their personal email address is. Half of them think something is broken or they're being hacked when they get the prompt for the password change.

Like all good plans it does not survive first contact with the enemy in this case tech illiterate boomers. They're the ones that cause it to be a security risk, they're the nuisance because if they aren't breaking rules about writing down their password* they're harassing IT.

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

I'm glad it's still rather bad at actually interpreting things like legal opinions. It's good at synthesizing stuff with clear answers that are on the Internet, like "what are the elements of consumer fraud," but if you ask it for much more it starts wildly hallucinating and making things up. Like when an opinion is comparing and contrasting cases, it often can't figure out what the court's actual conclusion or reasoning is.

It's rather better already than it was even a few months ago, though it's still at the point anyone using it seriously for real law purposes should be disbarred.

It also tends to have a bias towards the user.

So if you ask if some document is wrong, it will make up 3 reasons why, but it will not say "no, this document is not wrong"

 

[Sharpeteer]

I miss when things didn't depend on an app on your phone. It's gotten to the point where certain retail stores' employees will not help you with anything, even getting something out of lockup, unless you "check in" using their mobile app. Some restaurants no longer have paper menus, and instead want you to use your phone to go to either their "menu app" or their mobile site (I finally ran into one of these) - some places are even worse and put ads in these.

I purposely keep my phone as bare bones and minimal as I can possibly get away with, and when places tell me I cannot receive any kind of customer service unless I download their app, then I can simply live without it. If a restaurant has no paper menus and requires you to download their app or look at their mobile site while I'm sitting right there in the place, then I'll just not go there, and eat somewhere else. It's really not a big deal. These are just two examples, but you get my point I think.

Sometimes I like to just not bring my phone with me when I go places. Not an unreasonable thing to do I think.