@futurebird I kinda think the best mental model normies (non-mathematicians/logicians) can easily grasp for LLMs is a cheating partner. For every thing you say, it's going to gaslight you with the most plausible sounding response it can come up with. None of these responses necessarily have anything to do with reality. They're all just chosen based on the likelihood you'll accept them as sounding true.
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"Chat GPT told me that it *can't* alter its data set but it did say it could simulate what it would be like if it altered it's data set" -
"Chat GPT told me that it *can't* alter its data set but it did say it could simulate what it would be like if it altered it's data set"@futurebird I think a lot of people are really bad at reasoning about this kind of thing* in general, even before LLMs, and the LLMentalist effect on top of that really sucks them in.
* = multi-layer self-referential language about provenance of language, epistemology, etc.
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Saw a post about filming ICE, and:Like, this isn't a situation I plan to be in, but it's one we should all be *ready for*, because some of us are going to be the unfortunate ones there when some extremely bad shit goes down, and as a matter of being a responsible human being, we should all be prepared for that as best we can.
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Saw a post about filming ICE, and:Saw a post about filming ICE, and:
What's the current best phone app for filming abuse by authorities and live streaming it to remote storage they can't delete by seizing device?
Something actually trustworthy not hyped shit.
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Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming.@jbowen @futurebird @MastodonEngineering I have a slightly less stringent personal rule never to boost anything with either of their faces shown in the link preview, which quoting should also take care of.
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Bringing this highly requested feature to #Mastodon and the fediverse is not as trivial as some might think, but quote posts are coming.@futurebird @MastodonEngineering Yes, adding cw or burying an offensive image in link preview is a huge feature.