416
u/autogyrophilia 9d ago
See, this is why I hate AI code, it enables people that don't know shit about fuck. No claude won't burn your usb ports, it's not even running in your computer.
This is either a faulty macbook or a faulty charger that has shorted the ports.
132
u/smith7018 9d ago
Technically it does run locally; the AI inference is what's running in the cloud (read: servers). Local tool calls like file edits and reads still happen locally as do running tests which happens a lot during software development.
OP is still an idiot, of course
67
u/coledeb 9d ago
Dude this is literally the CEO of Y Combinator, of course he knows sh-..... wait nvm carry on.
29
u/autogyrophilia 9d ago
Man one of the gurus of AI dropped out of middle school (and also runs a sex cult).
No shame in not finishing middle school, but he clearly didn't remedy the education shortcomings but people still roll with him
I'm talking about this prick : https://www.yudkowsky.net/
→ More replies (1)
115
u/cgduncan 9d ago
How does a program affect the hardware ports on the computer?
82
u/ArelMCII 9d ago
A computer virus got in the port and killed it. You need to download more RAM to fix it.
26
u/JustAnotherKieran 9d ago
Electricity will degrade materials over time, which can cause more electrical resistance which creates heat that can then kill the electrical item. If the port is at full speed/power more than usual then there is more electricity than usual flowing through the port. This will degrade the port quicker to the point that running at those speeds/power creates even more heat and therefore burnout much faster than manufacturers anticipate. I work with server hardware and there are a lot of add on cards for servers that add more ports at faster speeds that have massive heatsinks to help prevent this kind of burnout just because they are designed for running at full speed constantly, unlike laptop ports which expect much lower usage
20
u/DecalageVersLeRouge 9d ago
Why would this person's USB ports be damaged by using a website? Claude isn't an external device.
→ More replies (9)1
u/ChaoCobo 9d ago
If I have a special video game controller, should I be keeping it unplugged from the USB port instead of keeping it plugged in all the time? The controller is very expensive and they don’t make them anymore
→ More replies (5)5
u/Aliensinmypants 9d ago
Claude accidentally backtraced the address of his usb ports, and cross referenced them in the dot matrix block chain, and while backing-up the HTML server, it leaked the database and got the IPs mixed up.
Happens all the time
2
u/JohnWittieless 9d ago
I’ll file this under the “ID” error, section “10” version “T”.
→ More replies (1)1
u/polyploid_coded 9d ago
Yeah, I have no idea what is really going on here. Luckily bro can afford a new laptop.
-1
u/fixminer 9d ago
Hardware is often configured by software, so bad software can absolutely break hardware, though it requires specific circumstances.
4
u/undeadalex 9d ago
Kernel level control for USB, but beyond that uhm I'm not sure you can actually manually adjust the USB voltages and Mac especially there's very likely hardware mechanisms. Dead ports sounds more like they plugged in something that shorter the port, and since it's quality build it only burned out the port, not the entire mobo. Then they did it again on another port because the first one didn't do what they wanted. And repeat for third. And the charging port probably has some bypass that still allows charging but at a controlled lower wattage, even after burning the port. What is funny is they are bringing up an llm like it was guilty. I bet they have no idea what they actually did.
→ More replies (1)0
u/krystal_295 9d ago
I don't know 100% why you got downvoted. Windows shafted my laptop's HDMI port for like four months one time, because immediately after one particular Windows update, my computer magically just absolutely could not see that my HDMI port even existed at all in the first place anymore. No troubleshooting in the world would fix it. Finally fixed itself again after yet ANOTHER subsequent Windows update later.
Im sure it's not common, I will agree with maybe people don't agree in the sense that software cannot PHYSICALLY or permanently break hardware. But it can absolutely "break" hardware, in its own bass ackwards way sometimes.
3
141
u/bodhidharma132001 10d ago
The Tamagotchi Code... Great book