I know some of you may have read a recent post of mine regarding ChatGPT, and I was surprised how many had not heard of the AI model, which seems to be everywhere these days. There were some negative replies, mainly from those who had not heard about the AI program, but more replies from those who have used it and found it helpful. Just as some follow-up information I thought it would be fun to ask ChatGPT about updating FSUIPC. I'm not advocating it's use or suggesting anything by writing this post, but just purely for information...

Q)  How do i update FSUIPC in MSFS2020

A) To update FSUIPC in MSFS2020, you will need to follow these steps:

1. First, you need to download the latest version of FSUIPC from the official website. Make sure you choose the correct version for your simulator, in this case, MSFS2020.

2. Once you have downloaded the file, extract the contents of the ZIP archive to a temporary folder on your computer.

3. Next, locate the FSUIPC installer file, which should be named something like "FSUIPC7_Setup.exe". Double-click on this file to run the installer.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the updated version of FSUIPC. When prompted, make sure you select MSFS2020 as the simulator to install FSUIPC for.

5. After the installation is complete, start MSFS2020 and load a flight. When the simulator has finished loading, open the add-ons menu and select FSUIPC from the list of installed add-ons.

6. If FSUIPC is working correctly, you should see a message confirming that it has been successfully loaded. You can then configure FSUIPC settings as needed.

That's it! You have now updated FSUIPC in MSFS2020

Q)  but what happens to my original settings

A)  When you update FSUIPC in MSFS2020, your original settings should be preserved. FSUIPC stores its settings in a configuration file, which is separate from the simulator's own settings files.

During the installation process, FSUIPC should detect any existing configuration file and prompt you to either keep the existing settings or create a new configuration file. If you choose to keep the existing settings, then the updated version of FSUIPC should load with your original settings intact.

However, it's always a good idea to make a backup of your FSUIPC settings before updating, just in case something goes wrong. You can do this by locating the FSUIPC configuration file (usually named "FSUIPC7.ini") and copying it to a safe location, such as an external hard drive or cloud storage service.

If you do encounter any issues with FSUIPC after updating, you can try restoring your backup settings file to see if that resolves the issue.

 

Edited March 26, 20233 yr by Rockliffe

It's astounding. Number 4 and 5 are not entirely correct but it's still remarkably helpful. 

I tried a marketing question:

Suggest an aircraft add-on for MSFS2020 that is not currently available, but would be very popular.

ChatGPT:

One possible aircraft add-on that I believe would be very popular for MSFS2020 is the Boeing 747-400F cargo plane. While there are several 747 models already available in MSFS2020, including passenger variants, there are currently no high-quality 747-400F cargo planes available that offer a detailed and realistic flying experience.

The 747-400F is a popular cargo plane used by many major airlines around the world, and it would be great to see this aircraft modeled with a high level of detail and accuracy in MSFS2020. This could include features such as realistic flight physics, an interactive cockpit, and accurate cargo loading and unloading procedures.

Given the popularity of cargo flying in MSFS2020, I believe that a high-quality 747-400F add-on would be very well-received by the community and would be a great addition to the growing selection of aircraft available in the sim.

 

 

When hearing warnings over the years about AI going into the future for me it brought up visions of Terminator:  Rise of the Machines, wreaking havoc with humanity.  But it's not that it's the massive disruption it is already starting to manifest.  Within just a couple of uses I automatically avoided Google and sought ChatGPT instead.   That is massive, already.  But what's far scarier is now how vulnerable the information/knowledge related disciplines are becoming and fast:  all fields are now vulnerable when anyone w/ the push of a button can do full scale research of all published information and become as capable as someone w/ a PhD in that field.  Right now it seems like a good thing for simple uses like we're discussing here but the disruption aspect is massive.

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anyone w/ the push of a button can do full scale research of all published information and become as capable as someone w/ a PhD in that field

No..anyone can pretend they did a full scale research and pretend they are as capable as someone w/ a PHD in that field...which is a completly different thing

Submitting a paper that a machine wrote for you isnt research or capability

 

 

My fear is that the people with a piece of paper saying they have a PHD may in the future be people who don't know word not allowed from shinola

 

 

Edited March 26, 20233 yr by Pathfinder633

8 hours ago, odourboy said:

I tried a marketing question:

Suggest an aircraft add-on for MSFS2020 that is not currently available, but would be very popular.

ChatGPT:

One possible aircraft add-on that I believe would be very popular for MSFS2020 is the Boeing 747-400F cargo plane. While there are several 747 models already available in MSFS2020, including passenger variants, there are currently no high-quality 747-400F cargo planes available that offer a detailed and realistic flying experience.

