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Ok, we are already very far off topic. I actually have heard an interesting take about Terrence Howard and his “New Math”.

(NB: I have an undergrad major in mathematics)

So, one of my favourite comedy podcasts is “My Momma Told Me,” a podcast that talks about black conspiracy theories. In each episode, the topic is framed as “my momma told me <insert conspiracy theory here”. Terrence Howard comes up as a sort of mythological icon on the pod, it’s very funny. On a recent episode they actually get to facetime him, it rules.

Anyway, the take comes from the host Langston Kerman (who does not have a major in mathematics, nor any background in science). It’s a very charitable interpretation that the whole 1x1=2 stuff isn’t so much about creating a new math with different rules, it’s more an expression of the frustration towards the algorithms and calculations that are part of the power structures in society that disadvantage and disenfranchise minority populations. Because this is all being thought of and formulated by people outside of the discipline, anything appearing arithmetic is “math,” so a “new math” is needed.

Basically: it’s kafkaesque. But yeah more likely than not Terrence Howard has gone off the deep end.

If I start using this and add grep functionality to my day-to-day life, I can’t complain about not knowing how to invoke grep in good conscience, dawg. I can’t hold my shitposting back like that, dawg!

jk that looks useful. Thanks!

Man. If this LLM stuff sticks around, we’ll have an epidemic of early onset dementia.

So, basically, there’s no ethical existence in our society? That’s starting to sound like soviet talk. Ronnie Reagan will be hearing about this.

Coward

ChatGPT, please tailor my resume and write me a cover letter for all programming positions at teledildonics companies, thanks!

1. Perhaps you didn’t read the linked article. Nadella didn’t claim that 30% of MS’s code was written by AI. What he said was garbled up to the eventual headline.
2. We don’t have to play devil’s advocate for a hyped-up headline that misquotes what an AI glazer said, dawg.
3. “Existing code generation codes can write 30%” doesn’t imply that AI possibly/plausibly wrote 30% of MS’s code. There’s no logical connection. Please dawg, I beg you, think critically about this.

God, this cannot be overstated. An LLM’s sole function is to hallucinate. Anything stated beyond that is overselling.

Talk about projection

Projection? Nobody was talking about projection until you brought it up. Talk about projection.

You’ve fallen for one of the classic blunders: assuming that OP thinks that humans can grow and develop with nurturing

Unlike the PHP hammer, the banhammer is very useful for a lot of things. Especially sealion clubbing.

Prompt-Pivots: Prime Sea-lion Siren Song! More at 8.

Good hustle Gerard, great job starting this chudstorm. I’m having a great time

Doesn't really narrow it down, sorry

(jk I don't have beef with the JavaRE)

find(1)? You better find(1) some other place to be, buster. In this house, we use the file explorer search bar

stopping this bit here because I don't want to continue writing a JRE episode

We should maximise hallucinations, actually. That is, we should hack the environmental controls of the data centers to be conducive for fungi growth, and flood them with magic mushrooms spores. We can probably get the rats on board by selling it as a different version of nuking the data centers.

Hey. I can do regex. It's specifically grep I have beef with. I never know off the top of my head how to invoke it. Is it -e? -r? -i? man grep? More like, man, get grep the hell outta here!

would I happier if I abandoned my scruples? I hope I or nobody I know finds out.

cool cool.