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Cake day: July 6th, 2024

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  • I’ll spell out for you why I feel these two things are the same. You’re welcome to disagree, but maybe it will give you some pointers as to why a lot of people are annoyed by these LLM copy-pasta.

    First, a note for your ego : Remember, we don’t know you! You might have read through the whole thing that the LLM generated, and then cross-referenced the sources it gave you and then found some more, and you established the veracity of what it told you. OR you might have not bothered and just copy-pasted it for the clout, I guess, which is what the majority of LLM users do when publishing these answers. Ask for some explanations on how to solve a problem to a student who let a LLM give them the answer to an assignment instead of doing the work, if you need proof. 9/10 won’t be able to, because they didn’t bother to understand it - and I’m being generous in my statistics, in my experience.

    There’s also a lot of research that hints that the long term effect of using this tool in that way are deleterious to your critical thinking skills.
    We don’t know you, so, chances are you’re in the lot of the majority, as far as we’re concerned.

    Then, given that you probably didn’t put much effort into this text (as far as we can tell), there is an imbalance of effort required for us to look through it critically. Why the fuck would we put in the effort, if you most likely were not keen in putting so much in yourself? That’s kinda disrespectful, and egotistical. And also why I feel I am justified to assume that ctrl+c/ctrl+v an LLM output directly is tantamount to copy pasting a list of link from google. If you went through the trouble of validating the LLM output, how about just writing with your own word what you just realized / learned / validated? You can even dictate with tons of FOSS software nowadays if you’re unable to type!

    So that’s what I have for now, food for your thoughts I hope. I’m sure I could find more reasons, but I’m going to go do something fun instead.



  • I remember reading this article a few years ago, about an asteroid full of platinum in our solar system (2011 UW158). The article stated that, should we manage to bring the whole asteroid back to earth, given the amount of platinum in it, it would trigger an economic crisis given that platinum would become a “junk” material, in term of supply and demand.

    While the outcome is purely theoretical for now - given that asteroid mining / wrangling ain’t a thing currently - it really is telling when most people agree that with our current economic system, which really is for the greater good (/s), a surplus of a useful mineral would end up making a lot of people hungry.






  • pticrixtoMemes@sopuli.xyzAny other trauma victims?
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    15 days ago

    Pretty much same here, but dad was a cop. And not emotionally cold, which made it probably a different kind of fucked up. (Got both the I-love-yous and the getting-taken-care-of and the familial-physical-proximity, but then also got the “I’mma teach you <x> by screaming at you”, “insulting and shaking you when you fail”, and the “SHUT UP I’M TRYING TO WATCH THE NEWS” during dinners.)

    I’m pretty sure this is one of the reasons why today, as a grown ass adult, I just wish to stay at home by my wholesome / with the SO and never call my friends and family. I’m just content… nay, I’m hanging to my calm and peace with my life, to the point of it being a problem.




  • pticrixtoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.worldExcellent advice
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    16 days ago

    Never too late to build your collection, however big or small. My SO got one of those chonky seal plushy about 4 years ago, and they almost never goes away without it now. When I see them leave with their big hiking backpack, the seal plushy squished on the side of it with one of the bag’s straps and buckles, I just feel love inside.