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@dexter Imagine what Star Trek would be like if the computer never admitted to having insufficient data, or passed off extrapolation as certainty all the time.
@dexter Imagine what Star Trek would be like if the computer never admitted to having insufficient data, or passed off extrapolation as certainty all the time.
An experienced developer said re: #LLM-backed #AI
> “things can move as fast as they want but the speed of my actual understanding is the only one useful to me”
They make an essential point: new tools aren't magically useful because companies are selling them.
Experienced people in the field have to spend some time to determine: “What Fresh Snake Oil”? This takes wall-clock time.
There are far too many PT Barnums and far too few Alan Turnings in our field today.
I fear for users' rights.
An experienced developer said re: #LLM-backed #AI
> “things can move as fast as they want but the speed of my actual understanding is the only one useful to me”
They make an essential point: new tools aren't magically useful because companies are selling them.
Experienced people in the field have to spend some time to determine: “What Fresh Snake Oil”? This takes wall-clock time.
There are far too many PT Barnums and far too few Alan Turnings in our field today.
I fear for users' rights.
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Acting ethically in an imperfect world
Life is complicated. Regardless of what your beliefs or politics or ethics are, the way that we set up our society and economy will often force you to act against them: You might not want to fly somewhere but your employer will not accept another mode of transportation, you want to eat vegan but are at some point in a situation where the best you can do is a vegetarian option.
Sometimes it's not even our hand being forced but us not having the mental strength or priorities to do something: I […]
हिति , in Nepāl Bhāṣā, is the word for a shared community water tap. Even in modern Newar cities, these ancient structures still pour out fresh mountain water piped through ancient underground filters and conduits. They are a place to wash, to talk, to drink, to meet the locals: a nourishing, refreshing social-ecological place.
