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Rolando ,

But I never thought anything like this would happen. That the cloud, search/google, mega platforms and AI would swallow the whole thing up.

I didn’t think so either. The funny thing is, Blade Runner, The Matrix, and the whole cyberpunk genre was warning us…

Rolando ,

OpenAI should have given some money to the people who own the movie “Her”. Then they could have claimed they were just mimicking the character.

Rolando ,

FWIW if you turn off scripts you can see the whole article.

Rolando ,

That’s very interesting… can you suggest a good article covering this topic?

Rolando ,

I read that in Texas, you’re expected to tip at the movie concessions stand. Is that really happening anywhere?

Rolando ,

Maybe it was Hajime Isayama, and the scaffolding on the left is for people who dress up as Survey Corps.

Rolando ,

So if it’s “AI”, and it’s remembering what I do on my computer, does that mean it’s going to hallucinate about what I did on my computer?

Rolando ,

Fear not! Eventually you’ll be forced to take an update that will bring this blessing to you:

On devices that are not powered by a Snapdragon® X Series processor, installation of a Windows update will be required to run Recall.

Rolando ,

Apparently a toaster coaster boaster poster. Roast her!

Rolando ,

Michaelangelo’s Pieta is only 76.8 inches high. It seems taller because it’s on a raised platform.

Rolando ,

This might make a good flowchart. The decision points are:

  • Is the article online for free?
  • Is an earlier version of the article available for free?
  • Do I have access to a research library?
  • Does the article look really important? (then contact the authors)
  • Does the article look REALLY important? (then look at one of those pdf sites)

One of the outcomes is “do not cite the paper”.

Rolando ,

Refuse to review for these scam journals. Only review for open-source venues.

Rolando ,

Varies by discipline, unsure if there is a cross-discipline directory. In my discipline there’s a free open-source journal, and many/most conferences post articles online for free.

Rolando ,

Back when I deleted all my comments, I was told I could claim to be in Europe and make a request citing the European law that Reddit has to follow. I think Reddit had a page where you could make the request, but of course it was hard to find.

Rolando ,

Not familiar with Deftones. Any recommendations?

Rolando ,

Don’t reptiles reproduce by laying eggs that the males then fertilize? So what you’re really thinking of doing is… uh…

Rolando ,

18 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

19 And he saith unto them, Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

20 And they replied back saying, Very well O Lord but there are six fish who have grievously insulted us.

…

24 Jesus wept.

Read for yourselves, those who doubt.

What is a good eli5 analogy for GenAI not "knowing" what they say?

I have many conversations with people about Large Language Models like ChatGPT and Copilot. The idea that “it makes convincing sentences, but it doesn’t know what it’s talking about” is a difficult concept to convey or wrap your head around. Because the sentences are so convincing....

Rolando ,

This is what I was going to point to. When I was in grad school, it was often referred to as the Symbol Gounding Problem. Basically it’s a interdisciplinary research problem involving pragmatics, embodied cognition, and a bunch of others. The LLM people are now crashing into this research problem, and it’s interesting to see how they react.

Rolando ,

Sometimes they’re working multiple jobs, sometimes they were mistreated themselves as kids. We shouldn’t be too quick to judge.

Rolando ,

Seems like a missed opportunity: you could hook up the boiling oil to a water cannon.

Rolando ,

Monowheel.

Rolando ,

I do the same when I go on vacation. Take an old phone, no cell plan, just use the wireless at the hotel and take the phone as a map and camera. No cell plan means work can’t call me, map still works bc of GPS and bc the data is manually downloaded (under profile menu.)

Rolando ,

!garfieldism

Rolando ,

Trump has shown there is no “too far” for some people, and we all get dragged down with them.

Rolando ,

I think they’re saying “You could start that community, which doesn’t currently exist.”

Rolando ,

Egypt is 1,596 km away from Greece in OUR world. But they’re in a whole new world.

Rolando ,

I haven’t flown in a while, have they already started asking us to tip flight attendants?

Rolando ,

And if you try to delete your comment, you’ll be DOUBLE BANNED.

Rolando ,

But users and instances would be able to state that they do not want their content commercialized. On StackOverflow you have no control over that.

Rolando ,

I’m not sure about that… in Europe don’t you have the right to insist that a website no longer use your content?

Rolando ,

!fuck_ai and sometimes !sneerclub

Rolando ,

!demonolatry

Rolando ,

Funny thing: it took me a while to figure out why this was noteworthy. I think that my brain must have a pre-processor for reading language written by someone for whom English is a second language, which automatically kicked in.

For better or for worse, these days the writer of this review would just put it through a GPT before sending it.

Rolando ,

“Question. What kind of bear is best?”

Rolando ,

“Large fries, no salt.”

(sighs) “OK.” (grabs salted fries, pulls out vacuum cleaner)

Rolando ,

This article headline is written to push people to a conclusion.

Yes, the source article is from Newsweek, which is about as trustworthy as Boeing.

Rolando ,

It’s itshittification.

Rolando ,

“What shit are you talking about?” asked the Redditors as they gleefully wallowed in the shit.

Rolando ,

Literally Lawnmower Man.

Rolando ,

Hold on a sec… what if just aim the volcano at our enemies?

Rolando ,

Wait, this is real?

Why. Why does it have to be this way.

Rolando ,

I think there’s oil in that there yard.

Rolando ,

vision is based on a “dark current”

WTF, for some reason, reading about all this stuff is seriously freaking me out about my eyes. en.wikipedia.org/…/Dark_current_(biochemistry)

Rolando ,

Every spell involves “your mom”.

Rolando ,

They should put some strange women distributing swords, as a basis for their system of government.

Rolando ,

I found an entire dissertation on “THE EXPLOITATION OF LIVE AVIAN RESOURCES IN PHARAONIC EGYPT: A SOCIO-ECONOMIC STUDY” BY ROZENN F. BAILLEUL-LESUER (JUNE 2016)

I thought you were BSing about this being a real dissertation, but here it is: isac.uchicago.edu/…/exploitation-live-avian-resou…

TIL there were ostriches in ancient Egypt.

Rolando ,

“Xeepzorp, it’s not that complicated. The thumb-up is like crossing your eyestalks, and the middle-finger is like extruding your rectal tentacle.”

Rolando ,

The longest relationship I ever had started this way: we were at a mutual friend’s house with a bunch of our friends. I introduced myself, then sat across the room from them, in a big comfortable chair, and I fell asleep while looking at them. For some reason they thought this was charming.

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