On 2025-04-03 12:16 a.m., Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote:
Indeed. As I wrote it has no actual understanding. It just combines
things based on statistics.
It is like Mark V. Shaney, the chatbot that Rob Pike and
Bruce Ellis did in the 1980s, but with enormous amounts
of computing power (and s
AIs that are wise rather than idiot-savants ought to be useful, in the way
sci-fi writers imagine.
However, statistical systems can't surpass their training, and their
training contains flaws - many, in the case of uncurated internet grabs.
And the compulsion to not admit to a lack of knowledge and
On 4/3/25 11:40, Michael Thompson via cctalk wrote:
> I wonder if the source, not just the listing is available. It would be
> interesting to build it on TOPS-10 running on a KA-10 simulated on Simh.
>
Given the extent that it was pirated in the early days, I strongly
suspect that there have been
On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 02:40:23PM -0400, Michael Thompson via cctalk wrote:
> I wonder if the source, not just the listing is available. It would be
> interesting to build it on TOPS-10 running on a KA-10 simulated on Simh.
While there have been plenty of disassemblies around, I assume this
thre
On Thu, 2025-04-03 at 10:43 -0400, Murray McCullough via cctalk wrote:
> I wonder if this helped start the microcomputer revolution, OS-side,
> or
> was this a re-hash of what already was available?
In 1972 on Univac 1108 at JPL, I developed an interactive numerical
math package, similar to but m
> On 04/03/2025 5:37 PM EDT Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On 4/3/25 14:21, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
> > At 10:22 PM 4/1/2025, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
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> > In another task where I wanted to quickly generate a text-based
> > profile of a computer's specifications and component
Murray said
> On 04/04/2025 12:43 AM AEST Murray McCullough via cctalk
> wrote:
> I wonder if this helped start the microcomputer revolution, OS-side, or
> was this a re-hash of what already was available?
>
> It's a historical event as per se but much more than that I'm not sure!
Looking thro
On 4/3/25 14:21, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
> At 10:22 PM 4/1/2025, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> In another task where I wanted to quickly generate a text-based
> profile of a computer's specifications and components, it was very
> helpful in writing a bunch of PowerShell. Did it hallucinate
On 4/3/25 16:21, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
At 10:22 PM 4/1/2025, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
Apparently, some think that within 10 years, AI will replace doctors and
teachers:
It's one thing to say that AI methods have been shown to give better
diagnoses in some situations than the humans,
> Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2025 15:20:35 -0500
> From: Doug McIntyre via cctalk
> On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 02:40:23PM -0400, Michael Thompson via cctalk wrote:
>> I wonder if the source, not just the listing is available. It would be
>> interesting to build it on TOPS-10 running on a KA-10 simulated on S
I wonder if the source, not just the listing is available. It would be
interesting to build it on TOPS-10 running on a KA-10 simulated on Simh.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 2:21 PM Murray McCullough via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I wonder if this helped start the microcomputer revolution,
At 10:22 PM 4/1/2025, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
>Apparently, some think that within 10 years, AI will replace doctors and
>teachers:
It's one thing to say that AI methods have been shown to give better
diagnoses in some situations than the humans, it's quite another to
suggest we won't need do
On Thu, Apr 03, 2025 at 12:44:47AM -0600, ben via cctalk wrote:
> On 2025-04-03 12:16 a.m., Johan Helsingius via cctalk wrote:
>
> > Indeed. As I wrote it has no actual understanding. It just combines
> > things based on statistics.
> >
> > It is like Mark V. Shaney, the chatbot that Rob Pike and
On 4/3/25 16:37, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 4/3/25 14:21, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
At 10:22 PM 4/1/2025, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
In another task where I wanted to quickly generate a text-based
profile of a computer's specifications and components, it was very
helpful in writing a
On 4/3/25 16:12, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
> As for PAs, my regular doctor was out of town, I had a rash on my side
> and went to an urgent care place, the PA there totally misdiagnosed it,
> and it got worse. Then, I went to a dermatologist, he took a sample of
> scrapings off the rash, diagno
I’ve not had good luck with any PA’s so I won’t see them.
Their diagnosis is supposed to be reviewed/approved by a real Doctor, but I
don’t think that happens like it’s supposed to.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 3, 2025, at 16:23, Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
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> On 4/3/25 16:12, Jon Els
On Thu, Apr 3, 2025, 3:51 PM Will Cooke via cctalk
wrote:
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> > On 04/03/2025 5:37 PM EDT Chuck Guzis via cctalk
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 4/3/25 14:21, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
> > > At 10:22 PM 4/1/2025, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
> >
> > > In another task where I wanted to quickly gene
On 4/3/25 02:41, Adrian Godwin via cctalk wrote:
AIs that are wise rather than idiot-savants ought to be useful, in the way
sci-fi writers imagine.
However, statistical systems can't surpass their training, and their
training contains flaws - many, in the case of uncurated internet grabs.
And the
On 4/3/25 16:37, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 4/3/25 14:21, John Foust via cctalk wrote:
At 10:22 PM 4/1/2025, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
In another task where I wanted to quickly generate a text-based
profile of a computer's specifications and components, it was very
helpful in writin
Yes.
I should have said 'any honest justification'
But if we can expect only dishonesty from their promoters, there's no
future for them.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM Doc Shipley via cctalk <
cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> On 4/3/25 02:41, Adrian Godwin via cctalk wrote:
> > AIs that are wis
I wonder if this helped start the microcomputer revolution, OS-side, or
was this a re-hash of what already was available?
It's a historical event as per se but much more than that I'm not sure!
Happy computing!
Murray 🙂
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