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Definitely! Journalists would have to be reasonably certain of the intent to be able to publish it that way, though.

Last I heard, "learning styles" are a myth

"Lies" and even "fabricates" imply intent. "Makes shit up" is probably most accurate, but it also implies intent, which we can't really apply to an LLM.

Hallucination is probably the most accurate thing. There's no intent -- it's something made up, that it expresses as true not because it is trying to mislead, but because it's just as "true" to the LLM as anything else it says.

There's a difference between a small penis and a micropenis.

Yeah. I mean, I am a feminist. I know that a lot of problems are caused by the patriarchy, and yes, men in general sometimes.

But car-dependency is not one of them. And conflating them for no reason just hurts both causes.

I do this.

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If I wanted an AI summary, I'd put the article into my favourite LLM and ask for one.

I'm sure LLMs can take links sometimes.

And if Wikipedia wanted to include it directly into the site...make it a button, not an insertion.

These tools are marketed as replacing lots of jobs that are a hell of a lot more complex than a simple board game.

There isn't really a single sliding scale of "complexity" when it comes to certain tasks.

Given the appropriate input, a calculator can divide two numbers. But it can't count the number of R's in the word "strawberry".

Meanwhile, a script that could count the number of instances of a letter in a word could count those R's, but it couldn't divide any two numbers.

Similarly, we didn't complain that a typewriter couldn't put pepperoni slices onto a pizza.

Alienation can result from actions of individuals, yes.

This community is "FuckCars", not "FuckMen". There are plenty of men here who are here because "Fuck Cars". I don't think that alienating the men of this community will do any good.

There are plenty of geniuses out there who aren't great at board games. Using a tool not fit for task is more of an issue with the person using the wrong tool than an issue with the tool itself.

I do get where you're coming from though. There are definitely people who don't understand why a ChatBot wouldn't be good at chess.

I'd be interested in seeing marketing of ChatGPT as a competitive boardgame player. Is there any?

That is more a failure of the person who made that decision than a failing of ChatBots, lol

Because people want to feel superior because they don't know how to use a ChatBot can count the number of "r"s in the word "strawberry", lol

Going forward? RetroAchievements, Steam, GOG, and LaunchBox to tie it all together. PSN trophy integration to LaunchBox would be cool too, because PS3 stuff is never coming to any of those platforms and I have history there, too.

For historical stuff, that's in my memory exclusively.

In the context of what I posted, you're talking about Amazon delivery boxes...ahaha

But yeah, game console boxes are collector's items! Especially for people who preordered the darned things! Lol

Webpages bouncing stuff around as various elements load in.

Back in the day, the space would be reserved, so if something hadn't loaded yet, that space would be blank.

Nowadays, you'll be reading something (or worse -- trying to click on something), and it'll get bounced around because some other element of the webpage got loaded in.

Great tip! I'd still prefer to ask at the connecting airport, but the first-leg plane staff would be a good bet if the connection time is tight

To the last point, I wouldn't trust anyone at your departing airport who tells you your bag will go to the destination. Almost lost a bag that way. Thankfully, my uncertainty made me ask again at the layover airport "just in case"...lol

That's just his own kids