Found their Github. Looks like it’s a custom Linux kernel…? I dunno, it’s really hard to tell directly; I’m inferring from context clues (like tagging Raspberry Pi, mentioning the open Nvidia kernel modules, etc.).

https://github.com/getumbrel/umbrel

Neat!

So to be clear, these are all papers before the peer review process?

I agree, and I don’t even particularly like the foundational use of AI here. Education should be accessible to all, and it would be cool to see this become a free tool for which OP doesn’t even need AI anymore, because there’s enough contributors and experts.

This software isn’t free. It has a cost. Did you think using the tools provided by billionaires was a gift from them?

Also, it’s hilarious that you think I’m bullying OP. Where in my original comment did I say, “No, don’t use this”? I intentionally skipped over my ethical concerns, because OP is likely going to use it anyway.

They’re providing educational content. You can’t just replace the knowledge of experts creating and checking lesson material with AI and hope for the best; that’s how you end up teaching people wrong information.

Y’all pro-AI goobers are so lost in the sauce, you can’t even take a critique.

$13/mo can be a lot for people, that’s true. There’s certainly a subset where they simply don’t have that extra. I suspect that subset is fewer than people might imagine, but I honestly would rather people have accessible education than not.

For the second part, I think it’s a hard ask for experts to contribute in that way, but hey, people spend their hobby time working on Linux and other OSS, so who knows?

I also have ethical issues with the use of Claude itself (as well as other tools/platforms provided by billionaires), but I think that’s beyond the scope of your original questions.

There are other ML models made from scratch by universities and experts which aren’t beholden to shareholders (and might not be accessible by the public, yet), so if you are determined to continue using AI in this way, keep an eye out for potentially better alternatives.

Get a refund

There’s petabytes of data there dude

The fact that you think that AI has a database of information from which it pulls demonstrates that you have no idea how it works. And you think we’re the blind ones lmao

Ah, right. Because I secretly love it and use it all the time, as evidenced by your very scientific source, “Trust me, bro.” What a tired and boring Reddit cliché.

It’s weird that people are so positive towards AI, even when it’s used to generate something with no understanding of the material. It’s now become a disease to be accepting of anything AI, even if it uses the very thing our oppressors want us to use.

Notice that I didn’t say that $160 wasn’t a lot for people. I said it was a steal for the amount of educational content.

First off: $160 a year for education (about $13 a month) is a steal. I’m not sure why this needs to exist.

Second: ignoring the ethical issues with using Claude so glibly, who is reviewing these lessons for accuracy? Who is making new lessons? Part of Brilliant’s deal is having actual subject experts who are at least reviewing the lessons. No AI model is a replacement for that expertise. You can’t crowdsource that expertise ad hoc, either (the people who use it are the ones learning from it, after all).

Are you just going to hope Claude can clone some facsimile forever?

Boo Cloudflare, but I still love the idea. Given that I’m not planning to turn in this current phone for a few dollars of “credit” when I need to replace it, this seems like a cool weekend project!

Certainly a cool idea, and I hope it succeeds and turns out to be what it seems.

No price listed on their crowd fund page, so who can say what this might cost? Uses a Raspberry Pi Zero W for the brains and a STM32 for the cartridge board.

Like someone’s “agent” is just running amok.

See also how some AI group is trying to set up astroturf accounts on the Fediverse (and has successfully done so on Bluesky and Xitter):

https://lemmy.world/post/51947593

I think it’s shortsighted. The Linux gaming market is growing, and anyone with business foresight would be putting systems in place to capture that market. Apple is bound and determined not to be compatible with anyone, and Microsoft is not doing gamers any real favors lately, so it’s likely to continue to grow even further as people look for alternative(s) to both.

To be clear, I believe you are talking about kernel-level anticheat?

I once read that kernel anticheat is the lazy option. Devs can supposedly combat cheating without that, but it takes effort (meaning $$$).

So Fortnite could come to Linux, but Epic would have to fundamentally change how they deal with cheating, and the CEO doesn’t seem the type to give a shit about that.

Probably just a waiting game, then. Epic is bringing their client to Linux (supposedly), but it’s unknown when.

As a second option, have you considered dual booting, with Linux as the default? Then you/he can still have the benefit of Linux most of the time with Windows as a backup for the problematic games.

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I think they might mean that Windows is ultimately a dead end. I agree that its far from dead, but Valve really got the ball rolling with Proton.

Now that there’s a bunch of bigger influencers “trying Linux” as a daily driver and often having a good experience, coupled with Windows/Microsoft shooting themselves in the foot every other month, I think we’re seeing a shift in people’s perception (at least regarding what their possible options are). That said, Linux still has a ways to go until it even breaks 10% desktop share, and I don’t think it will be a threat even to Apple until Linux hits 15%.