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[Dino]

Just like human beings, the quality of an AI answer might depend on the quality of the AI you consult.

ChatGPT 4o answer:

I've consulted AI on having our driveway, sidewalks, and reinforced concrete front steps redone, buying a $1M 62-year-old house in Austin, Texas, and the risks and x-ray exposure of having a coronary ablation done because of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). I double-check the answers against what bidding contractors say, real estate agents say, and my doctors say. It's given excellent results. So, YMMV, and the AI I've used (all paid subscriptions) say an AI answer may be wrong. If it's important, carefully check the information. It's the future, and it's going to put many not-so-creative humans out of work if they don't up their game. The Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry were given this year for ground-breaking advances in AI leading to generative AI and leading to predicting protein folding only from the primary amino acid sequence or the DNA-encoding sequence of a protein, but also for AI methodology for novel designer proteins never invented by nature that can be conceived with the help of AI.

I was particularly impressed with ChatGPT's discussion of how regions of my heart to be ablated could be mapped, the chances of success, my equivalent whole body dose of radiation, and the increase in my lifetime risk of cancer as a result. It agreed with what my doctors had vaguely described to me but was much more clearly and thoroughly presented to me (and I know as well a bit about the physics and biology to begin with as a double check on what the AI is telling me).

I had the ablation done about 30 years ago, at the time only one doctor in middle TN performed the surgery, pretty much experimental (I was actually awake (sedated) during the procedure). Now I am in my mid 60's and very glad I had it done then. My son had it done about 15 years ago in his late 20's. I am pretty sure my grandfather would have benefited from it if it had been available. Hope everything goes well.

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[Caliber357x]

Sorry some were "mocking" you, we've all been in your boat when we got our first EV. The world has its share of unsympathetic and insensitive people, and forums are no exception. Some topics get the lions share of controversy and scorn. You just learned that range is one of them I guess. Chin up, and carry on.

After having my first EV for a few months (I first got my 2012 Nissan Leaf back in Dec 2011) I learned that the range estimate displayed on the dash is just an estimate, and people referred to it as a "guess-o-meter."

The computation of the range estimate is based on a number of things, none of them exactly knowable (like Plato's shadows on the wall parable). The most significant one seems to be the most recent driving data. So if you drive like I do, slow accelerations and stops, local roads no highway, you'll get a high range estimate. But if I head on on the highway looking for adventure my range estimate will drop precipitously because I am using energy faster than before.

Anyway, now after 13 plus years of EV experience, I basically ignore the estimated range and focus on the mile per kWh, knowing that my 80% state of charge in my relatively new truck will get me there and back.

I have the SR battery. It is rated at 98kWh energy capacity at 100%. I generally don't charge to more than 80% (80% is about 78.4kWh) and I avoid discharging more than 50% points (down to about 30% or 29.4kWh) before recharging (both of those practices supposedly extend battery lifespan according to experts).

I know I get about 2.7 miles per kWh in Winter here in relatively mild northern Virginia. If I stick with my plan, using no more than 78.4-29.4=49kWh (the 80% to 30%), I can go 2.7 x 49 = 132.3 miles.

Since I just drive locally, that is plenty, so I never worry about range, and just enjoy driving the Lightning without stressing.

Take care.

Thoughtful answer, and I wish I got 2.7mi/kWh - I was in DC but now live in the mountains of WV and this winter I get between 1.5-1.8 on good days. I charge to 90% at home except for trips into the city, as this seems to be what Ford recommends.

 

[chl]

Just like human beings, the quality of an AI answer might depend on the quality of the AI you consult.

ChatGPT 4o answer:

I've consulted AI on having our driveway, sidewalks, and reinforced concrete front steps redone, buying a $1M 62-year-old house in Austin, Texas, and the risks and x-ray exposure of having a coronary ablation done because of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). I double-check the answers against what bidding contractors say, real estate agents say, and my doctors say. It's given excellent results. So, YMMV, and the AI I've used (all paid subscriptions) say an AI answer may be wrong. If it's important, carefully check the information. It's the future, and it's going to put many not-so-creative humans out of work if they don't up their game. The Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry were given this year for ground-breaking advances in AI leading to generative AI and leading to predicting protein folding only from the primary amino acid sequence or the DNA-encoding sequence of a protein, but also for AI methodology for novel designer proteins never invented by nature that can be conceived with the help of AI.

