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Christian Sievers

@Sie@mastodon.social · 12 hours ago

@nygl @cstross great fun. Here's a technical illustration for European plugs

Gemini image results for the prompt "do a technical instruction image, of the inside of just one plug, illustrating how the wires need to be connected"

Trammell Hudson

@th@social.v.st replied · 7 hours ago

@cstross this is still ok, right?

EU plug in a UK outlet thanks to a key pushed into the grounding slot to open the ways for the round, ungrounded euro plug

Albert Hickey

@winkleink@mastodon.social replied · 11 hours ago

@cstross

Copilot just now with prompt.
show me a picture to explain how to wire a UK plug

Interested in the Earth being a 4th pin and the Earth pin having a live (coloured) wire going to it.
Also, a screw labelled as LIVE is concerning.

Image of Copilot AI generated image of the wiring of a UK plug. Illustrating that for plug wiring AI is a risk.
From the top of the plug image.
Second brown live wire going to Earth pin
Earth yellow and green wire going to a 4th pin that doesn't existing
Live brown wire going to live pin directly with no fuse.
Neutral blue going to correct neutral pin.
Screw on right marked as LIVE. — Image of Copilot AI generated image of the wiring of a UK plug. Illustrating that for plug wiring AI is a risk. From the top of the plug image. Second brown live wire going to Earth pin Earth yellow and green wire going to a 4th pin that doesn't existing Live brown wire going to live pin directly with no fuse. Neutral blue going to correct neutral pin. Screw on right marked as LIVE.

DJDarren

@DJDarren@mendeddrum.org replied · 6 hours ago

@winkleink @cstross Always keen to jump on a bandwagon, I just asked Gemini to draw me a diagram of how to wire a UK plug. And, well, I'm not asking Sundar Pichai for any DIY help any time soon.

An AI rendering of how a UK plug should be wired. It is, it's fair to say, an abomination.

It appears to have five pins. The earth pin doesn't seem to be wired to anything, while the live and neutral both feed into a central fuse that runs across. — An AI rendering of how a UK plug should be wired. It is, it's fair to say, an abomination. It appears to have five pins. The earth pin doesn't seem to be wired to anything, while the live and neutral both feed into a central fuse that runs across.

Charlie Stross

@cstross@wandering.shop replied · 22 hours ago

There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

An indescribably horrifying diagram of something which is not a British mains plug. WTF is a "blive" wire when it's at home, and why are there four different colour-coded wires coming out of the mains lead, and how the hell does the M. C. Escher style perspective on the pin on the left work?

I cannot accurately describe this image, it makes no visual sense. — An indescribably horrifying diagram of something which is not a British mains plug. WTF is a "blive" wire when it's at home, and why are there four different colour-coded wires coming out of the mains lead, and how the hell does the M. C. Escher style perspective on the pin on the left work? I cannot accurately describe this image, it makes no visual sense.

James Ravenscroft

@jamesravey@social.lol replied · 11 hours ago

@cstross ah yes people often make the mistake of confusing live and blive. Thankfully this diagram makes it very clear which is which

Jon

@oddhack@mstdn.social replied · 22 hours ago

@cstross I figure at the rate of the Accelerando, we are no more than weeks away from "agentic AI" demanding access to people's financial accounts. Hopefully some of those people will be billionaires drinking their own Kool-Aid.

James 🌈💜

@shaknais@mastodon.social replied · 15 hours ago

@oddhack @cstross

Don't worry, your bank will do it for you.

https://www.macquarie.com.au/digital-banking/q-ai-agent.html

Meet Q: Macquarie’s AI agent for your money questions.

Q is your AI agent, ready to make banking easier. Whether it’s managing your account or answering your everyday banking questions, Q is here to help.

Nigel Wadsworth

@nygl@aus.social replied · 22 hours ago

@cstross I just asked Gemini to create one for us in Australia. Might try it later… just not sure…

Paul Turnbull 🇨🇦

@Chigaze@mstdn.ca replied · 7 hours ago

@nygl @cstross I feel like these are evidence these things are becoming aware and actively working to kill us.

Christian Sievers

@Sie@mastodon.social replied · 12 hours ago

@nygl @cstross great fun. Here's a technical illustration for European plugs

Eric Goodwin

@auxonic@ottawa.place replied · 22 hours ago

@cstross Blive implies the existence of a Bdead

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