Poems in true chronological order by post date
-> file: messages/454 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── AI that can't run on a laptop is useless. But AI that can run on a laptop (even now) is still useful. Just, don't ask it to compose a masterpiece, solve all your problems, or write elegant code. It's not for that. Instead, ask your chatbot "hi can you fix these syntax errors?" on your pseudocode. Ask your weighting algorithm "which of these two is more [adjective]?" or perhaps "can you ask these numbers in the form of a question?" Use your tools not for their intended purpose, but rather for your own stated goals. Make things easier for people, make things work. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/455 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I don't understand why modern software isn't error correcting. We shouldn't have any bugs in this day and age. For example, if you're missing a dependency then why doesn't your program try to, I dunno, download that dependency to the program's installation directory and use it there? Seriously there are very few problems that are unsolvable! ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: messages/456 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1926 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── If you look at the modern state of machine learning and AI and can only think of:chatbotssingularity god-mind AI that solves all our problems then either you haven't worked with the technology or you are not applying your imagination as you could. AI is not a smartphone. It is not the internet. It is not the printing press. AI (as it currently exists) is a special kind of "if" statement that you only use for very specific, non-performance intensive tasks that require judgement or reasoning and cannot easily be translated into numbers or booleans. These situations are rare, but they unlock new possibilities for the programmers, not their marketers. If an LLM can't run on a laptop, then it is useless. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1927 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── It should be illegal to lend money acquired from a loan. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1928 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── If you visit someone's apartment and have a conversation near an open window, assume you're being overheard by a kid, a grandma, and a cop. So, don't talk about illegal things, use curse words, or mention sex and drugs. Also don't give out any specifically identifying information if you can help it. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ -> file: fediverse/1929 ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────────┐ ║ How do you go from determinism to sentience? Nature's response is a collection │ ║ of primitive operations applied at a mind-boggling scale to create a human. │ ║ │ ║ But we, as enlightened bundles of matter, can abstract chemical reactions and │ ║ complex interactions into systems which have inputs and outputs. │ ║ │ ║ What more is a brain but a soup of neurons which form ever-strengthening │ ║ connections between flexibly interpreted operation patterns? Connect up this │ ║ versatile and dynamic wiring to input and outputs via sensor arrays and │ ║ nerve-signal distribution points and give it a good 20+ years of continuous │ ║ operation and hey you got a graduate student. │ ║ │ ║ "Ah, but how can it tell right from wrong?" I hear nobody in particular ask │ ║ │ ║ The answer is pain. The pain of losing a loved one, as they play with someone │ ║ else on the playground instead of you after you broke their doll. The pain of │ ║ stubbing your toe because you were walking around at night in the dark like a │ ║ dummy. Pain... can be an excellent teacher. │ ║ │ ║ But what about love? hm │ ╟─────────┐ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar │ │ different │ ╚═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────┴───────────┘ |