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That tracing woodgrains peice on David Gerard is out in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 32 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Took me like five minutes of reading to realize this was neant to be a hit piece and not praise.

Actual comedians try to use LLM in a writing room. Result: “cruise ship comedy material from the 1950s, but a bit less racist” in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 22 points 4 months ago

The phrasing "a bit less racist" suggests a nonzero level of racism in the output, yet the participants also complain about the censorship making the bot refuse to discuss sensitive topics. Sounds like these LLMs can only be boringly racist.

Claude 3 notices when a sentence about pizza toppings doesn't fit with its surrounding text. Whole internet including Tim Sweeney and Margaret Mitchell concludes that it's probably self-aware now. in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 1 points 4 months ago

Any of… what?

Yea I don't think the Turing test is that great for establishing genuine artificial intelligence, but I also maintain that current state of the art doesn't even pass the Turing test to an intellectually honest standard and certainly didn't in the 60s.

Vaccinations in Book Form? in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago

Sounds like a straight (derogatory) version of homoiconicity.

History of (extremely predictable) failures catching up to you? Quick, write a book! in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What, so if there's power that's honest, harmless and sensible you're supposed to... not speak truth to it?

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 7 April 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 12 points 7 months ago

Okay, but apart from YouTube, Google Search, Gmail, YT Studio, Chrome, Google Keep and Nest, what have the Romans ever done for us?

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 7 April 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I have a couple of Android devices and even with Android added to my list of Google products, I'm pretty sure I use fewer than Gruber.

'It’s a common misconception that we recommend all EAs “marry to give,” or marry a high-net-worth individual with the intent of redirecting much of their wealth to effective causes' in c/sneerclub@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 5 points 7 months ago

OK, David's was still "that tracks" tier but that crosses the line to NEEEEEEERD!

They sound like a keeper.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 7 April 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

"Demolishing 20"

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 7 April 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 7 points 7 months ago

hibste.rs

New York taxpayers are paying for spicy autocomplete to tell landlords they can discriminate in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 12 points 7 months ago

A large boulder the size of a small boulder.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending Sunday 31 March 2024 in c/techtakes@awful.systems

[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Linode now brought to you by Akamai, the CDN that also exists, you know (it's not just CloudFlareont!)