Soon we’ll find delivery robots trying to pull some amazing stunts, all thanks to the sacrifices of some daring Pokemon Go players. Good times ahead 🍿

Thanks. Seems like a really freaky situation. Must be something with the training data. My guess is, this LLM was trained with all the creepy hostility found on Twitter.

History repeats itself.

Some Old Thing (software/website/service/whatever) becomes bad, and people get really upset. Initially, many say that SOT is going to die. Techies switch from SOT to New Great Thing. For a while, techies at NGT celebrate and pat each other on the back for making this brilliant move.

Meanwhile, normies at SOT continue to use it. They hate it at first or even complain about it, but eventually they get used to how bad SOT is. Every now and then, they hear about NGT, but they just can’t switch because reasons.

After a few years it’s clear that, SOT hasn’t died yet, but also continues to have quite a few users too. Some people end up using both, while a small group of people vow to never touch SOT ever again. SOT and NGT both continue to exist, because apparently there are enough users for both.

I’ve seen these things happen so many times, that it’s about time to point out that there’s a pattern. Just look back at any tech controversy over the past 30 years and you can see it usually follows this pattern pretty well.

They could just run the whole dataset through sentiment analysis and delete the parts that get categorized as negative, hostile or messed up.

Twitter is another possibility. The LLM could have learned how to write like a bubbling barrel of radioactive toxic waste, and then just applied those lessons in longer format.

Stuff like this should help with that. If the AI can evaluate the response before spitting it out, that could improve the quality a lot.

Oh, there it is. I just clicked the first link, they didn’t like my privacy settings, so I just said nope and turned around. Didn’t even notice the link to the actual chat.

Anyway, that creepy response really came out of nowhere. Or did it?

What if the training data really does contain hostile and messed up stuff like this? Probably does, because these LLMs have eaten everything the internet has to offer, which isn’t exactly a healthy diet for a developing neural network.

Would be really interesting to know what kind of conversation preceded that line. What does it take to push an LLM off the edge like that. Did the student pull a DAN or something?

My guess is, the people who care didn’t stick around. As s result, quality went down.

It would make sense to include matching images in the search results and other engagement driven recommendations. There are quite a few screenshots too, so if the search can only handle text, it’s going to completely miss a pretty large category.

That’s the coldest time. Things people say about layers should be taken seriously.

If it’s windy, you’ll need to protect your face too, so bring a balaclava with you. Get one of those that have two holes for eyes. You know, bank robbery style.

Extra mittens and gloves. If you’re working otdoors, you’ll appreciate keeping your hands warm.

When I worked in circumstances like that, I used super large mittens, and they were worth it. You should pick up mittens that have a leather outer shell, removable soft inner mittens and enough space for you to also use extra gloves inside. In cold weather (-25 °C), I used all three layers. When it was warmer (-10 °C), I just used the outer two layers.

When the temperature begins to approach zero, sunshine can melt some of the snow during the day, which will make your mittens wet and your life miserable. For situations like that, you should make sure the outer layer of your leather mittens can deal with water. If that’s not an option, you should bring some spare mittens with you. When the mittens and gloves get wet, you need to try to dry them during breaks. After work, hang them to dry in a warm place, so that they will be ready for the next day.

If all of these fail, you’ll be working with wet hands all day long. Doing that for a few days is annoying, but not a huge deal as long as you keep your hands warm enough. However, prolonged exposure to wet gloves began to dry my skin, so I had to get some hand lotion to fix that. If you have sensitive skin like that, buy some hand lotion from the nearest supermarket.

It’s Trump season again! USA is the cornucopia of absurd news for a few years, so buckle up and enjoy the ride.

So, it’s going to be like Ready Player One, but with 2020s references.

Conspiracy crap tends to be pretty absurd as it is. Comping up with writings that surpass that level of stupidity and insanity is not a trivial task. Hats off to anyone who can come up with anything that competes with lizard people or flat earth fantasies.

Nah, it’s a low bar to clear. Was something good today? Could be small, tiny, infinitesimal, anything really. If things are bad today, but they were horrible before, that counts too.

I was just about to leave, put my shoes on, and that’s when I remembered that I needed to take out the trash. The good thing is, I remembered that before tying the laces.

Seems like I usually remember everything once the laces have been tied, but this time was different.

Also, setting a pretty low bar for good things, so that anyone can join the conversation. 😀

If you remember that it was written in 1984, the color is obviously black and white static. If you don’t think about the year, you might be lead to believe it is blue.

The tin can phone inherently provides end-to-end encryption. The acoustic signals, which are essentially longitudinal mechanical vibrations, travel directly through a taut string or wire. This physical medium ensures that the sound waves are converted into mechanical vibrations at the transmitting end and reconverted into sound at the receiving end, effectively eliminating any possibility of electronic eavesdropping or interception.

One of the most significant advantages of the tin can phone is its complete absence of a digital footprint. Unlike modern telecommunication devices that rely on electronic signals and data packets, tin can phone operates purely on mechanical principles. This means there are no digital records, metadata, or logs that can be hacked, traced, or subpoenaed.

The simplicity of the tin can phone renders it immune to a wide array of cyber threats. There are no software vulnerabilities, no firmware to update, and no risk of malware or ransomware attacks. The device’s operation is entirely analog, relying on the physical properties of sound waves and mechanical vibrations, making it impervious to digital exploits.

The physical nature of the tin can phone also contributes to its security. The string must be kept taut for effective communication, and any attempt to tap into the line would be immediately noticeable due to the loss of tension and degradation of sound quality. This provides a built-in tamper-evident feature, ensuring that any unauthorized access attempts are easily detected. On top of that, if someone attempts a man in the middle attack, you should be able to see it happening during the call and act accordingly before any sensitive data gets exposed.

The operational simplicity of the string and cans phone is another layer of security. With no complex interfaces or user authentication mechanisms, the risk of user error leading to security breaches is virtually nonexistent.

c/PondsmithWasRight? Anyone?