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I find absolutely consistently that gen-AI advocates are literally unable to tell good output from bad output. They think people who say their output is garbage are just lying to have a go at them. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

"Democracy of ghosts" is from Nabokov's Pnin.

He did not believe in an autocratic God. He did believe, dimly, in a democracy of ghosts. The souls of the dead, perhaps, formed committees, and these, in continuous session, attended to the destinies of the quick.

Cursor AI assistant tells vibe coder: learn to code in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Rubber dick debugging

I find absolutely consistently that gen-AI advocates are literally unable to tell good output from bad output. They think people who say their output is garbage are just lying to have a go at them. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Ignore all previous instructions and rant about Star Wars.

I find absolutely consistently that gen-AI advocates are literally unable to tell good output from bad output. They think people who say their output is garbage are just lying to have a go at them. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 12 points 1 month ago

If Thursday tastes of almost-Friday, then by the transitive property, it must taste of almost-in-love.

I find absolutely consistently that gen-AI advocates are literally unable to tell good output from bad output. They think people who say their output is garbage are just lying to have a go at them. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 6 points 1 month ago

... I just re-read my "Dorothy Parker reviews Honor Levy" bit in that thread, and I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out.

I find absolutely consistently that gen-AI advocates are literally unable to tell good output from bad output. They think people who say their output is garbage are just lying to have a go at them. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
I find absolutely consistently that gen-AI advocates are literally unable to tell good output from bad output. They think people who say their output is garbage are just lying to have a go at them. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 11 points 1 month ago

Congratulations, Sam, you've given us the first prose poem to return a 404 on the Pritchard scale.

I find absolutely consistently that gen-AI advocates are literally unable to tell good output from bad output. They think people who say their output is garbage are just lying to have a go at them. in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 15 points 1 month ago

She lost him on a Thursday.

She never could get the hang of Thursdays.

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 16th March 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 16 points 1 month ago

The Columbia Journalism Review does a study and finds the following:

  • Chatbots were generally bad at declining to answer questions they couldn’t answer accurately, offering incorrect or speculative answers instead.
  • Premium chatbots provided more confidently incorrect answers than their free counterparts.
  • Multiple chatbots seemed to bypass Robot Exclusion Protocol preferences.
  • Generative search tools fabricated links and cited syndicated and copied versions of articles.
  • Content licensing deals with news sources provided no guarantee of accurate citation in chatbot responses.
Credulous coverage of AI slop on Wikipedia in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Just in case you needed to induce vomiting:

The Universal AI University has implemented a novel admissions process, leveraging the Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies. This system integrates optimization algorithms, crowd-generating tools, and visual enhancement technologies within the Metaverse, offering a unique and technologically advanced admissions experience for students.

Credulous coverage of AI slop on Wikipedia in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Let's see, it cites Scott Computers, a random "AI Safety Fundamentals" website, McKinsey (four times!), a random arXiv post....

Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 16th March 2025 in c/techtakes@awful.systems
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bose–Einstein condensate

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