The 747-400F is a popular cargo plane used by many major airlines around the world, and it would be great to see this aircraft modeled with a high level of detail and accuracy in MSFS2020. This could include features such as realistic flight physics, an interactive cockpit, and accurate cargo loading and unloading procedures.

Given the popularity of cargo flying in MSFS2020, I believe that a high-quality 747-400F add-on would be very well-received by the community and would be a great addition to the growing selection of aircraft available in the sim.

 

 

It's probably scooping this from Avsim posts, to be honest.

Correct.  And remember, this is just a search engine with an improved ability to format the results as plain English.  It isn't actually intelligent, and in fact we've all seen so many examples now of it returning false information and even seemingly making things up, by stringing words together that sound good but convey incorrect information.

It's kind of comical to pretend that getting your information from this thing is the same as spending literal years becoming a true subject matter expert in a field ;).

42 minutes ago, Pathfinder633 said:

No..anyone can pretend they did a full scale research and pretend they are as capable as someone w/ a PHD in that field...which is a completly different thing

Submitting a paper that a machine wrote for you isnt research or capability

My fear is that the people with a piece of paper saying they have a PHD may in the future be people who don't know word not allowed from shinola

Sure.  Anyway you slice it the disruption will be ever more prodigious.   In the early industrial revolution and previously new tech came out and displaced old methods.  Now the information/knowledge based disciplines are increasingly vulnerable especially in general medicine, radiology, finance, and so many more.  Primary researchers creating new data for AI to use won't go away and will be in higher demand than ever, which is where PhD's come in.  We are in an age of quantum paced change by comparison to the not too  remote past, and so many ginormous disruptors are at play alongside of AI.  

1 hour ago, mspencer said:

It's probably scooping this from Avsim posts, to be honest.

And your point is?

I think we are just scratching the surface with AI and the world is about to drastically change. I was saying to my wife only yesterday that if we think the world has changed a lot in the past 20 years with the rise of the internet, smart phones, and social media; well, we ain't seen nothing yet. Over the next 5 to 10 years AI is going to completely change how everything we can imagine in how the world works, and likely not for the better. Good old greed will ensure that.

For example, Google are planning on soon releasing an AI tool into its 'Workspace' and Gmail platforms whereby AI will write your entire email for you. You just start typing and based on other emails and what you are typing, it will figure out your entire email for you in an 'autofill' kind of way. As much as this sounds cool, it is going to quickly make a heck of a lot of people redundant. It will even write computer programs making a programmer's job less necessary. 

Europe and the US have already had their industrial sectors destroyed over the past 40 years. We rely now so much on often low paid service sector for jobs and 'growth' and even that is being eroded away by outsourcing to other continents and technology changes. AI is simply going to do much of those jobs for us. In fact, in some cases it already is. Unregulated and unfettered, it is going to make a lot of people redundant and unnecessary. The idea that it will create new jobs in place of existing ones is a load of hogwash (often touted in the mainstream media by over zealous analysts as a great outcome of AI). Sure, some new job types will come out of AI but nothing on the scale of what would be required to give existing people new roles. Most people simply don't retrain to the extents required. 

The social changes it will bring will make our current social media induced culture wars that have messed up society so much seem like a walk in the park. So as cool as the likes of ChatGPT may seem now, it is going to be a very screwed up and dangerous rough ride for humanity, society and life as we know it.

Heck, ChatGPT could have written this and not me, how would you ever even know?

From my understanding, Chat GPT amalgamates all the information it finds on the internet to generate an answer.  So if there is a common answer that is repeated often for a specific question on the internet, Chat GPT can amalgamate all those answers into a single coherent answer when you ask it the question.  I think the problem is, if there is a question where the answer is not as repeated on the internet or where Chat GPT can't find the data for it.

Taking into consideration Chat GPT's database of the internet was from 2021 and it doesn't have more recent information than 2021, I asked Chat GPT this question:

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How many more years will it take until the PMDG 737 enters beta testing for MSFS?

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As an AI language model, I don't have access to insider information about PMDG's development plans for their 737 in MSFS, so I can't provide a specific answer to your question. However, I can offer some general information that may be helpful.

Developing a high-quality aircraft simulation for a new flight simulator platform like MSFS is a complex and time-consuming process that can take several years. PMDG is known for its highly detailed and accurate aircraft simulations, and it is likely that they are taking the time to ensure that their 737 for MSFS meets their high standards.

The exact timeline for the development of the PMDG 737 for MSFS depends on many factors, including the complexity of the aircraft, the development team's resources and priorities, and any technical challenges they may encounter during the development process.

It's also worth noting that flight simulation development is subject to many uncertainties, and delays are not uncommon. Developers like PMDG often strive to provide as much transparency as possible regarding the development process, but unexpected issues can arise that can delay the release of a product.

