LLMs are interesting, and there are some very promising applications, but I’m concerned that the hype is going to damage the reputation of the technology in a way that could interfere with those things.

Regarding all other AI, there’s a lot of good that has come from AI research, and most people don’t recognize it. We have a tendency to shift our definition of “intelligence” to always exclude things that someone figures out how to get a computer to do.

Every day we use software that would have been considered AI years ago.

I’m not against AI, but I’m against the capitalist impulse to squeeze money out of anything to the detriment of all of humanity and the world.

My hope is that the LLM bubble bursts, big companies suffer terribly, the “AI” tag becomes bad marketing, and they let AI quietly return to research, where people can do some good with it.

It’s not that kind of dove.

What do you mean when you say AI?

Are you talking about all the different areas of research or just LLMs?

When I was in high school in the 80’s, a kid got removed from school for bringing an axe in to kill people with.

Simpler times.

Damnit, I didn’t need another reason to go straight to hell, and then you made me laugh at that.

Many years ago, I woke up in the middle of the night with absolute proof of God’s existence. I went back to sleep and woke the next morning remembering that I had proof, but not remembering what the proof was.

Being the agnostic that I am, I have to move forward without any belief in anything and disregard the memory.

If God wants me to believe, they have to resubmit their proof of existence.

Maybe in writing. In triplicate.

I tend to use metric when I’m designing 3D models.

In woodworking and other linear measurements, I use imperial units.

Celsius for my 3D printer, but Fahrenheit for weather.

Driving is miles.

In cooking I use imperial units.

Metric for Physics.

How dare you!

The one from this post I foolishly unmuted a few moments ago:

https://vger.to/aussie.zone/post/30689967

“Remember how difficult it was for you to pass the bar? Come work for us and we’ll get you disbarred before you know what hit you!”

I don’t know about cool feet, but this seems perfect for gout sufferers.

As long as you don’t bump into the metal rod.

On what basis do you think littering is a counter-gentrification force?

It seems to me all it does is depress property values to make it more attractive for gentrification.

It’s not like the people buying up properties, bulldozing them, and building condos for massive profits can’t afford to push the litter to the next neighborhood.

No way! That’s Trump’s thing!

I think it’s been years since I’ve seen a movie at a theater other than the drive-in.

We go to the drive-in for their movie marathon each year. $13/person. It’s dusk to dawn so you can see five movies.

I’m the dad, so I pay for everyone: about 8 people in four cars.

I probably spend a few hundred on food and T Shirts (they sell tie-dyed shirts with custom art every year, so I buy a shirt for everyone in our group).

It’s definitely a better experience and more fun than the best indoor theater.

The FBI will get him extradited to the US and ICE will grab him and deport him back to Mexico.

I would point out the way drug dealers kill their customers is unintentionally via overdose or bad drugs.

Also, if you’re a parent, and you lost your only child to a drug dealer due to an overdose, that’s really all you need to want to hunt down and kill the dealer.

A parent with nothing left to lose could be about as dangerous as it gets.

I have one example of a rich person who was addicted to drugs.

He was a gifted child so his parents treated him like he knew how to raise himself. They also probably weren’t terribly interested in raising a child, so they basically abandoned him. He was cared for, but not by them.

Best example of this: I mentioned that I still remembered my mom teaching me how to tie my shoes. He remembered the maid teaching him.

Because no one would stop him, he started drinking in his early teens, and moved onto drugs soon after.

Regarding murdering because of money, I’d recommend making it a home invasion gone wrong. Addicted kid gets cut off from family, can’t pay drug dealer, can’t get drugs. Tells drug dealer he knows where the family keeps a lot of money. Like “won the lottery” money. Drug dealer tells someone else who convinces them to go after it. Hilarity ensues.

I always felt like it was my responsibility to have them.

I’m still surprised that no suicide bomber has targeted the lines at the screening checkpoints in airports.

I don’t know what hidden security exists that could catch them before they get to that point, but it seems like it would be an irresistible target.

Personally, as a guy, I think him just questioning it is enough for you to have rejected him.

The only appropriate response to being told to use a condom is, “Of course I’m going to use a condom.”