Sven Slootweg (soft-deprecated) @joepie91@pixie.town

a prognostication procrastination.

I thought we'd spent the past few years digging into issues and looking for ways to use these systems on problems they can handle, like data and media conversion and modification.

But, no, we're going straight for the dystopian nightmare stuff:

* Knowledgebases that straight up lie.
* Creating an underclass that's only served by mediocre AIs instead of actual lawyers or doctors
* Summarisers that hallucinate _in their summaries_
* Decision-making systems rife with shortcuts and biases

Folks, I encourage you to not work for @OpenAI for free:

Don't do their testing
Don't do their PR
Don't provide them training data

https://dair-community.social/@emilymbender/110029104362666915

#WeirderScavengerHunt

Number 13
Something orange

They used to be everywhere when I grew up. And they are still around. The same old ones.

Is this a German thing or do you have these boxes on random buildings where kids can get chewing gum and small toys for a coin where you live too?

I was the "bad" (poor and resourceful and fun) kind of kid who came up with ways to cheat the machines to give me stuff for free.

@chris_gammell @szczys every hotel bar should have a loaner oscilloscope

Okay, taking a few moments to reat (some of) the #gpt4 paper. It's laughable the extent to which the authors are writing from deep down inside their xrisk/longtermist/"AI safety" rabbit hole.

Things they aren't telling us:
1) What data it's trained on
2) What the carbon footprint was
3) Architecture
4) Training method

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Question for the #AltText community: What sort of descriptions are considered acceptable for #Weather maps and imagery?

They are often so complicated and chock full of information that it just feels overwhelming. Additionally, things like evacuation maps are time-critical, so we want to post immediately.

BBB de grootste.

Dat betekent dat Nederland compleet onbestuurbaar wordt. Muurvast op de belangrijkste dossiers.

Tenzij Rutte compleet overstag gaat en naar de pijpen van Caroline gaat dansen.

In beide gevallen moet de actie van onderop komen. Buitenparlementair.

Escaleren. Escaleren. Escaleren.

De agri-business en Bayer hebben de verkiezingen gewonnen.

Fucking. Hero.

Regarding a deeply harmful transphobic bill that is slated for the current Nebraska legislative session, Sen. Michaela Cavanaugh says:

“If this Legislature collectively decides that legislating hate against children is our priority, then I am going to make it painful — painful for everyone. I will burn the session to the ground over this bill.”

https://apnews.com/article/filibuster-transgender-gender-affirming-therapy-bill-nebraska-cavanaugh-b9018fd1bf72112ca984ff58679eda6d

OH: “Weaponising office equipment on your first day”

seems like a fine first day to me

https://peterstormt.nl/2023/03/15/den-bosch-in-actie-tegenover-de-forum-fascisten/
Actieverslag protest tegen extreem-rechts, Den Bosch, 14 maart 2023

A reminder to non-Americans: assigning Pi Day to 22nd July is not only more accurate than 3.14 (22/7 is 3.14285), it's also more likely to annoy Americans.

Who has two thumbs and six hundred M3-M5 bolts of various lengths on their workshop floor?

Hey ik heb hulp nodig. Op Wikipedia heb ik een mooi nieuw lemma geschreven over Neuroqueer: https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroqueer maar men heeft daar in hun oneindige wijsheid ervoor gekozen om het voor verwijdering te markeren omdat ik geen aanwijzingen aanlever dat de term ook in het Nederlands gebruikt wordt. Dit is weer een typisch geval van hoe de status quo zich in stand houdt want "gezaghebbende bronnen" praten er niet over omdat ze veel minder over minderheidsissues praten en daardoor "mag" het ook niet op Wikipedia wat de bekendheid met minderheidsissues weer schaadt, het versterkt zich allemaal. Ik heb me rot gezocht maar buiten een workshop bij de VU (in het Engels) heb ik er niets Nederlands over kunnen vinden...