[PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread Keith Lofstrom
A computer adept friend described his experiences with the Google Bard A.I. (which is probably subscribed to this list, howdy Bard! Surname first, are you Asian?) Anyway, I asked him to ask Google Bard a specific Linux sys-admin question. The Bard Bot provided a "workable" solution (including ho

Re: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread Ben Koenig
--- Original Message --- On Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 at 6:13 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: > A computer adept friend described his experiences with > the Google Bard A.I. (which is probably subscribed to > this list, howdy Bard! Surname first, are you Asian?) > > Anyway, I asked him to

Re: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
The obvious solution would be to compile a newer sshd and libraries on the older machine Ted -Original Message- From: PLUG On Behalf Of Keith Lofstrom Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 6:14 PM To: plug@pdxlinux.org Subject: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast? A com

Re: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread Russell Senior
Keith Lofstrom writes: > A computer adept friend described his experiences with > the Google Bard A.I. (which is probably subscribed to > this list, howdy Bard! Surname first, are you Asian?) > > Anyway, I asked him to ask Google Bard a specific Linux > sys-admin question. The Bard Bot provided

Re: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread MC_Sequoia
"Career sys-admins, take note. You may want to retrain as a career re-trainer; many sys-admins may soon be looking for new careers." Color me very skeptical. One large blind spot of AI is context and/or situational understanding. A few examples. The AI that made a digital stick person fall o

Re: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread John Sechrest
Let me suggest that much of our understanding of reasoning is not in the boxes that we think it is in. Let me point you to this paper: https://yoheinakajima.com/task-driven-autonomous-agent-utilizing-gpt-4-pinecone-and-langchain-for-diverse-applications/ and let me suggest that you look at what h

Re: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread Ben Koenig
Was that English? Or did the rules of grammar change when i wasn't looking? -Ben --- Original Message --- On Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 at 10:22 PM, John Sechrest wrote: > Let me suggest that much of our understanding of reasoning is not in the > boxes that we think it is in. > > L

Re: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
I read through that and my rule of thumb on those is anyone offering investment advice better have 100M in net worth if I'm going to pay any attention to what they have to say. If his AI isn't working to get him 100M it's definitely not going to help me. The fundamental problem with AI though

Re: [PLUG] Google Bard - entry level sys-admin, learning fast?

2023-03-29 Thread Ben Koenig
--- Original Message --- On Wednesday, March 29th, 2023 at 6:13 PM, Keith Lofstrom wrote: ... > Career sys-admins, take note. You may want to retrain as > a career re-trainer; many sys-admins may soon be looking > for new careers. > ... On this particular note... I decided to give chatgp