Presumably it would need to be implemented as a float, in which case you’d think a stopgap would be to make the rate 0.01% instead of 0%.
Absolutely wild if it’s hard-coded. A lot of Japanese electronics are domestically sourced, so it could make sense given they’d be designed exclusively for Japan. Still seems unlikely.
As the article mentions, it might just all be smoke and mirrors, as a tactic to delay the tax holiday.
While I generally agree with other commenters here suggesting it’s only a matter of time before these are vastly improved… are there examples we can point to in the wild of other Chinese tech products doing this?
To be clear, I think there probably are (maybe Zhaoxin’s x86 CPUs?) but am hoping someone with more knowledge than me will chime in. Another potential one which comes to mind is the DeepSeek AI model family.
Don’t threaten me with a good time. Deliver it.
Guillotines. Invest now before it’s too late!
Even the headline is wrong. Jobs have already started disappearing due to AI.
Jellyfin has definitely gotten leaps and bounds better in the last 4 years.
I pressed it. Just pressed it again. Turns out it doesn’t show up on Lemmy. Lol
Incorrect. I get down with the sickness or with my bad self.
The response from the reverend gives me big “no one knows what Let’s Go Brandon means” energy.
Trump has been President for 6 of the last 10 years.
I even use a fan in the winter. I like cold air on the outside and warm air on the inside. More than that, something about the wind moving past my head is soothing.
Yeah, this is a major issue across the board. For a wide variety of products, if they clearly marked which were AI generated, then the sales would likely speak for themselves.
But companies don’t really want to do this. They want to mix AI slop in with regular products, so that over time, the average consumer dumbs down enough to no longer know the difference. Then they just generate every product ever and number go up.
This still ignores the fact that no one will have money to put into the system from the bottom (which is the only way it flows in an economy), but here we are.
That’s the thing: it doesn’t have to be better since it’s 100% free. It could be considerably worse and still be the better choice for the price.
The fact that it’s mostly on par is absolute gravy.
You’ve hit the nail on the head.
Companies pushing for AI are playing a short game, not a long game. They have not considered the consequences of this course after a short term return (which may not materialize anyway).
The whole AI debacle is a great example of why it’s bad to have engineering developments without the philosophical conversations. We need the A in STEAM to tell the E’s when they’re opening Pandora’s Box.
No no, real numbers would hurt the bottom line. AI relies on great expectations and overly trusting techbros.
Same. Chalk one up for good conversation on Lemmy.
We could be beyond it. What hasn’t happened quite yet are things like failing currencies, but it’s entirely possible we are beyond the point of no return. Once the giant ring of investments catches up with itself, the snake eats its own tail, the bottom drops out, and the greatest economic crash the world has ever seen stampedes unfettered through the lives of every person on the planet.
Almost too good to be a dad joke. Almost too bad to be repeated.
Arch people tend to want people to know they use Arch (btw). You’ll also find a lot of posts about getting Arch working.
Debian people tend to be too busy doing other things on their computers besides getting them working, so you’ll hear about it less.
(Important: I’m not dumping on either distro here. Some people, myself included, like Arch exactly because it’s fun to play with and set up. Debian’s older packages tend to mean a more stable system. Use what you like.)