They don’t need to run failure studies. That basic characterization work is mostly already done for you. Component vendors (should) publish tables of mean time between failure for the components you’re buying that can be used to get a rough estimation with just a few minutes of effort. Typically it’s indexed by temperature, like for caps, but depends on the part.

Now, does the bottom of the market actually use those tables? I can’t say for sure. I know one high power headlamp company does this for their LED drivers to balance lifetime with output, but I can’t know for sure what every business does.

I didn’t even read the title, haha. That wasn’t meant to be a correction but a suggestion that the frog dude get more fibre. I edited my original comment.

Get More Fiber.

The LED bulb itself is not typically the reason that these fail. There’s also complex regulation circuitry which consists of far more complex components than a single LED. Electrolytic capacitors and driver circuits can have shorter lifetimes than the actual bulb.

With that said, manufacturers know this, so they also tend to overdrive lower cost LEDs to bring the failure rates in line with the rest of the circuit. This sounds like this may be what has happened to you just based on the dimming, but without knowing exactly how they have wired it up, it’s difficult to be sure.

Can’t they simply buy citizenship for $1 million now too?

And that’s fantastic! That’s what technology is supposed to do IMHO - Give you more free time because of that efficiency. That’s technology making life better for humans. I’m glad that you’re experiencing that.

If they’re not hallucinating as you use them, then I’m afraid we just have different experiences. Perhaps you’re using better models or you’re using your tools more effectively than I am. In that case, I must respect that you are having a different and equally legitimate experience.

I do have a concern for the health of the overall ecosystem though. Don’t all good devs start out as bad ones? There still needs to be a reasonable on-ramp for these people.

It’s rare to see such a complete and well-thought-out response anywhere on the Internet. Great job in capturing the nuance. It’s a powerful and often-misused tool.

It sounds to me like you’ve got a good head on your shoulders and you’re actually using the tool effectively. You’re keeping yourself in control and using it to expand your own capabilities, not offloading your job responsibilities, which is how more inept management views AI.

I think your question is covered by the original commentator. They do hallucinate often, and the job does become using the tool more effectively which includes capturing and correcting those errors.

Naturally, greater efficiency is an element of job reduction. They can be both hallucinating often and creating additional efficiency that reduces jobs.

Oopsie.

Still a bargain.

Why, checking the skin color with their phone wasn’t enough for them?

I wonder what the surprise is.

It’s a shame that they don’t really go into the technical details of the bugs.

These practices are exactly the kinds of behaviors that regulators should prevent.

When a business gets huge it shouldn’t be allowed to buy up all of its competition. Regulatory authorities should block these acquisitions. For example, Sprint should never have been sold because it concentrated power even further and gives customers less choice.

It’s not simple price competition either. A company like Walmart can afford to sell products at a loss to drive other businesses out on purpose and then jack up the prices when they’re the only game in town. Dollar General has been accused of strategically placing stores to block businesses from making a profit.

It’s like we have a centrally planned economy but dumber.

I don’t know what the solution is.

What we have isn’t even capitalism. The supposed free market doesn’t exist when the big players pocket the regulators to use as a weapon against smaller businesses and secure their own market positioning.

Incidentally, this is typically the end result of capitalism if you don’t reign in and break up these companies.

Literal shitpost. Definitely meets the requirement.

Far be it from me to defend the Nazi car company, however:

While the results may seem like a damning indictment of Tesla, the report notes that the company has improved the build quality of its vehicles. All of its latest models now offer “better-than-average reliability,” and Tesla ranks among the top 10 brands in Consumer Reports’ new car predictability rankings, surpassing established automakers like Ford, Chevrolet, Mercedes-Benz, Audi, and Volkswagen.