Ultimately, only PMDG can say for certain when their 737 for MSFS will enter beta testing and when it will be released. If you're interested in following the development of the PMDG 737 or other aircraft for MSFS, you may want to keep an eye on PMDG's website and social media channels for updates.

It's not a bad answer by Chat GPT, given the data it had in 2021. But I can't say it's a good answer either (it's just a vague answer by Chat GPT to avoid a particular year).  Because Randazzo by the end of 2021, was giving us updates on the progress of the PMDG 737 and it was pretty obvious from Randazzo's updates by the end of 2021, that the PMDG 737 would likely go into beta testing in 2022.  An astute follower of Randazzo's postings in 2021 would probably have agreed that the PMDG 737 was likely going to enter beta testing by 2022 (and it did enter beta testing in 2022).

Now to be fair, I think the exact cutoff date of Chat GPT's data was September of 2021, so it may have missed Randazzo's later updates in the winter of 2021.  But Randazzo had already been giving updates by the summer of 2021 that in the best case scenario, the PMDG 737 could enter beta testing by the fall of 2021 (of course, Randazzo has terrible estimates, but even with his terrible estimates and missing the fall/winter of 2021 for the PMDG 737 beta testing, I don't think it would take over a year for the PMDG 737 to hit beta testing).

 

9 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

Correct.  And remember, this is just a search engine with an improved ability to format the results as plain English.  It isn't actually intelligent, and in fact we've all seen so many examples now of it returning false information and even seemingly making things up, by stringing words together that sound good but convey incorrect information.

It's kind of comical to pretend that getting your information from this thing is the same as spending literal years becoming a true subject matter expert in a field ;).

I asked Chat GPT a question about whether subdomains inherit authority from the main domain, with respect to Google.  The common consensus in the SEO industry is that subdomains generally do not inherit authority from the main domain, with respect to Google.

Chat GPT kind of gave the opposite answer, saying subdomains do inherit authority from the main domain.

It was a completely opposite answer from what I expected.  I would definitely not use Chat GPT for any medical advice, especially if Chat GPT gives opposite medical advice than what a doctor would give.  I think Chat GPT needs to list its sources, which it does not. At least if Chat GPT listed its sources on how it compiled the answer, I could double check its sources to see how it came up with the answer.

Having said that, I think asking Chat GPT for information on non-critical and non life threatening answers may be okay.  That is, answers where safety and health are not at risk. So asking Chat GPT stuff like what is a good opening move in chess, or why it rains or doesn't rain so much in Brazil, is probably okay. Any answer that involves safety and health though, I would stay far, far, away from Chat GPT, especially because Chat GPT won't list its sources.

At least ChatGPT's advice won't contain grumbling and disparaging remarks about certain MSFS features/aircraft/developers etc. that it doesn't like.

2 hours ago, steve310002 said:

I think we are just scratching the surface with AI and the world is about to drastically change. I was saying to my wife only yesterday that if we think the world has changed a lot in the past 20 years with the rise of the internet, smart phones, and social media; well, we ain't seen nothing yet. Over the next 5 to 10 years AI is going to completely change how everything we can imagine in how the world works, and likely not for the better. Good old greed will ensure that.

For example, Google are planning on soon releasing an AI tool into its 'Workspace' and Gmail platforms whereby AI will write your entire email for you. You just start typing and based on other emails and what you are typing, it will figure out your entire email for you in an 'autofill' kind of way. As much as this sounds cool, it is going to quickly make a heck of a lot of people redundant. It will even write computer programs making a programmer's job less necessary. 

Europe and the US have already had their industrial sectors destroyed over the past 40 years. We rely now so much on often low paid service sector for jobs and 'growth' and even that is being eroded away by outsourcing to other continents and technology changes. AI is simply going to do much of those jobs for us. In fact, in some cases it already is. Unregulated and unfettered, it is going to make a lot of people redundant and unnecessary. The idea that it will create new jobs in place of existing ones is a load of hogwash (often touted in the mainstream media by over zealous analysts as a great outcome of AI). Sure, some new job types will come out of AI but nothing on the scale of what would be required to give existing people new roles. Most people simply don't retrain to the extents required. 

The social changes it will bring will make our current social media induced culture wars that have messed up society so much seem like a walk in the park. So as cool as the likes of ChatGPT may seem now, it is going to be a very screwed up and dangerous rough ride for humanity, society and life as we know it.

Heck, ChatGPT could have written this and not me, how would you ever even know?

It was written by you. Chat GP doesn't have a wife 🙂 

 

Cheers

Terry

10 hours ago, Stearmandriver said:

It's kind of comical to pretend that getting your information from this thing is the same as spending literal years becoming a true subject matter expert in a field ;).

A parallel example being those that think that proficiency in MSFS would allow them to land a real airliner without having ever flown anything in real life! 🙂

Cheers

Terry