DRACULRRR :bc:LRRRonEarth@beige.party
Sep 19, 2026, 5:32 AMWILL TRANSCENDENT SUPERINTELLIGENCE EMERGE FROM AN INFINITELY RECURSIVE DIET OF REDDIT THREADS? THE SHITTIEST PEOPLE IN EXISTENCE WANT TO FIND OUT.
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- DRACULRRR :bc:LRRRonEarth@beige.partySep 19, 2026, 5:36 AM
THE PHRASE "GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT" IS NOT STRONG ENOUGH TO BEAR THIS BURDEN.
- DRACULRRR :bc:LRRRonEarth@beige.partySep 19, 2026, 5:39 AM
"IF WE PUSH ENOUGH TURDS THROUGH THE INTERNET'S MOST POLYP-ENCRUSTED COLON, WE CAN PRODUCE A VENGEFUL ELECTRIC GOD OF PURE REASON."
Sep 19, 2026, 5:34 AM@LRRRonEarth
The answer may not surprise you!!
Neilneil@scare.me.ukSep 19, 2026, 6:32 AM@LRRRonEarth This is now the foundation of Earth's economy.
tuban_muzurutuban_muzuru@beige.partySep 19, 2026, 8:30 AM"The value of the jewel varies directly with the size of the dungheap."
3Jane Tessier Ashpool3janeTA@beige.partySep 19, 2026, 11:09 AM@LRRRonEarth and cat photos
Ben Curthoysbencurthoys@mastodon.socialSep 19, 2026, 10:42 AM@LRRRonEarth we must go back to the source:
"On two occasions I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question."
Sep 19, 2026, 11:13 AM@LRRRonEarth As a friend of mine, David Eddy, says, "Garbage in, gospel out."
Morten Hilker-Skaaningmorten_skaaning@mastodon.gamedev.placeSep 19, 2026, 7:27 AM@LRRRonEarth the term "super intelligence" seems to suggest that over-investing in chess ability will somehow grant you cooking ability.
quangobaudmiguelpergamon@kolektiva.socialSep 19, 2026, 8:18 AMSuper Hyper Intelligent Technology
Tor Iver Wilhelmsentoriver@mas.toSep 19, 2026, 11:46 AM@LRRRonEarth They also want strong regulation* because it can end humanity, and at the same time free rein to train on everything because if you do not use it in your daily life you will be «left behind» (as if AGI is the Rapture).
*) … of their competitors and so-called open models.
Sep 19, 2026, 4:32 PM@LRRRonEarth
Now, if they trained on "everything on r/pol is wrong," it would still be a godawful stain on the Earth, but maybe some detergents might help.
Cake & Pudding 🌱iwoakura@twit.socialSep 19, 2026, 10:34 PMExcept "training on 10% unfiltered 4chan content in your sources is good", because it "makes the models more agreeable" https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.04741
(i know this is a research paper, but given the failures observed in recent models and the fact it's from harvard, well…)
- DRACULRRR :bc:LRRRonEarth@beige.partySep 19, 2026, 11:13 PM
- Cake & Pudding 🌱iwoakura@twit.socialSep 21, 2026, 8:47 AM
Sorry. I'm totally with you, but this needs to be more widely known.
🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑brouhaha@mastodon.socialSep 20, 2026, 1:26 AM@LRRRonEarth
No, but that won't stop the techbros from ruining the economy and everyone's retirement funds to try.