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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many ā€œesotericā€ right wing freaks, but thereā€™s no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iā€™m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged ā€œculture criticsā€ who write about everything but understand nothing. Iā€™m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyā€™re inescapable at this point, yet I donā€™t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnā€™t be surgeons because they didnā€™t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canā€™t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.

  • gerikson@awful.systemsEnglish
    18Ā·
    3 months ago

    Problematic developer with AI crush realizes sheā€™s just dust under the wheels of progress

    https://justine.lol/history/

    You know those polls that say fewer than 20% of Americans trust AI scientists? It shouldnā€™t be the case, because no group is doing more right now to elevate the universe to a higher state of complexity. You know who the public does trust? Open source developers.

    Justine, LOL indeed.

    • Sailor Sega Saturn@awful.systemsEnglish
      16Ā·
      3 months ago

      Problematic developer with AI crush

      I thought this was gonna go in a completely different direction.

      Setting: romantic sunset beach, without a crowd in sight. There is no sound but that of a gentle breeze, waves lapping at the shore, and seagulls in the distance. Ryan turns to his girlfriend Tiffany. He gets down on his knees, the sand muddying his pants. Tiffany clasps her hands over her mouth in disbelief. Ryan says: ā€œTiffany you are the light of my life. You have made me a better man. I canā€™t see me living with anyone else but you. Willā€¦ will you marry m-- bzzt. Thank you for using Virtua-Boyfriend, unfortunately we ran out of VC money so are shutting down.ā€.

    • BlueMonday1984@awful.systemsEnglish
      10Ā·
      3 months ago

      You know those polls that say fewer than 20% of Americans trust AI scientists?

      No, but Iā€™d say its a good sign weā€™re getting close to an AI winter

    • V0ldek@awful.systemsEnglish
      9Ā·
      3 months ago

      elevate the universe to a higher state of complexity

      girl my life already too complex, ainā€™t no one need elevation to an even higher state of complexity

      can we maybe do a lower one?

    • YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systemsEnglish
      8Ā·
      3 months ago

      In classic Rationalist fashion, she noticed something she didnā€™t like, hypothesized a cause with no real evidence, and then proceeded to rant about the implications of that unproven hypothesis.

      My suspicion, on the other hand, is that because Claude is just reproducing statistical patterns from its training data is simply reflecting the fact that she is referred to as a Nazi coder far more often than she is as some kind of open-source luminary. Unless her github metadata signs everything ā€œJustine T the open-source developerā€ then that association isnā€™t reflected in the patterns extrapolated from the training data.