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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] swlabr@awful.systems 7 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Man. If this LLM stuff sticks around, we’ll have an epidemic of early onset dementia.

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If the stories lf covid related cognitive decline are aue we are going to have a great time. Worse than lead paint.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 7 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

“Oh man, this brain fog I have sure makes it hard to think. Guess I’ll use my trusty LLM! ChatGPT says lead paint is tastier and better for your brain than COVID? Don’t mind if I do!”

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm on a diet of rocks, glue on my pizza, lead paint, and covid infections, according to Grok this is called the Mr Burns method which should prevent diseases, as they all work together to block all bad impulses. Can't wait to try this new garlic oil I made, using LLM instructions. It even had these cool bubbles while fermenting, nature is great.

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

That garlic oil will taste great with wild mushrooms, don’t buy them though, just ask chatGPT to make a list of mushrooms you can forage for free

[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 4 points 2 hours ago

Ah the book that made me change my mind on book bannings.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 4 hours ago

I've been beating this drum for like 4~5y but: I don't think the tech itself is going anywhere. published, opensourced, etc etc - the bell can't be unrung, the horses have departed the stable

but

I do also argue that an extremely large amount of wind in the sails right now is because of the constellation of VC/hype//etc shit

can't put a hard number on this, but .... I kind see a very massive reduction; in scope, in competence, in relevance. so much of this shit (esp. the "but my opensource model is great!" flavour) is so fucking reliant on "oh yeah this other entity had a couple fuckpiles of cash with which to train", and once that (structurally) evaporates...