Reel Repair by Alan Tani

Quote from: oldmanjoe on June 17, 2026, 08:31:24 PM  I am not saying this to be mean ,or defending A I , but I have learned a lot about the history of these company `s and marketing . And who bought and sold many times over .

I also have gained knowledge with AI, and more importantly —- it helps me find a direction for further research and refinement of a particular question or subject.

To me, sort of like a compass —- it gives a direction to start a journey or a trek.

But even a compass is not always accurate —- and needs an adjustment.

For instance, when I am plotting a flight plan to file with ATC (Air Traffic Control) —- depending on where my flight is originating from —- there is always an adjustment between True North to Magnetic North —- generally 12° to 13° —- depending on the initial starting point.

Same with AI —- I automatically assume it could be off 10% to 50% in most cases.  So I delve deeper to find exactly what I am looking for.  But it saved me a lot of time, and pointed me in a right direction.

AI is not intelligence — it is merely a tool, like a computer, tablet, iPhone, etc..

I have been using Duck-Duck-Go AI —- it doesn't track or hijack your personal questions or information.

Works for me...

Best Regards, Fred

I learned from this thread that avet was started by Armenians and that
1. Makes me want one a bit more (I'm half Armenian)
And
2. Helps me understand their reputation for being slow with parts.

Quote from: oldmanjoe on June 17, 2026, 08:31:24 PM  I am not saying this to be mean ,or defending A I , but I have learned a lot about the history of these company `s and marketing . And who bought and sold many times over .

The trouble is that clearly at least some of the information is complete and utter hogwash; the invention of a statistical model doing its best to provide comprehensible output without any actual "knowledge" underneath it.
If we hold as true that some of the information is useless, how can we trust any of the rest of it? There will be parts that we already know and can thereby confirm are true, but then we aren't learning anything new. Anything else can't be trusted unless we go and personally confirm it with sources we trust, at which point what was the use of the AI output in the first place?

AI is incredibly useful and powerful, like in coding where it either produces code that works and does what you wanted it to, or it does not, and it is very easy to tell whether it did it correctly or not. Or to use it as a seed for independent research, per Fred. If you can't evaluate whether the output of an AI is correct or not it is worse than useless, because it will confidently state things that are total fabrications, and lead you to believe something completely untrue.

Because a lot of people don't understand this, I genuinely believe that the widespread availability of AI is making people stupider.