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(DIR) Post #B2HVhpsTlCcmx8FtdA by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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Transmitting Everything You Say#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater
(DIR) Post #B2HWbOmZgdrP8QzKDI by kelvin0mql@mastodon.hams.social
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@davidrevoy This is fantastic.
(DIR) Post #B2HXUHw8qAW3pYdW52 by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@lazy Hey Tina, don't worry; she is not Pepper, she is the Gothic Sorceress of my mini series about Avian Intelligence. I like to call her "Cepper" (for "Cepper&Parrot" 😅).https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomics/miniFantasyTheater__Avian-Intelligence.html
(DIR) Post #B2HXfB7qVLx3tKItXM by Elisablogs@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy sorry to bother you but are you busy? i really need your help tho
(DIR) Post #B2HYSE9Q2r7RSpQaga by realtegan@wandering.shop
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@davidrevoy @lazy She's rapidly become one of my favorites.
(DIR) Post #B2HYsc4hidQjBxnvTE by dereisenhofer@metalhead.club
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@davidrevoy It's a whole saga! 🤩
(DIR) Post #B2Ha22JhcaT38ksQbo by voxel@infosec.space
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@davidrevoy She is Avian Intelligence enemy number one now after what she said at the end of last year 🫡
(DIR) Post #B2Ha239oUq9RkNG2pk by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@voxel Hehe, yes. I needed to find a sort of 'bridge' in my scenario to let her explore the world of data center later, and connect this series to the large Amphora of Intelligence ( https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/miniFantasyTheater/018__Avian-Intelligence.html ). This episode is an attempt to motivate her to find the 'server'.
(DIR) Post #B2Ha5sIApoezCvzZGi by sjcooke66@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy 💥
(DIR) Post #B2HaVDo3ywd5AlziaG by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@dereisenhofer Yes, it looks like I'm inspired to continue the weekly comics stories around this two characters. The AI industry pissed me off with the training of 20 years of my artwork without my consent and many other reason, and I find therapeutic to write these little stories to cope with that. 🤣
(DIR) Post #B2HacT3rfB3aVnqB3A by hairylarry@gamerplus.org
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@davidrevoy It is, of course, illegal to reverse engineer avian intelligence.
(DIR) Post #B2Haw8vCFh1fqDATuy by oblomov@sociale.network
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@davidrevoy ESPECIALLY the naughty chat 8-P
(DIR) Post #B2Haz13rvrjAKeav9E by lazy@fedi.at
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@davidrevoy Wait ... Pepper having a naughty chat with AI? What's happening?
(DIR) Post #B2Haz1wodZgD54InnE by solitha@mastodon.social
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@lazy Being somewhat of a new follower, I'm not certain... but I don't think this is Pepper. Pretty sure her hair is brown and she's got more of a whimsical bearing. Plus Carrot probably would have chewed it to pieces by now.@davidrevoy
(DIR) Post #B2Haz2f7yp7pIV2BrU by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@solitha Welcome around! Yes, it's another character, a gothic sorceress, more adult (probably over 300 years old, a parody of The Witcher's Yennefer in a way), resident at a university of Magic. This mini series about AI has its own tag here: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/webcomics/miniFantasyTheater__Avian-Intelligence.htmlI'm continuing Pepper&Carrot in background, I'm right now finalizing the dialog for episode 40 scenario. If the production continues to progress around this script, it will be an adventure with Shichimi and Torreya.@lazy
(DIR) Post #B2HbnS5lhuFue4X5kG by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@hairylarry Yes, totally. And especially in the context of this comic. Clearly a violation of the Avian Intelligence "content and usage policy". I'll see how I can exploit this later, and maybe introduce the OpenMagic company.
(DIR) Post #B2Hbum2FxNCmWeNhIm by solitha@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy Yep, I checked your site and clicked through the various tags before gathering the courage to act like I knew anything about it 🤣 @lazy
(DIR) Post #B2HbzhDTIkOz1kyScy by ToonLink@fandom.ink
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@davidrevoy OH NO, the worst nightmare.And now some village somewhere is feeding the amphora that will keep her words forever.
(DIR) Post #B2HbziGhOEZsI3UYIS by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@ToonLink 🤣 🤣
(DIR) Post #B2HcYySfB11yeBtyRE by dereisenhofer@metalhead.club
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@davidrevoy This comic is perfect to present the problems with LLMs. And the parrot already is my favourite picture to explain LLMs. Like, would we say a parrot is intelligent because it learned to say "Who's there" if someone said "knock knock"?
