LLMs do not return truth. They return answer-shaped text that is, sometimes, correct.
Unless of course someone configures them to return text that deliberately hides the truth.
https://newrepublic.com/post/216016/trump-rigs-americagov-ai-chatbot-fact-check-lies
@shriramk "We have a government of criminal pedophiles who just started a war of choice in the Middle East because their base thinks that it is righteous and rich people don't want anyone to think about them paying taxes, but an old man yelling at clouds^Wcoffee is what we can publish to best serve the public interest."
– WaPo editorial board
I just finished Kelly Link’s The Book of Love and found it thoroughly engaging, beautifully written, and as a reader of thousands of pages of fantasy, originally plotted. Nicely balanced between world weary cynicism and idealistic optimism. Definitely worth reading! #books #bookstodon
Again, Teen Vogue is willing to say things that we all know. https://www.teenvogue.com/story/fsu-shooter-radicalized-white-man-real-threat-oped
I saw a post today wondering why academics have such a knee-jerk reaction of suspicion and revulsion towards AI
Saw a lot of AI people chiming in reasoning everything from jealousy to curmudgeony
May I present my reasons:
A wide ask here so please boost: my grandfather is trying to get rid of an old business computer, and I was wondering whether any vintage computer people might want it. It was purchased for $50k from The Ultimate Corporation in the early 80s. This ran the Pick operating system, and my best guess is the hardware was originally manufactured by GE or Honeywell. It's about the size of a half-rack and currently lives in Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. It has sat covered in plastic in a chemical warehouse for the past 35 years. Where do people usually post stuff like this other than here? Thanks!