Posts by insanehound

How to coax ChatGPT into making better predictions: Get it to tell tales from the future

"Other researchers have shown similar interest in AI models for forecasting. One study from last year found "that GPT-4 significantly underperforms in real-world predictive tasks compared to median human-crowd forecasts." Others have found AI models show promise for stock market investment."

I'm sure the median human can outperform Gartner and their Ilk. I wonder how GPTs perform against these 'experts'

It's the flu season – FluBot, that is: Surge of info-stealing Android malware detected

Re: "written in Finnish [..] without Scandinavian letters"

No. it doesn't "serve 'em right!"

The victim of a crime is never to blame. Unfortunately the average joe is not interested in tech news, so doesn't even read the warning or news stories about these attacks

More than a billion hopelessly vulnerable Android gizmos in the wild that no longer receive security updates – research

the mobile operators don't care

"Compounding the problem is the proliferation of older devices on sites like Amazon, where they're sold by third parties. The mag bought a handful of phones – including the Motorola X, Sony Xperia Z2, and Samsung Galaxy A5 2017"

it worse people like giffgaff pushing recycling old devices heavily at the moment currently sell refurbished phones, eg

https://www.giffgaff.com/mobile-phones/samsung/samsung-galaxy-s6/refurbished

Samsung Galaxy S6 at a glance

5.1" Quad HD 577ppi, Super AMOLED screen

Octa-core processor (quad 2.1GHz & quad 1.5GHz)

2,550 mAh battery

Android 5.0 Lollipop

16MP back camera and 5MP front camera

Samsung Pay

Wireless charging

4G-ready