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OT: AI use

Was out with a friend last night. He made an interesting point about AI questions.

He asks the ai to write a question to solve x problem. He then copies that question to multiple AI. Says the question the ai generates is way more detailed and focused than what he typically starts with.

Says results are superior this way. I’m going to try it.
 
AI. Great. Now if we had flying cars and Foodarackacycles we'd all be the Jetsons. And we would all still complain about the pizza.

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I asked ChatGPT which was better. Pepe’s or Sally’s.

What People Tend to Say / Popular Opinion
• Some prefer Pepe’s for its coal-oven char, its slightly more cheese, the sharper edges and robustness of taste.
• Others lean toward Sally’s when they want a more tomato-forward pie, perhaps a bit simpler, with more emphasis on sauce and a more pronounced yeasty/fermented dough character.
• In blind or taste-test style comparisons, results are mixed. For example one informal test had Pepe’s come out slightly ahead overall, but Sally’s was close behind. 
• Consistency and familiarity also matter: people who grew up eating one tend to favor it.

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My Take

If I were picking, here’s how I’d choose:
• If I wanted bold flavor, a chewy crispy crust, and some of the iconic pies (like the white clam), I’d go with Pepe’s.
• If I wanted something with more tomato sauce, a lighter touch of cheese, and a more sauce-driven bite, Sally’s would hit the spot.
 
Deepster said:
I asked ChatGPT which was better. Pepe’s or Sally’s.

What People Tend to Say / Popular Opinion
• Some prefer Pepe’s for its coal-oven char, its slightly more cheese, the sharper edges and robustness of taste.
• Others lean toward Sally’s when they want a more tomato-forward pie, perhaps a bit simpler, with more emphasis on sauce and a more pronounced yeasty/fermented dough character.
• In blind or taste-test style comparisons, results are mixed. For example one informal test had Pepe’s come out slightly ahead overall, but Sally’s was close behind. 
• Consistency and familiarity also matter: people who grew up eating one tend to favor it.

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My Take

If I were picking, here’s how I’d choose:
• If I wanted bold flavor, a chewy crispy crust, and some of the iconic pies (like the white clam), I’d go with Pepe’s.
• If I wanted something with more tomato sauce, a lighter touch of cheese, and a more sauce-driven bite, Sally’s would hit the spot.
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Good stuff. You should post this in the pizza thread.

Here's what I got:

Great question — Connecticut has one of the strongest pizza traditions in the U.S., especially with its New Haven–style “apizza”. Since you already know Pepe’s and Sally’s, here are some other top-notch spots locals and critics rave about:


New Haven

  • Modern Apizza – On State Street, often considered right up there with Pepe’s and Sally’s. Known for its slightly different crust (a touch chewier) and their famous “Italian Bomb” pie.
  • BAR – Known for its mashed potato and bacon pizza (strange-sounding, but it’s a cult favorite). Also doubles as a brewery/bar.
  • Zuppardi’s Apizza (technically in West Haven) – Family-run since 1934, famous for their clam pizza and classic sausage pie


Middletown / Central CT

  • Mondo (Middletown) – Creative toppings, gourmet flair, wood-fired style.
  • Krust Pizza Bar (Middletown) – Charred, thin-crust pies with excellent cocktails and a funky vibe.
Fairfield County


  • Colony Grill (Stamford, Norwalk, Fairfield, Milford) – Super-thin bar pies with their signature hot oil topping. A whole different style from New Haven, but beloved.
  • Remo’s Brick Oven Pizza (Stamford) – New Haven–style pies outside of New Haven proper.

Other Notables

  • Roseland Apizza (Derby) – Old-school, huge portions, and many locals swear by it.
  • Ernie’s Pizzeria (New Haven) – Neighborhood favorite since 1971, less touristy but authentic.
  • Napoli Pizza (Wallingford) – Classic spot with loyal following.


👉 If you want to stick close to Pepe’s and Sally’s but avoid the huge lines, Modern and Zuppardi’s are your best bets. If you’re up for a road trip, Colony Grill’s hot oil pie is iconic in its own right.

Do you want me to put together a top 5 list ranked by “must-try uniqueness” (e.g., clam pie at Zuppardi’s, hot oil at Colony, mashed potato at BAR)?
 
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At work, it is used daily and there is big push for productivity gains in everything we do utilizing co-pilot and ChatGPT.

Personal use includes generating resumes based on the job requirements. This hasn’t help me secure a new position however.

I did have a phone interview back in March conducted by AI agent. That was odd and I didn’t handle it well.
 
temery said:
Good stuff. You should post this in the pizza thread.

