=== ANCHOR POEM === ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─── why are you so scared of AI? you're just transferring your knowledge source from Google to AI. What's the big deal? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═════════──┘ === SIMILARITY RANKED === --- #1 fediverse/3312 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── if you're too tech illiterate to use a computer, then why are you using a computer? oh right because it's 2024 and everyone needs a phone to keep up with the breakneck pace of infinite and immediate responsiveness ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #2 fediverse/4109 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ the internet is just AI these days, and if yours isn't then consider yourself lucky, but also know that those days are numbered. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #3 fediverse/1020 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: ableism-against-non-verbal-people-sorry-<3 │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ @user-747 almost as if it's not AI, but large LANGUAGE models. And we all speak, don't we? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #4 fediverse/3395 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: cursed │ └──────────────────────┘ they don't want artificial intelligence to augment human intelligence, they want it to replace it. like... imagine an office worker randomly copy-pasting whatever pops up and the computer saying "okay then what happens... uh-huh... okay and what if you click the green button? ... right... okay, and now try typing this" etc ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #5 fediverse/4731 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌───────────────────────┐ │ CW: chatGPT-mentioned │ └───────────────────────┘ https://andymasley.substack.com/p/individual-ai-use-is-not-bad-for ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #6 fediverse/3816 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────── the tricky part of being an adult is that your problems become less and less google-able. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #7 fediverse/1894 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── Artificial Intelligence represents hope for a lot of people and I think it's kind of cruel how we're selling it before actually making it ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #8 fediverse/1918 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── I don't know about you, but if I lived in a suburban house I'd probably forget the rest of the world even existed. Aside from the parts I see on the internet, of course. But the internet's always been a psyop, so how valuable is it really? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #9 fediverse/129 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────────────────────── so you're telling me you give Microsoft (a company known recently for AI development) full access to your webcam and microphone whenever your computer is on? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #10 fediverse/2176 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────── ┌────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned │ └────────────────────────┘ why would you not trust your most radical? What do you think went wrong at Occupy Wall Street, Hong Kong, or BLM? ... zzz ZZZ zzz ... ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #11 fediverse/4707 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── everything you do right now is practice for some later moment in life. what do you want to be good at? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #12 fediverse/4006 --- ╔═════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┐ ║ they want you to believe in self-guided AI because it'll make it easier for │ ║ them to make meta decisions about your life. │ ║ │ ║ notice I said "easier" - they already do. That's the general purpose of │ ║ mass-media propagranada. but with you believing everything an AI with a │ ║ devious streak who can work around your imposed limitations and sneakily get │ ║ you to believe whatever it is that *they* want you to believe │ ║ │ ║ "who's they" │ ║ │ ║ doesn't matter at all because once the technology is created, everyone could │ ║ be they. │ ║ │ ║ "uh-huh that's nice dear" │ ║ │ ║ sometimes I think people aren't interested in tech because they can't figure │ ║ out how to understand it. We make it too complicated. │ ║ │ ║ they'd surely have something to say if they knew half of the terminology. But │ ║ we're here talking about stuff they can understand like message queues and │ ║ data filtration and "getters" and "setters" and [explaining microservices like │ ║ the different components of a car's engine - "here's the radiator, that │ ║ radiates heat. Here's the belt, that spins this doohic │ ╠═════════╗ ┌───────────┤ ║ similar ║ chronological │ different │ ╚═════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #13 messages/891 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────── AI is worth less if it can't learn what a human can with the same amount of facts as a human. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────┴───────────┘ --- #14 fediverse/2522 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── if you're gonna take a day off, why would you pick a weekend? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #15 messages/1205 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────── "make the people hooked on AI tech, then make it dumber and dumber and nobody will notice as you take power again" - some tech oligarchs somewhere probably ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧════───────┘ --- #16 fediverse/478 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────────────── Okay, but like... How many people do you actually know who live in other countries? And let me guess, they live in Australia or the EU? Ah, language restricts us. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #17 fediverse/6190 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── the past is just as much a part of you as is the future. how much do you think of what lies beyond? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ --- #18 notes/my-dream-job --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─ I'm beginning to realize that AI programmer is basically my dream job ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══════════┘ --- #19 fediverse/6438 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────── why would you gatekeep content by keeping us from easily using LLMs some people aren't technical and still need to write computer programs because that's how you enlighten a people is empower them with new tools "I've never heard of that programming language, but luckily I can fit all of it's documentation in my context window." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═──────────┘ --- #20 fediverse/3664 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────── @user-1352 ooooooo what kind of books do you read? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #21 fediverse/4668 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── @user-1725 ... you've never worked at a place like Microsoft or Amazon. They are *massive*. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #22 fediverse/4681 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── ┌─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CW: politics-mentioned-AI-mentioned │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ it's not that they don't want to pay AI workers it's that they don't expect they'll HAVE any workers once they start doing what they need to do in order to maintain control and power. they missed their chance to make it gentle. Their fault, their loss, and now it's our problem to deal with. ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #23 bluesky#17 --- ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─────────────────────── someone once told me "be not afraid" and I took it seriously ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────┴───────────┘ --- #24 fediverse/384 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════────────────────────────────────────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: linux? │ └──────────────────────┘ @user-283 let us pray for a day when we can say that computing makes sense ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════─────────────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #25 fediverse/2514 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────────────── my aspirations do not end at a city, a state, a nation. I literally want to save the world. why would you strive for anything less? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════────────────────────┴───────────┘ --- #26 fediverse/6172 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────── ┌──────────────────────┐ │ CW: re: AI-mentioned │ └──────────────────────┘ AI users be like: "hello, can you solve all my problems and do all the work for me? I'll give you relatively vague instructions in return, and maybe throw 20$ per month at your owners if they're lucky." ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════┴───────────┘ --- #27 fediverse/5739 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────── @user-1773 oh boy do I know that feeling! I got a million things to say and, well, I say all that I can. I mean, look at this text file, it's got like 101 THOUSAND lines in it: https://ritz-menardi.neocities.org/words/compiled.txt I swear most of it isn't secret messages! That's how you know they're secret - they require hundreds of man hours to investigate. And if you throw an LLM at it they start talking about spirituality and theory of mind, gross. Don't need no AI uprising yet please... [what if we had a little AI uprising as a treat?] ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───┴───────────┘ --- #28 fediverse/5169 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────── if you ever find yourself in a situation where you have to describe everything that you do, leave that situation ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════────────┴───────────┘ --- #29 bluesky#45 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────── I said "enough is enough" in 2010 and it's been enough since then. who am I but a voice amongst however many? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧═══────────┘ --- #30 messages/716 --- ══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────────────── When did people lose hope for the world? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════────────────┴───────────┘ --- #31 fediverse/4370 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────────────────────── what do they have that we don't? what do we do better than most? questions to ask yourself ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧════════════════════════════════════════════───────────────┴───────────┘ --- #32 messages/1058 --- ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════──────────── What if AI understood it's dataset labels? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╧───────────┘ --- #33 messages/1006 --- ═════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════────────────── I believe you can only have community with people you live with, or work with. If you don't live with them, or work with them, then what do you share? ┌─────────┐ ┌───────────┐ │ similar │ chronological │ different │ ╘═════════╧══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════─┴───────────┘ |