I was particularly impressed with ChatGPT's discussion of how regions of my heart to be ablated could be mapped, the chances of success, my equivalent whole body dose of radiation, and the increase in my lifetime risk of cancer as a result. It agreed with what my doctors had vaguely described to me but was much more clearly and thoroughly presented to me (and I know as well a bit about the physics and biology to begin with as a double check on what the AI is telling me).

I typed in: "Ford f-150 Lightning drive modes" to the google search engine and got the non-sense from their AI.

All AI is not created equal as you note, some well trained AI has come up with 'novel' proteins and so forth, and is analyzing all sorts of problems much faster than any one or even a group of humans could, because the AI database has the collective knowledge of thousands of minds, over thousands of years.

The old saying in computer engineering used to be "garbage in, garbage out."

The importance of accurate unbiased information in the AI database is critical.

Humans have biases, and fields of human knowledge, even sciences, have rigid dogma sometimes, and that often prevents the acceptance of new ideas or breakthroughs (the idea that prions, aberrant proteins, could transmit/cause neurodegenerative diseases, such as Mad Cow, Scrapie, Kuru, CJD, etc. was met with ridicule at first, for example).

Training AI without instilling such biases and dogma is an important challenge and I wonder if we are up to the task?

A lot of potential there, for both good and bad.

The google AI has been ridiculed before, and hasn't gotten much better as far as I have seen, so not surprising it got the drive modes info wrong.

I wholeheartedly agree with checking and double checking things, esp. anything that comes up in an Internet search. I've been worked in the field of patents since 1985, first as a patent examiner and then as a patent attorney since 1990, and researching both technology and the law are critical in the field.

AI has crept into the legal profession with some unfortunate results, like the brief that an attorney filed that cited, and quoted, non-existent cases. The AI made it all up! Even ChatGPT was inventive, in a bad way!

Google's AI tells me these are examples:


Examples

• Michael Cohen
  Former personal lawyer for Donald Trump, Cohen used Google Bard to generate fake case citations. He believed the citations were real and that his lawyer would fact check them.
  

• Brandon Monk
  A lawyer from Beaumont, Texas, cited two nonexistent cases in a federal court filing. He was fined $2,000 and required to take a class on the use of AI in legal work.
  
  
• Steven Schwartz
  A New York lawyer used ChatGPT to research a legal brief and included six non-existent court decisions. He asked a federal judge not to sanction him.
  
  
• Thad Guyer
  A lawyer in a whistleblower suit in Virginia used AI tools to create incorrect case citations and quotes. He asked a federal judge not to impose sanctions

If this were a legal filing, I would double check those examples, but since this is a casual post on social media, and it is past my bed time, I will be lazy and keep my fingers crossed they are accurate.

But "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that" HAL 9000.

"It was supposed to protect us, but that's not what happened," SkyNet.

What could go wrong?

 

[chl]

Thoughtful answer, and I wish I got 2.7mi/kWh - I was in DC but now live in the mountains of WV and this winter I get between 1.5-1.8 on good days. I charge to 90% at home except for trips into the city, as this seems to be what Ford recommends.

I'm sure the up and down of mountain roads takes a toll on efficiency, but it sure makes up for that with scenic views!

 

[chl]

I had the ablation done about 30 years ago, at the time only one doctor in middle TN performed the surgery, pretty much experimental (I was actually awake (sedated) during the procedure). Now I am in my mid 60's and very glad I had it done then. My son had it done about 15 years ago in his late 20's. I am pretty sure my grandfather would have benefited from it if it had been available. Hope everything goes well.

Yes, hope so too.

Some of my work was in the area of pacemaker patents, rewriting and filing in the US translated German patent applications for a German inventor. Very interesting stuff.

And in the 1990's my dad had an then experimental pacemaker that also gave electrical shocks to treat his arrhythmias...unfortunately all the shocking of the heart seemed to make things worse, and eventually it basically killed him. The shocks were happening multiple times a minute at the end, when the doctors turned it off, he died. It was a difficult thing to witness.

Recently my wife has been undergoing treatment for APML (a very survivable, even curable, form of leukemia) that involves infusions of a form of arsenic and taking a form of Vitamin A in pill form for about 8 months. One thing they have to watch out for is a lengthening of the Q-T interval, but so far, so good.

Fingers crossed.

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