TorstenTyp

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ChatGPT's market share slips below 50% for first time in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago

My two cents on the matter is that LLMs are incredibly useful, but I would never use it to that end. I never ask about facts or use it as a search engine. Sure, use it as a springboard if you don’t know where to start or what to search for, or maybe to find the right link to a website. But directly relying on it for information is risky, whatever the model. Maybe this is the reason our experiences seem to differ.

ChatGPT's market share slips below 50% for first time in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I see, that’s about the time they all got so good that I stopped trying to keep up with the latest benchmarks. It works perfectly for my needs so I definitely wouldn’t dismiss it for anyone wanting to switch to a European alternative.

ChatGPT's market share slips below 50% for first time in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 2 points 1 month ago (7 children)

I’m curious as to why you say that? I use Le Chat and to me it feels exactly like ChatGPT or Claude, it can code well, translate, search online, everything.

How the plastic bottle cap became a parable for the value of EU regulation | Alberto Alemanno in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 1 points 2 months ago

Mad respect to you, unfathomable to me that people would litter in nature.

Old skool in c/trippinthroughtime@lemmy.ca
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Don’t trust them blindly, I tested one by submitting a very obviously generated image and it came back as 99% probability of being real.

"Cold Haven" an Icelandic-Portuguese crime series just premiered. Which European co-productions are you watching these days? in c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Maybe not ”these days” but I can recommend Bron/Broen to everyone, it’s an amazing swedish-danish crime series.

I searched `CachyOS vs Fedora` on YouTube and all I found was AI Slop 🙄 in c/linux@programming.dev
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 9 points 4 months ago

I would pay for this.

My quest to embrace European tech has improved my life in c/buyfromeu@feddit.org
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I couldn’t agree more. And as a citizen of a huge arms exporting country (Sweden), my hope is that the same revelation will apply in this sector too: choosing EU is a quality upgrade.

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My quest to embrace European tech has improved my life (feddit.nu)
 

I recently switched database solution for my hobby project from Microsoft Azure to Scaleway. I did this purely out of ideological conviction and I was even prepared to pay a bit more for a European service.

That turned out to not be the case. My monthly bill went from around 6€ to 1,3€. The performance was equally as good, if not better (I haven't tested, just going off of feel) and the setup was very smooth.

This really made me think, and I began to reflect on all the other changes I’ve made and how they’ve turned out to be improvements - even though that wasn’t what motivated me to switch.

My old laptop was very slow and laggy. I wiped it clean from Windows and installed Linux Mint. Now it’s like it’s brand new, I’ve come to rely on shortcuts and features that don’t exist in Windows and I love how all the unnecessary resource draining bloat is gone.

My search engine, Startpage, gives me what I’m looking for, not AI summaries where my question was misunderstood or just straight up hallucinations.

And for all of the services where the European alternative wasn’t noticeably better (Proton mail, Le Chat, DeepL, etc) they’ve been just as good - only more privacy respecting. I haven’t replaced everything yet, and I expect some things to be difficult, but thus far I can honestly say that I don’t feel like I have made any sacrifices.

I feel like I’ve been subject to some psychological fallacy where I’ve assumed that the most popular alternative is the best and it’s been eye-opening to realize it’s simply not true.

I’m curious about your experiences, can you relate to this?

I've had this puzzle on my phone for years. Every few months I'd glance at it and try and solve it. Last night, as I was eating dinner, I finally figured out the answer! in c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world
[–] TorstenTyp@feddit.nu 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah, typo is short for typographical error. I’v never realized that before.