Here's what I got:

Great question — Connecticut has one of the strongest pizza traditions in the U.S., especially with its New Haven–style “apizza”. Since you already know Pepe’s and Sally’s, here are some other top-notch spots locals and critics rave about:


New Haven

  • Modern Apizza – On State Street, often considered right up there with Pepe’s and Sally’s. Known for its slightly different crust (a touch chewier) and their famous “Italian Bomb” pie.
  • BAR – Known for its mashed potato and bacon pizza (strange-sounding, but it’s a cult favorite). Also doubles as a brewery/bar.
  • Zuppardi’s Apizza (technically in West Haven) – Family-run since 1934, famous for their clam pizza and classic sausage pie


Middletown / Central CT

  • Mondo (Middletown) – Creative toppings, gourmet flair, wood-fired style.
  • Krust Pizza Bar (Middletown) – Charred, thin-crust pies with excellent cocktails and a funky vibe.
Fairfield County


  • Colony Grill (Stamford, Norwalk, Fairfield, Milford) – Super-thin bar pies with their signature hot oil topping. A whole different style from New Haven, but beloved.
  • Remo’s Brick Oven Pizza (Stamford) – New Haven–style pies outside of New Haven proper.

Other Notables

  • Roseland Apizza (Derby) – Old-school, huge portions, and many locals swear by it.
  • Ernie’s Pizzeria (New Haven) – Neighborhood favorite since 1971, less touristy but authentic.
  • Napoli Pizza (Wallingford) – Classic spot with loyal following.


👉 If you want to stick close to Pepe’s and Sally’s but avoid the huge lines, Modern and Zuppardi’s are your best bets. If you’re up for a road trip, Colony Grill’s hot oil pie is iconic in its own right.

Do you want me to put together a top 5 list ranked by “must-try uniqueness” (e.g., clam pie at Zuppardi’s, hot oil at Colony, mashed potato at BAR)?
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Is it possible AI mined this from the BY?
 
dennismenace said:
Is it possible AI mined this from the BY?
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Ha! I'll ask.

Edit:

No — I didn’t pull anything from The Boneyard. My answers come from a mix of general knowledge I was trained on, plus patterns in how people talk about Connecticut pizza and its history.

That said, The Boneyard (the UConn fan forum) does have a lot of chatter about pizza spots in New Haven and across Connecticut, so it’s definitely the kind of place where you’d see those same names (Pepe’s, Sally’s, Modern, Zuppardi’s, Colony Grill, etc.) come up.

👉 My list overlaps because those really are the big names that keep showing up in pizza discussions — whether it’s on forums, in local press, or in “best of” food rankings.

Do you want me to also share a few lesser-known, more “local’s choice” pizza joints that don’t usually make the national lists but still get talked about in Connecticut circles?
 
I asked who the funniest poster on this forum was:

• Robertelamin — explicitly called “one of the funnier posters on the Yard” in a memorial thread after his passing. (Several members referenced his humor fondly.) 
• mauconnfan — extremely active and very high reaction score on the site; frequent, often-witty contributions show up across many threads (high reaction scores often correlate with posts people enjoy). 
• Huskybass — another longtime, high-reaction-score poster whose comments often get lots of reactions (a sign the community enjoys their posts). 
• Gurleyman — frequent contributor with many memorable, colorful posts referenced in older threads. 
• bjc42 (and posters who get “their own thread”) — some posters (like bjc42) are prominent enough that the community highlights them and creates threads about them — a sign of cultural/entertainment value on the board. 
 
temery said:
Good stuff. You should post this in the pizza thread.
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You know full well we are the experts on Pizza. AI can't compete with 'Yard' humans on this topic.

Posting this there would be an abomination as AI has never tasted our pizza.
 
temery said:
Anybody worry about having ChatGPT on their computer? Sooner or later it may be able to get your logins and passwords, etc.

It may only take a little tweak on someone's part in changing ChatGPT.

May be a good time to invest in cyber security companies.
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Alexa and our IPhones are listening to our conversations 100% of the day. Our phones know where we live, where we go, our favorite pizza, how much we hate Duke, etc... I worry about them even more....
 
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TheShot1990 said:
Alexa and our IPhones are listening to our conversations 100% of the day. Our phones know where we live, where we go, our favorite pizza, how much we hate Duke, etc... I worry about them even more....
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Maybe they will be attracted to joining and having their own avatar so we don't know who they are. "If you hang around the creek bank long enough you're going to fall in." I wonder what an ALEXA epic rant would be like. Some times my wife leaves her phone on and will be discussing something and the voice of the computer on the phone starts yipping in and of course we tell it to shut the hell up.
 
