Yes, that wording is itself funny, but AFAIK all LLM engines have similar disclaimers, refusing any liability whatsoever, use at your own risk, always verify independently, etc, which is equivalent for practical purposes.
I also hate it. Itās made even worse by the proliferation of cold openers to hook you in.
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Yes thatās why itās baked into the whole operating system, including precision critical software like Excel and presented as a magic know-it-all tool 
On my phone when I open a short video using m.youtube.com, the comment button is very often click-through, which makes the video resume playing even like ā¦ three times in a row
People being silly because they donāt know what on earth theyāre talking about, mostly.
(To clarify: managers pushing their teams to waste money on āAIā is who Iām talking about)
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Goodhartās Law
Well, it doesnāt especially annoy me. I just take it for what it is.
I have installed browser extensions on all my devices that entirely hide YouTube shorts. A few seconds just isnāt enough time to convey any meaningful information.
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That makes sense, I think the shorts are like potato chips for the brain. I usually bike, but when I take public transportation I am amazed at seeing how teenagers can spend their time scrolling through these, devoting 1-2s of attention to each. My brain would turn into mush.
Whatās the extension? I found several but would rather install the one you found useful.
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I use the Brave browser for YouTube on my laptop as it removes all ads and any related glitches that sometimes show up with alternatives. I just discovered after seeing the post above by @bastibe that it also has a YouTube shorts blocker built in without need for an extension. Itās in the settings. Not sure it makes much difference for me as I also have Youtube history turned off so I donāt get any recommendations, though I think on mobile where I use Vivaldi for Youtube (I think for some reason Brave wasnāt as effective as blocking ads there), I still get shorts so will look to see if that has a relevant setting.
Edit: Blocking shorts does make a difference on the YouTube subscription page on the laptop. Thatās useful as I have found myself in a loop of watching comedy clips (Iāve seen most of them already by now, anyway) for too long. Thanks @bastibe !
But canāt block them on the phone with Vivaldi settings. Maybe need an extension or see if Brave works better now.
Theirs do, too.
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Hereās my list of extensions in Firefox mobile, where Iām typing these words:
You can tell that decrapping Youtube is a very important part of my browser experience. Now that I found UnTrap, I can probably remove the Hide Shorts extension.
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I am tickled and foolishly delighted that I now have a somewhat Windows XP style Start menu!
The latest Win11 updates have made the already monstrous Win11 start menu even worseā¦ on the plus side it pushed me to find Open-Shell which Iām very pleased about
(Edit - yes I know I could just go with Linux, but I donāt have the motivation, energy or resources to make everything work 
)
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This is basically why I have Linux only on secondary computers for fun
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Pretty! Man those were the days. I remember pimping my user account with that silver theme. Also reminds me of the KDE theme aeroplasma which is just looks right IMHO.
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I know right 
I can almost smell the specific plastic of the laptop my parents had in 2005ā¦
Edit - I just looked this up - thatās actually really cool! Itās funny how attached one can get to a UI even when itās sometimes rubbish
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Over the last few days, I listened to the Color Mentor Podcastās interview with Troy Sobotka, the author of AgX:
Well worth a listen, if you have a few hours to spare! (Both episodes start with an introduction by the host, which is best watched on YouTube, as itās very visual. After that, the interview itself does not require video.)
Oh, I just noticed they have an interview with Charles Poynton as well! I must add that to my inbox right away! (Share to NewPipe, download audio into a directory that AntennaPod reads as a podcast)
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There is also in introductory interview (āpre-interviewā) part to those two Sobotka interview parts. It is posted in writing to shorten the videos: (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/jaute657ixv9sfw9cyh3y/EP0005_TROY-SOBOKTA_PART_1.zip?e=3&file_subpath=%2F2024_09_26_COLOR+MENTOR+PODCAST_PRE+INTERVIEW+QUESTIONS_TROY+SOBOKTA_01.pdf&rlkey=1q4v43fg59d1kbkfoj6vxr1pm&dl=0)
41 pages long, but interesting read.
EDIT: The interviews with Troy in the videos are illustrated, so only listening to the interviews, as bastibe suggests, may not be optimal.
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This is real. Not in a sense to track token usage, but demonstrate how you are using ai to be more effective. Eg. Writing skills that are shared and used by the team, automate complex reporting (think of complex supply chain), manage projects using ai (develop schedule, track actions, develop ppt slides). In a matter of months, I no longer see the ability to handle my workload without access to Claude. I also see the need to reduce head count in the future because of the efficiency gains.
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