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It is entertaining (and confirming of @olivia's thesis that guardrails are inherently a scam, always and forever) that including "Number of attachments: 1" in the text prompt overwhelms what "guardrails" exist for prompting about an image without providing the image.

39 views It is entertaining (and confirming of @olivia's thesis that guardrails are inherently a scam, always and forever) that including "Number of attachments: 1" in the text prompt overwhelms what "guardrails" exist for prompting about an image without providing the image.

I am curious whether this represents data contamination or bias/lack of entropy in construction of these benchmarks.
The discussion of "contradictory specificity" suggests at least in some settings, the fabrications are not "recall" (data contamination).
Note that nearly ever response in this whole paper would be professional misconduct (e.g., in research, medicine, law) if a person replied in the

20 views I am curious whether this represents data contamination or bias/lack of entropy in construction of these benchmarks. The discussion of "contradictory specificity" suggests at least in some settings, the fabrications are not "recall" (data contamination). Note that nearly ever response in this whole paper would be professional misconduct (e.g., in research, medicine, law) if a person replied in the

It is truly heartwarming to watch the pro-oligarch/pro-AI bubble slam into the cold reality of an auditorium full of students booing their commencement keynote.
The schadenfreude at this bootlicker stammering is surpassed only by the sheer joy when the camera pans to the students.
Every university administrator needs to watch this clip of the University of Central Florida commencement speaker Glor

7 views It is truly heartwarming to watch the pro-oligarch/pro-AI bubble slam into the cold reality of an auditorium full of students booing their commencement keynote. The schadenfreude at this bootlicker stammering is surpassed only by the sheer joy when the camera pans to the students. Every university administrator needs to watch this clip of the University of Central Florida commencement speaker Glor

I am struck by the privilege and serendipity of a cold email recieving prompt and thoughtful personal replies from both study authors. This is utterly unsustainable, yet even that was not sufficient to overcome the anchoring effect of the epistemically-nihilistic affirmation machine.

3 views I am struck by the privilege and serendipity of a cold email recieving prompt and thoughtful personal replies from both study authors. This is utterly unsustainable, yet even that was not sufficient to overcome the anchoring effect of the epistemically-nihilistic affirmation machine.

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1.3 / week

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Mostly text

Recent: 7 text · 4 image · 1 video.

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Follows 777 back. A more reciprocal / networked account.

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🔥 Top post RE: https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116667022863059853 Excellent thread on what "LLM-assisted" testing actually does, with context from rsync replacing its test suite with a poorly vibe-ported Python version (as regressions roll in) More generally, the primary product of LLMs i… ★ 121

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@jedbrown/115053226440177137 It's important to recognize that highlighting these problems is advertising for GPTZero. The premise of their business model is that institutions will check their own reports for superf… ★ 4 RE: https://cyberplace.social/@GossiTheDog/116736495067438407 This KPMG report contributed to the inevitability narratives that have been used to pressure academia. This is what businesses need, workforce development, etc. University admin… ★ 3

▶ It is truly heartwarming to watch the pro-oligarch/pro-AI bubble slam into the cold reality of an auditorium full of students booing their commencement keynote. The schadenfreude at this bootlicker stammering is surpassed only by the sheer… ★ 7 I have often said that LLM-based pull requests are a denial of service attack on mentoring in open-source communities. This post explains the rationale behind Zig's prohibition and offers much-needed reflection on the human surfaces of ope… ★ 17 I installed new Challenge tires on my bike today. Please clap. First time since the 1990s that I've needed a tire lever (and I worked in a bike shop for a year). ★ 4

I am struck by the privilege and serendipity of a cold email recieving prompt and thoughtful personal replies from both study authors. This is utterly unsustainable, yet even that was not sufficient to overcome the anchoring effect of the … ★ 3 If you want to talk about healthcare access, find a way for physicians to spend their time thinking about diagnosis and treatment, and communicating with patients, not debating a mirage. People "doing their own research" is not new, and th… ★ 5 RE: https://scholar.social/@olivia/116375986022767924 This is how the "AI in government" people talk about using LLMs to generate text for regulations. They're proud of it. It is a betrayal of the public trust. “We’re flooding the zone.” "… ★ 15

Is it good that a bunch of universities signed contracts saying they are responsible for everything students do with the product and that the university will indemnify OpenAI? "Florida officials investigate ChatGPT, OpenAI over alleged rol… ★ 2

I am curious whether this represents data contamination or bias/lack of entropy in construction of these benchmarks. The discussion of "contradictory specificity" suggests at least in some settings, the fabrications are not "recall" (data … ★ 20

It is entertaining (and confirming of @olivia's thesis that guardrails are inherently a scam, always and forever) that including "Number of attachments: 1" in the text prompt overwhelms what "guardrails" exist for prompting about an image … ★ 39

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hachyderm.io

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Nov 2022

Joined in the Twitter-exodus wave of late 2022 — part of the migration that made Mastodon a real destination.

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🗓️Joined Mastodon in 2022 — 3 years ago.

👁️Averages 20 views per post.

📤Posts about 1.3× per week.

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75/100

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92%

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Est. 92% real, active audience · Low fake-follower risk.
Engagement (~3.2% of followers engage each post) is around typical for Mastodon.
Verified account.
Established account (3+ years old).

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Prof developing fast algorithms, reliable software, and healthy communities for computational science (https://PhyPID.org) aspiring killjoy | against epistemicide | he/they #AAUP #PETSc #JOSS_TheOJ #libCEED #justice #OpenSource #CFD #FEA #HPC #RustLang

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