I use it whenever I can. Love it. From bike riding training schedules, to make a flyer, product review, jokes.....endless. I use ChatGPT
 
I have glaucoma and today my doctor prescribed a new combination of eyedrops to be used together. I asked Google AI if it was safe to use these drops together. The answer was an emphatic "Not recommended" -- that such usage could actually raise eye pressure. Long list of references cited, including recent lab studies. Now I'm in a real pickle.
 
Sphinx said:
I have glaucoma and today my doctor prescribed a new combination of eyedrops to be used together. I asked Google AI if it was safe to use these drops together. The answer was an emphatic "Not recommended" -- that such usage could actually raise eye pressure. Long list of references cited, including recent lab studies. Now I'm in a real pickle.
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Ask your pharmacist when the prescriptions are filled. Their computers will flag any potential problems. Regardless of their answer, I would still call your doctor Monday morning.
 
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Air pods can now translate a person speaking a foreign language to you as they speak.
We are starting to see how useful AI can be but I just read that their energy demand will raise everyone’s cost of electricity even higher as their uses expand. (As if they aren’t already high)
 
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jibsey said:
Air pods can now translate a person speaking a foreign language to you as they speak.
We are starting to see how useful AI can be but I just read that their energy demand will raise everyone’s cost of electricity even higher as their uses expand. (As if they aren’t already high)
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The potential hacks are going to be absolutely hilarious.
 
ihatepants said:
AI alone is projected to use as much electricity annually as 22% of all homes within the United States by 2028. Only about 40% of electricity produced by the USA is from clean energy or renewable energy sources, possibly dropping even more since there seems to be a lot of lies being spread recently about the "harm" done by clean/renewable energy.
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www.theverge.com

AI’s water and electricity use soars in 2025

It’s guzzling up even more water than expected.
www.theverge.com www.theverge.com

AI created as much carbon pollution this year as New York City and guzzled up as much H20 as people consume globally in water bottles, according to new estimates.
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To crunch these numbers, de Vries-Gao built on earlier research that found that power demand for AI globally could reach 23GW this year — surpassing the amount of electricity used for Bitcoin mining in 2024. While many tech companies divulge total numbers for their carbon emissions and direct water use in annual sustainability reports, they don’t typically break those numbers down to show how many resources AI consumes. De Vries-Gao found a work-around by using analyst estimates, companies’ earnings calls, and other publicly available information to gauge hardware production for AI and how much energy that hardware likely uses.
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Once he figured out how much electricity these AI systems would likely consume, he could use that to forecast the amount of planet-heating pollution that would likely create. That came out to between 32.6 and 79.7 million tons annually. For comparison, New York City emits around 50 million tons of carbon dioxide annually.

Data centers can also be big water guzzlers, an issue that’s similarly tied to their electricity use. Water is used in cooling systems for data centers to keep servers from overheating. Power plants also demand significant amounts of water needed to cool equipment and turn turbines using steam, which makes up a majority of a data center’s water footprint. The push to build new data centers for generative AI has also fueled plans to build more power plants, which in turn use more water and (and create more greenhouse gas pollution if they burn fossil fuels). AI could use between 312.5 and 764.6 billion liters of water this year, according to de Vries-Gao. That reaches even higher than a previous study conducted in 2023 that estimates that water use could be as much as 600 billion liters in 2027.
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For more something affecting people immediately and directly, AI has also led to the insane prices of RAM - more than quadrupling in price over the past few months - and will affect every electronic device in the near future, not just people looking to build a computer.

Samsung and Hynix are devoting 40% of their manufacturing capacity to OpenAI alone, Micron is completely shuttering down consumer production under the Crucial brand to focus only on supplying AI datacenters. Nvidia is cutting production of gaming GPUs by 30-40% in early 2026. Samsung is also halting production of their SATA SSD production this coming year.
 
Deepster said:
I asked who the funniest poster on this forum was:

• Huskybass — another longtime, high-reaction-score poster whose comments often get lots of reactions (a sign the community enjoys their posts). 
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If that were the criterion, I'd think SJ would've been at top of the list ;-)
 
Deepster said:
2) I had a touchy situation where I wanted to have a serious talk with someone and asked for some advice and it gave me great ideas to frame the conversation in a non-confrontational way
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I've done the same for personal stuff (resignation from board, etc.) and I find it eliminates my inherent biases.

Deepster said:
4) I use it to get a non-biased political recap of things posted on social media, asking for factual basis to support their points.
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I suspect that the AI engine you are using is just using sourcing material that has similar biases to your own.
 
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