Apparently this was not ChatGPT's fault, but ChatGPT was having trouble generating shows so they tried switching to "Curie", which has worse output moderation and this was the result.
For the last month there's been a #ChatGPT powered #ai spoof of #Seinfeld called #WatchMeForever which is just endless ai Seinfeld episodes. Mostly talking about whether to go to a new restaurant and then standup about egg jokes.
After a month, ChatGPT sucked up enough Right Wing content that the standup routine included an anti-trans and anti-gay rant, and the channel was suspended. Which is an apt parable about the dangers of trusting your content to #AIgeneration
https://livestreamfails.com/clip/150015
I had a disturbing encounter in a #Toronto retail store yesterday. A masked sales associate approached me with friendly greeting & then dissolved into tears.
Me: Are you OK?
SA: Just tears of relief; I approached you because you were wearing a #mask, so I knew you wouldn't say anything nasty to me about wearing mine. I can't afford to get #Covid, I just finished my cancer treatment.
Everyday she receives jaw-dropping, stomach-turning anti-mask comments. 🥺
Beowulf: So in conclusion, yes I came in second in the swimming race, because I spent days fighting against horrible sea monsters. But I survived and was triumphant. "For fate will spare an undoomed man, if his courage holds."
Unferth: Wyrd flex but OK.
My tech philosophy:
Use #FOSS for any situation in which viable FOSS exists. Only use proprietary if no viable FOSS exists.
Local (in country) is better than off-shore, though this is somewhat price-sensitive.
Social media:
Open and decentralised (#Fediverse) first. Closed and centralised second, if at all.
I think governments around the world (especially in my corner of it) should adopt this philosophy with extreme prejudice.
@StillIRise1963 When I was 9, my father explained it this way: “You know those bullies at school who beat you up? When they grow up, they become one of two things: muggers or cops. It’s the same people with the same desire to use physical power to control others.”
This was the man who carried me on his shoulders in 1960s protests for racial justice and in marches against the war, and said as white guys, we had the responsibility to fight oppression. He was far from perfect, but he did his best.
@MikeyMcFilms I will almost certainly get booted when they ask about background (I have a bachelor's in computer science and my sister tells me analytical people get booted from criminal cases). But I would be happy to be on a case and be someone who doesn't take cops at their word.
Sometimes when I'm playtesting (running) a brand new rpg system I've designed, a player will make a mistake and then say, "Sorry, I'm still wrapping my head around the new mechanics." My reply is pretty much always, "No worries. It's brand new to me too."
The point being, it's valuable to not be a definitive authority on a developing set of rules because you might accidentally make yourself believe that something is suddenly set in stone that isn't actually ready to be.
Say person A pointed a gun at person B and pulled the trigger, but the gun jammed. Person A then gave a half-hearted apology.
Should person B accept the apology? Should they trust person A ever again?
What if person A starts visibly trying to clear the jam but assures person B that it's all fine?
Asking for a friend.
Republican John Boehner described the modern GOP in his memoir:
"What they're really interested in is chaos… They want to throw sand in the gears of the hated federal government until it fails and they've finally proved that it's beyond saving.”
What many GOP pols (the sand-throwers) want to accomplish is obstructionism, NOT governance.
The GOP has built its brand on being obstructive, using chaos to block governance.
See thread 👀🧵: https://newsie.social/@ZhiZhu/109635671807761846
Been seeing a lot about #ChatGPT lately and got my first question at the library this week from someone who was looking for a book that the bot had recommended. They couldn't find it in our catalog. Turns out that ALL the books that ChatGPT had recommended for their topic were non-existent. Just real authors and fake titles cobbled together. And apparently this is known behavior. 😮
i know that the alps being snow free is an ecological disaster, one which will get worse when rivers don't get meltwater in spring, but
its also kinda hilarious hearing hoity-toity tourists complaining about having flown all the way from St. Bart's and finding no snow, and poor Tarquin and Ophelia are so disappointed, as this was their first winter week from their new boarding schools.
When I Bookmark something, it's just for me.
When I Like something, it's just for me and the person who made the post.
When I boost something, it's because I want to share it with others.
There's no software in the background recording and evaluating my behavior so it can decide the best ads to show me, and what I should see or not see in my feed to increase my engagement.
It's pretty nice not being the product anymore and just enjoying the web again.
#Mastodon & #TwitterMigratin FTW
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