Vincent Cloutier @vincent@librem.one

Dear everybody re ChatGPT etc,

The word you need that you don't know you need is CONFABULATION.

What y'all are calling "hallucination" is, in neurology and psychology (where it means two slightly different things) called "confabulation".

I means when somebody's just making up something and has no idea that they're making things up, because their brain/mind is glitching.

A lot of folks are both trying to understand the AI chatbots and are trying to grapple with the possible implications for how organic minds work, by speculating about human cognition. Y'all should definitely check into the history of actual research into this topic, it will make your sock roll up and down, and blow your minds. And one of the key areas will be surfaced with that keyword.

There have been a bunch of very clever experiments that have been done on humans and how they explain themselves which betrays that there are parts of the mind that are surprisingly - and even alarmingly - independent.

Frex...

Data Quality http://xkcd.com/2739

Great chart to give context to the 'Great Tech Layoff'. Most large companies just over-hired then fired expensive 'legacy' staff. Treating people as disposable sacrifices to shareholder 'value'.

Hahahahahahahaha!!! OMG, we’re living in an idiocracy.

“Hobby Club’s Missing Balloon Feared Shot Down By USAF”

https://aviationweek.com/defense-space/aircraft-propulsion/hobby-clubs-missing-balloon-feared-shot-down-usaf

Many think a chatbot threatening humans will be scary but that's wrong it will simply turn people on

Functional programming 🤝libertarianism
Use the minimal amount of state

I just created a poll on the bird.makeup patreon page to ask what I should improve next.

Please go vote!

https://www.patreon.com/posts/what-should-i-78750913

Ok, #Mastodon, we only get one chance to get it right. #Errorphant #Mastodown https://strangeobject.space/@esther/109866076826121454

Tesla has received a lot of taxpayer dollars. They should have to open these chargers to the public. Right now, they enjoy a dominance of virtually private chargers at the taxpayer’s expense.

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/3858661-biden-to-require-ev-chargers-to-be-universal-for-federal-funds-expects-tesla-to-open-some-chargers/

I do not want to be condoning defacing anyone’s currency, but… 💸🍁😉

I'm having such a hard time picking the best paragraph from this article.
https://www.platformer.news/p/yes-elon-musk-created-a-special-system

Your periodic reminder that the most likely outcome for any software project is that you’re building the wrong thing that no one wants. Organize yourselves accordingly.

Knock-knock.

A race condition.

Who is there?

we're seeing unprecedented shenanigans levels

(93%) ■■■■■■■■■□

https://matklad.github.io/2023/02/12/a-love-letter-to-deno.html