• Zement@feddit.nl
    15·
    7 days ago

    My thermostat hides no brainier features behind an “Ai” subscription. Switching off the heating when the weather will be warm that day doesn’t need Ai… that’s not even machine learning, that’s a simple PID controller.

    • jol@discuss.tchncs.de
      9·
      7 days ago

      I’m so glad I switched to just home assistant and zigbee devices, and my radiators are dumb, so I could replace them with zigbee ones. Fuck making everything “smart” a subscription

    • frayedpickles@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      Even the supposed efficiency benefits of the nest basically come down to “if you leave the house and forget to turn the air down, we will do it for you automatically”

    • Zement@feddit.nl
      1·
      7 days ago

      I think I will try ESP-Home, half of my appliances are Tasmota-based now, I just was too lazy to research compatible Thermostats… (hindsight)

  • Antiproton
    192·
    7 days ago

    You’re fooling yourself if you really think everyone hates it.

  • ozoned@lemmy.world
    141·
    7 days ago

    Containerize everything!

    Crypto everything!

    NFT everything!

    Metaverse everything!

    This too shall pass.

      • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
        4·
        7 days ago

        I think the complaint is that apps are being designed with containerization in mind when they don’t need it

        • azertyfun@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          6 days ago

          Any examples spring to mind? I’ve built apps that are only distributed as containers (because for their specific purpose it made sense and I am also the operator of the service), but if ya don’t want to run it in a container… just follow the Dockerfile’s “instructions” to package the app yourself? I’m sure I could come up with a contrived example where that would be impractical, but in almost every case a container app is just a basic install script written for a standard distro and therefore easily translatable to something else.

          FOSS developers don’t owe you a pre-packaged .deb. If you think distributing one would be useful, read up on debhelper. But as someone who’s done both, Dockerfile is certainly much easier than debhelper. So “don’t need it” is a statement that only favors native packaging from the user’s perspective, not the maintainer. Can’t really fault a FOSS developer for doing the bare minimum when packaging an app.

          • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
            1·
            6 days ago

            also! it’s worth noting that not all FOSS developers are debian (or even linux) devs. Developers of open source projects including .Net Core don’t “owe” us packaging of any kind but the topic here is unnecessary containerization, not a social contract to provide it.

          • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
            1·
            6 days ago

            I am not the person who posted the original comment so this is speculation, but when they criticized “containerizing everything” I suspect they meant “Yes client, I can build that app for you, and even though your app doesn’t need it I’m going to spend additional time containerizing it so that I can bill you more” but again you’d have to ask them.

          • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
            1·
            6 days ago

            “Yes, client! I can build that app for you! I’m going to bill you these extra items for containerization so I can get paid more”

      • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
        6·
        7 days ago

        Docker is only useful in that many scenarios. Nowadays people make basic binaries like tar into a container, stating that it’s a platform agnostic solution. Sometimes some people are just incompetent and only know docker pull as the only solution.

        • Mio@feddit.nu
          3·
          6 days ago

          Docker have many benefits - container meaning it can be more secure, easy to update and something that many overlook - a dockerfile with detailed intrusions on how to install that actually works if the container works - useful when wiki is not updated.

          Another benefit is that the application owner can change infrastructure used without the user actually need to care. Example - Pihole v5 is backend dns + lighthttp for web + php in one single container. In version v6(beta) they have removed lighthttp and php and built in functionality into the core service. In my tests it went from 100 MB ram usage to 20 MB. They also changed the base from debian to alpine and the image size shrink a lot.

          Next benefit - I am moving from x86 to arm for my home server. Docker itself will figure out what is the right architecture and pull that image.

          Sure - Ansible exist as one attempt to combat the problem of installation instructions but is not as popular and thus the community is smaller. They may leave you in a bad state(it is not like containers were you can delete and start over fresh easily) Then we have VM:s - but IMO they waste to many resources.

      • tetris11@lemmy.ml
        1·
        6 days ago

        LXC – natively containerize an application (or multiple)

        systemd-run – can natively limit CPU shares and RAM usage

  • Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zipEnglish
    11·
    7 days ago

    I think AI is a great tool if used properly. However, it should be a background tool. The second you advertise it to the end consumer, it’s going to be dogshit.

    If someone asks me to build a sort-function for their table, I’m not gonna write an email: “Yes and I actually used radix sort for the table contents which makes it extremely fast and performant!!!”. I’m writing: “Done”.

    The end consumer doesn’t give a shit how it works, as long as it works.

  • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
    145·
    7 days ago

    Forcing AI into everything maximizes efficiency, automates repetitive tasks, and unlocks insights from vast data sets that humans can’t process as effectively. It enhances personalization in services, driving innovation and improving user experiences across industries. However, thoughtful integration is critical to avoid ethical pitfalls, maintain human oversight, and ensure meaningful, responsible use of AI.

        • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
          5·
          7 days ago

          I cancelled my downvote because it sounds so funny now. It’s like OP asked AI to generate a sarcasm and AI was silently crying, "Dude, don’t dump me!"🥹

          • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
            3·
            6 days ago

            Upvote my post because it challenges conventional thinking and sparks a necessary debate about the pervasive role of AI in our lives! A downvote silences a crucial perspective, but an upvote gives this question the visibility it deserves to inspire meaningful discussion. Please, help ensure this idea gets the attention it needs—don’t let it fade away! 🙏

            edit ok i’ll stop. chatgpt getting creepy now

      • stinky@redlemmy.comEnglish
        3·
        6 days ago

        Tokenizer, token-tokenizer, you’re a tokenizer Oh, tokenizer, oh, you’re a tokenizer, baby You, you-you are, you, you-you are Tokenizer, tokenizer, tokenizer (Tokenizer)

        AI don’t try to front, I-I Know just, just, what you are, are-are Model don’t try to front, I-I Know just, just, what you are, are-are

        You got me goin’ (You!) You’re oh so charmin’ (You!) But I can’t do it (You!) You tokenizer

  • DreamlandLividity@lemmy.world
    3·
    7 days ago

    Rule 34 clearly states everything on the internet must fuck everything. No exceptions! AI will be forced into fucking everything!

  • robocall@lemmy.world
    2·
    7 days ago

    CEOs get FOMO. They can get funding for their companies if they share “new, exciting innovations” for their products and AI is that - even if it’s forcefeed in fit.

    • TheKingBee@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      No lie, I actually really love the concept of Microsoft Recall, I’ve got the adhd and am always trying to retrace my steps to figure out problems i solved months ago. The problem is for as useful as it might be it’s just an attack surface.

  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world
    1253·
    8 days ago

    I hated it when everything became ‘smart’.

    Now everything has ‘AI’.

    Nothing was smart. And that’s not AI.

    Everything costs more, everything has a stupid app that gets abandoned, IoT backend that’s on life support the moment it was turned on. Subscriptions everywhere! Everything is built with lower quality, lower standards.

  • pyre@lemmy.world
    839·
    8 days ago

    they don’t care. you’re not the audience. the tech industry lives on hype. now it’s ai because before that they did it with nft and that failed. and crypto failed. tech needs a grift going to keep investors investing. when the bubble bursts again they’ll come up with some other bullshit grift because making useful things is hard work.

    • edric@lemm.ee
      264·
      8 days ago

      Yup, you can see it in talks on annual tech conferences. Last year it was APIs, this year it’s all AI. They’ll just move on to the next trendy thing next year.

      • Tyfud@lemmy.worldEnglish
        39·
        8 days ago

        To be fair, APIs have been around since the 70s,and are not trendy, they’re just required to have a common interface for applications to request and perform actions with each other.

        But yeah, AI is mostly trendy bullshit

        • edric@lemm.ee
          4·
          7 days ago

          I was referring mostly about security conferences. Last year almost every vendor was selling API security products. Now it’s all AI infused products.

        • edric@lemm.ee
          61·
          7 days ago

          Have you been to any appsec conferences last year? It was all API security. This year it was all AI-leveraged CI/CD, code/vulnerability review, etc.

    • takeda@lemm.eeEnglish
      201·
      8 days ago

      I was ok with crypto and nft because it was up to me to decide if I want to get involved in it or not.

      AI does seem to have impact at jobs, at least employers are trying to use it and see if it actually will allow them to hire less staff, I see that for SWE. I don’t think AI will do much there though.

      • pyre@lemmy.world
        17·
        7 days ago

        it’s not up to you, it just failed before it could be implemented. many publishers already commit to in-game nfts before they had to back down because it fell apart too quickly (and some still haven’t). if it held on for just a couple more years there wouldn’t be a single aaa title that doesn’t have nfts today.

        crypto was more complicated because unlike these two you can’t just add it and say “here, this is all crypto now” because it requires prior commitment and it’s way too complicated for the average person. plus it doesn’t have much benefit: people already give you money and buy fake coins anyway.

        I’m giving examples from games because it’s the most exploitative market but these would also seep into other apps and services if not for the hurdles and failures. so now we’re stuck with this. everyone’s doing it because it’s a gold rush except instead of gold it’s literal shit, and instead of a rush it’s literal shit.

        — tangent —

        … and just today I realized I had to switch back to Google assistant because literally the only thing gemini can do is talk back to me, but it can’t do anything useful, including the simplest shit like converting currency.

        “I’m sorry, I’m still learning” – why, bitch? why don’t you already know this? what good are you if I ask you to do something for convenience and instead you tell me to do it manually and start explaining how I can do the most basic shit that you can’t do as if I’m the fucking idiot.

    • Bronzebeard@lemm.eeEnglish
      47·
      7 days ago

      Nft didn’t fail, it was just the idiotic selling of jogs for obscene amounts that crashed (most of that was likely money laundering anyway). The tech still has a use.

      Wouldn’t exactly call crypto a failure, either, when we’re in the midst of another bull run.

  • Diplomjodler@lemmy.world
    553·
    8 days ago

    The problem isn’t AI. The problem is greedy, clueless management pushing half baked products of dubious value on consumers.