Date: 18/12/2022 09:48:18
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1968639
Subject: Hype detector

My BS detector is working just fine.
My Morton’s demon detector is improving.

But my hype detector is malfunctioning badly.

Please supply me with examples of hype to help me recalibrate it.

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Date: 18/12/2022 09:50:03
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1968640
Subject: re: Hype detector

mollwollfumble said:


My BS detector is working just fine.
My Morton’s demon detector is improving.

But my hype detector is malfunctioning badly.

Please supply me with examples of hype to help me recalibrate it.

Sure:

“My BS detector is working just fine.”

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Date: 18/12/2022 09:50:03
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1968641
Subject: re: Hype detector

mollwollfumble said:


My BS detector is working just fine.
My Morton’s demon detector is improving.

But my hype detector is malfunctioning badly.

Please supply me with examples of hype to help me recalibrate it.

Sure:

“My BS detector is working just fine.”

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Date: 18/12/2022 10:01:33
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1968645
Subject: re: Hype detector

mollwollfumble said:


My BS detector is working just fine.
My Morton’s demon detector is improving.

But my hype detector is malfunctioning badly.

Please supply me with examples of hype to help me recalibrate it.

If I binge “hype examples” the first two pages don’t come up with a single hype example.

But I’d say just about any publicity related to AI will be a good example of hype.

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Date: 18/12/2022 10:04:15
From: SCIENCE
ID: 1968646
Subject: re: Hype detector

https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/16467/

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Date: 18/12/2022 10:05:00
From: Tamb
ID: 1968647
Subject: re: Hype detector

The Rev Dodgson said:


mollwollfumble said:

My BS detector is working just fine.
My Morton’s demon detector is improving.

But my hype detector is malfunctioning badly.

Please supply me with examples of hype to help me recalibrate it.

If I binge “hype examples” the first two pages don’t come up with a single hype example.

But I’d say just about any publicity related to AI will be a good example of hype.

Not sure which category for this but I’m sure you will decide:

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Date: 18/12/2022 10:07:31
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1968650
Subject: re: Hype detector

Did a search on chatGPT and found:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/what-is-chatgpt-and-why-does-it-matter-heres-what-you-need-to-know/

which all things considered is actually pretty hype free (although it does use the M word).

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Date: 18/12/2022 10:08:47
From: The Rev Dodgson
ID: 1968651
Subject: re: Hype detector

Tamb said:


The Rev Dodgson said:

mollwollfumble said:

My BS detector is working just fine.
My Morton’s demon detector is improving.

But my hype detector is malfunctioning badly.

Please supply me with examples of hype to help me recalibrate it.

If I binge “hype examples” the first two pages don’t come up with a single hype example.

But I’d say just about any publicity related to AI will be a good example of hype.

Not sure which category for this but I’m sure you will decide:

Excellent example :)

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Date: 18/12/2022 11:08:44
From: transition
ID: 1968664
Subject: re: Hype detector

mollwollfumble said:


My BS detector is working just fine.
My Morton’s demon detector is improving.

But my hype detector is malfunctioning badly.

Please supply me with examples of hype to help me recalibrate it.

dunno, watch some vacuum cleaner advertising, something like that

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Date: 18/12/2022 11:12:16
From: Peak Warming Man
ID: 1968665
Subject: re: Hype detector

transition said:


mollwollfumble said:

My BS detector is working just fine.
My Morton’s demon detector is improving.

But my hype detector is malfunctioning badly.

Please supply me with examples of hype to help me recalibrate it.

dunno, watch some vacuum cleaner advertising, something like that

Oh yes, or any Tony Barber ad.

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Date: 18/12/2022 11:13:06
From: Tamb
ID: 1968666
Subject: re: Hype detector

transition said:


mollwollfumble said:

My BS detector is working just fine.
My Morton’s demon detector is improving.

But my hype detector is malfunctioning badly.

Please supply me with examples of hype to help me recalibrate it.

dunno, watch some vacuum cleaner advertising, something like that


Evaporative cooler ads.

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Date: 18/12/2022 11:14:16
From: roughbarked
ID: 1968667
Subject: re: Hype detector

Tamb said:

Evaporative cooler ads.

Do you get those up there?

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Date: 18/12/2022 11:16:52
From: Tamb
ID: 1968669
Subject: re: Hype detector

roughbarked said:


Tamb said:

Evaporative cooler ads.

Do you get those up there?


I actually own a DeLonghi evap cooler.
On the Tableland the humidity is often quite low so the cooler works well.

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Date: 18/12/2022 11:23:58
From: roughbarked
ID: 1968671
Subject: re: Hype detector

Tamb said:


roughbarked said:

Tamb said:

Evaporative cooler ads.

Do you get those up there?


I actually own a DeLonghi evap cooler.
On the Tableland the humidity is often quite low so the cooler works well.

:)

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Date: 18/12/2022 12:33:09
From: mollwollfumble
ID: 1968700
Subject: re: Hype detector

The Rev Dodgson said:


Tamb said:

The Rev Dodgson said:

If I binge “hype examples” the first two pages don’t come up with a single hype example.

But I’d say just about any publicity related to AI will be a good example of hype.

Not sure which category for this but I’m sure you will decide:

Excellent example :)

Like that one.
Yes, googling hype examples finds zilch.

Here are a couple I made up myself.

1. Humans have 49 chromosomes.
Ref: Zaleski 1966 Canadian Medical Journal.

2. A doubling of atmospheric CO2 causes plants to grow 475 per cent faster.
Ref: I have 3 refs, including an IPCC report.

Does hype have to be something that is factually correct but reported in a wholely misleading way?
Or can it be total BS?

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