Initially I only saw the first one, but the entire thread is AMAZING. Personally I feel like we're just scratching the surface as to what is possible with diffusion models. Being able to gradually change images from one thing to another opens up so much possibility space, it's hard to even imagine.
We're hiring. It's miserable. My wife hangs out with fewer people under 30 than I do. I had her change "are you familiar with mac computers?" to "are you familiar with desktop computers?" because the difference between Mac and PC is a sidewalk crack compared to the canyon between a phone and something with a keyboard and mouse, and fewer and fewer people have any real experience with things with external monitors. I'm helping a kid up the street with his 3d printer and the fact that he couldn't just plug his Android tablet into it and get it to work fucking flummoxed the guy. We had a discussion about Microsoft Office and I had to say that in general, most people open Google Sheets, stare in horror and leave. There's no basic experience with any sort of productivity software of any kind. I made the point in another discussion that use of computers has most likely peaked - there was a generation that grew up with computers and computers grew up with them. Then there was a generation that grew up with smartphones and smartphones grew up with them. But both have matured to the point that anyone experiencing either for the first time does not understand how much the ease of use has improved and has absolutely no patience for the difficulties that are left. More and more, none of our patients have printers at home. It's becoming a legacy technology. Ten years from now, the majority of technological input will be conversational. Yeah you'll still type some things but if you can shout at Siri now and get close enough, 2032 AI will most likely get you loosey-goosey-close-enough to muddle through life. The world, as always, will belong to those who can execute precision when needed. That's one of the big reasons I'm fully behind UBI now - there are people who want a job from me who would be more effort to train than a FANUC robot would be to program. And the robot doesn't get wages, the robot doesn't get healthcare, the robot needs no retirement plan, and the robot comes with a depreciation schedule, and the robot is CapEx. "Siri, make me a movie about Master Chief fucking Princess Peach set in the Yu-Gi-Oh universe." Morlocks sharpen knives
The universal response to Microsoft Excel, as well. Everyone hates it, but everyone uses it. Sheets kind of sucks until you start digging around and then there's a lot surprising functionality built into it that Google goes out of their way to not tell you about. Watched the 1960 version of The Time Machine for the first time the other week. Great film!We had a discussion about Microsoft Office and I had to say that in general, most people open Google Sheets, stare in horror and leave. There's no basic experience with any sort of productivity software of any kind.
Yeah, I use google sheets for an absurd amount of things (probably too many) and the fact that it’s connected to the cloud and I can automate it with other web applications like forms, or run weekly reports is a game changer compared to excel. But I was puzzled last week when a member asked me how to connect their Linux laptop to the printer network. Probably would have figured it out, but I didn’t know Linux users left their house often enough to get laptops.