o7___o7 @ o7___o7 @awful.systems

[redacted] enthusiast, robot combat enjoyer, distressingly Appalachian, fat

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Putting the "evangelist" in product evangelist.

Where we're going, we don't need eyes.

--Sam Altman, probably

This is using-a-sheep's-bladder-to-predict-earthquakes territory.

Do you suppose that an LLM can detect a witch?

Good thing that none of this mad-science bullshit is in danger of working, because I don't think that the spicy autocorrect leadership cadre would hesitate to hurt people if they could build something that's actually impressive.

“It learns just like those pesky hoomans do!”

It's Furbies all over again

When randoms from /all wander into the vale of sneers:

https://www.buttersafe.com/2008/10/23/the-detour/

it’s very important to me that you don’t type the words “Blake Stacey” into a search engine while explaining quote unquote Quatnum stuff to them

randoms from /all wandering into the vale of sneers: https://www.buttersafe.com/2008/10/23/the-detour/

They have that IPA made with yeast from a hipster's beard flakes, so there's...uh...precedent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue_Beard_Beer

People without an imagination trying to imagine what a prosthetic imagination would look like

Vampires?

need to explore extreme viewpoints to feel stimulated.

maybe they should do less of whatever generated this and instead spend their time trying to solve the Lament Configuration.

Fractal sealions

CW: embarrassing srs take:

The way LLM boosters talk about GPTs reminds me of how one of my kids tried to convince himself that his stuffies are really alive.

The same desire to believe in adults is so unsettling to me. They're desperately trying to fill a hole in their life where family, friends, culture, or religion should be. My first instinct would be compassion if it weren't for all of the economic dislocation and fascism.

"Trolling is a art"

Amen to all of this. Based and Granny-Pilled.

Do you reckon it's a flaw in our society, or is it a human thing?

putting the pro in prognostication

Naw, they didn't do anything really awful like ordaining a woman.

--the regular suspects, probably

Any fans of "Well There's Your Problem" or "Trashfuture" in here? Both podcasts really hit that "TechTakes" sweet spot imho.

Could you imagine?