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- 1. Ask Google for a definition of a phrase and it'll make shit up for you.
- (tags:Google ai OhForFucksSake )
- 2. EU fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M for breaking Europe's digital rules
- (tags:Europe regulation apple Facebook )
- 3. A totally normal list of dating non-negotiables
- (tags:relationships video funny viaSwampers )
- 4. Edinburgh Anti-Trans Activist Nicola Murray Found Guilty of Child Abuse
- (tags:transgender abuse OhForFucksSake Edinburgh Scotland )
- 5. What should Europe be doing about Ukraine
- (tags:ukraine russia europe war )
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Date: 2025-04-24 01:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-04-24 03:22 pm (UTC)You're assuming that ChatGPT has some sort of database or search engine of facts. All it has is a database of statistically probable collocations. This doesn't "come from somewhere", it's just a sophisticated way of replying to a text message by repeatedly hitting an autosuggestion.
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Date: 2025-04-24 03:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-04-24 03:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-04-24 04:04 pm (UTC)Hyped up, but still very impressive.
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Date: 2025-04-24 05:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-04-24 05:08 pm (UTC)The problem is that ChatGPT is incapable of nuance. All it does is string statistically likely words in sequence. It cannot recognize falsehood or inauthenticity.
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Date: 2025-04-24 07:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-04-24 07:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-04-25 04:15 am (UTC)There was a whole TV show game when I was a kid, called "Call my Bluff", where teams of 3 actors (and the like) presented explanations of obscure words, what they meant, where they came from... but only one was true/correct and the other team had to guess which. So perhaps PROFESSIONAL improvisers and pretenders, trained in delivering fiction convincingly can do a better job of explanation in these fictional cases than ordinary people.
For the rest, well most people aren't trained in logical processes, and most that are, like scientists and technicians often are explaining subjects that take a massive amount of background knowledge and training to understand, and have never had a need to explain such things to people who know nothing on the subject.
Even more prosaically, "12 bar blues in, A, quick turnaround" describes a song well enough for the right types of musician to play together seamlessly without any further guidance. It works because it assumes a complex common background knowledge but someone unfamiliar with that would not understand that it was as complete as explanation as was necessary. Of course, it leaves a lot out that also will be filled in just by familiarity with playing music with others. E.g. no speed is given, and no indication of how long the song will be, but the right types musicians know how to follow each other, the drummer will count in and set the pace.
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Date: 2025-04-24 01:54 pm (UTC)Oh, the irony.........
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Date: 2025-04-24 02:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-04-24 02:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-04-24 02:53 pm (UTC)He says the fifth one is a bit personal, but it would bother me too.
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Date: 2025-04-25 04:30 am (UTC)But otherwise, yes. The Sleep Cycle one in particular! (I only succeeded in that once and sadly it's not my current relationship)
Also the "salesman" / "engineer" of partners should match
A "salesman" only says NO if they are sure they CAN'T.
AN "engineer" only says YES if they are sure they CAN.
It makes a huge difference in how reliable someone saying they will do a thing is. Which is THE thing I personally most value in friends and definitely partners.
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Date: 2025-04-25 07:58 am (UTC)