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AI is actually pretty cool.

The other problem I see with it is that providing a quick overview of the information available is making it redundant for users to go to the individual websites where that information is stored.

Human makes website, with information for visitors to bring traffic.
AI searches website.
Human sees little or no human traffic.
AI slowly consumes web so fewer and fewer humans make websites.

My son was telling me AI image generation is eating itself, too. AI makes an image of a person with 17 fingers, that image is stored somewhere on the web, another AI bot trains on it...and eventually every image of humans has too many fingers.

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AI is actually pretty cool.

I've asked it for help finding old books I remember from my childhood.

I'm on the fence about it. I like the idea of a supercomputer able to search all the world's libraries and such for answers to all kinds of questions, but I'm against coding for any kind of agency or self-aware behavior. I've never been a big believer in the climate change narrative, but believe if it hasn't been a human-caused problem in the past, it certainly will be now we're tearing up our pristine farmland to install solar and wind farms to power data centers that require more energy to run than what is used by the entire rest of the state. Why did I spend half of my life being told to drive less, use less water, recycle, etc.? All this while being openly warned it is likely to cause the extinction of humanity -and possibly all the life on the planet. Why have we spent so much time, energy and money looking for life on other planets while killing the life on this one?

IDK...but...yeah, it's fun to ask it for help finding info that otherwise seems impossible to get.

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I need help.

I'm glad you're okay!

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is this place still alive?

soco wrote:
I'm still above ground for a little while longer. Original member too.

It's good to see you!

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Any recommendations on a mini sewing machine?

BigWilly! wrote:

DragonLady wrote:
Nice!

Yeah, & it's a lot lighter than a regular sized sewing machine.. which is important when living in a camper. Ideally, I'd like to have 1 of those old Singer treadle sewing machines but lack the space for it.

Oh yes, I want one of those treadle machines, too!

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Any recommendations on a mini sewing machine?

BigWilly! wrote:
I ended up buying a used IKEA sewing machine.

Nice!

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Any recommendations on a mini sewing machine?

Janome Jem is a terrific little machine made to be portable for taking to classes. https://www.janome.com/machines/sewing/jem-gold...

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is this place still alive?

I stop by now and then.

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Advice Post

It's up to YOU. If you want to try to continue it, ask the others what they think and decide what to do from there. Stick with the same group? Start another group of your own? If you don't want to continue, let someone else take the helm and find yourself another hobby.

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Hello.

I know my reply is a bit late, but a reading that high is considered 'hypertensive crisis.' You do need to see a doctor right away.

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