(DIR) Post #B2HclWaM87STxLU6RU by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@andre For something monkey related, I definitely wants to cover the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem at one point. And for this episode, you guessed right: introducing here the server/data-center idea is for moving the quest to the Amphora of Great Intelligence. 👍
(DIR) Post #B2HdHAAf0AgrhoYHmi by Sobex@sciences.re
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@davidrevoy @solitha @lazy She's a student, though, given how she was introduced. Isn't 300 year old a bit old for a witch student ?
(DIR) Post #B2HdHAxa4Hp29XRM2K by RandomDamage@infosec.exchange
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@Sobex @davidrevoy @solitha @lazy what good would witching be without gradual students?
(DIR) Post #B2HdHG3R7wTdx9DbMG by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@RandomDamage @Sobex In my vision, I wanted to make her more like a resident or researcher at the University of Magic, a role where she could study, teach, access the library, speak directly to the headmaster, and get invited to the New Year party, etc... But it's hard to build a more complete lore with just 4 panels at a time.@solitha @lazy
(DIR) Post #B2HdaJ6S15cMuUiBWK by jak2k@mastodontech.de
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@davidrevoy It probably has a camera too… Let's hope for her, it's not the AI by grand evil wizard Elron Murks!
(DIR) Post #B2Hdz2WgmmUIjnmHke by solitha@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy Maybe if you asked AI to help you with your storylines...*ducks and runs*@RandomDamage @Sobex @lazy
(DIR) Post #B2He1cJQhkx0J0nxIW by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@dereisenhofer Thank you! But I have no merit for that analogy: the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_parrot paper from Emily M. Bender & co was really the starting point. I met the concept after brainstorming with Framasoft for a mechanical Parrot mascot illustration on one of their campaign https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/framasoft__2024-11-19_03_Framamia-et-Lokas_by-David-Revoy.html . Later, I felt the idea of a cyber AI Parrot character would be a powerful concept and character, like in books of some of my favorite authors ( A. Douglas , T. Pratchett ). And here we are ☺️ .
(DIR) Post #B2HeTfrx4eqfRfKa2a by LonM@vivaldi.net
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@davidrevoy She needs to conjure up a magic firewall. preferably made of hellfire
(DIR) Post #B2HeuYY4OsRmYjqjzM by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@solitha 🤣 🤣 Note: I tried out of curiosity and research via a local install of https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.jeffser.Alpaca and it was really bad: 'open source' AI LLMs model I tried can't make a punchline, or an ending twist. Every story they output can't surprise the audience: they are statistically tropes, story slop, and the ending is always super cringe. But this test was super educational about CPU usage: super slow despite having a powerful computer. Uninstalled.@RandomDamage @Sobex @lazy
(DIR) Post #B2HfBzOBrPr6j8XcAa by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@LonM Oh! Firewall. 🧡 🔥 I'll note it somewhere. Thanks!"IgnisMurus !" 😆
(DIR) Post #B2HfEIKEQYeo2GmyLw by andrewrk@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy dang she's cute
(DIR) Post #B2HfYuQ6VAifyZMhw8 by solitha@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy "statistically" is probably the operative word there, since that's more or less what they are... statistical word generators.They'll never twist or surprise because they're going for the most likely output from the millions of artists they've been fed (and increasingly, re-ingesting slop).(Edit: I probably didn't need to say all that, did I? Derp.)Gotta say the Avian Intelligence mini has been spot-on and a delight.@RandomDamage @Sobex @lazy
(DIR) Post #B2Hg1vikkDZUPMvVGi by TrimTab@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoyIs Pepper getting..... Spicy? 😉I'm quite worried though... Who's been listening and how will they torment Pepper with the knowledge they've stolen? 😬
(DIR) Post #B2Hg45szvBO2VwkZqC by VANTABlack2000@mastodon.gamedev.place
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@davidrevoy Great Comic as usual. A great way to get people thinking about what AI does as well.
(DIR) Post #B2HgFf5tMKjItZIUz2 by tiredbun@akko.wtf
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@davidrevoy @voxel I am kinda wondering if she will keep the "dumbed down" parrot after whatever the ending to the avian intelligence story arc will be.
(DIR) Post #B2HgHteOD4K0cWUzui by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@tiredbun @voxel I hope I'll can draw enough episodes in this mini series to explore many issues (addiction/psychosis/and more) on user side and be able to land a conclusion aligned with something that was really well expressed on this toot: https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/115845072659379702 , something nuanced. I hope by the end, the Gothic Sorceress will have a responsible usage of it, and maybe her own 'local' one. Maybe even themed like a crow. I'll see, so many things to draw to reach this point! I'm working on it.
(DIR) Post #B2HgOLpCN4dnjsdHIO by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@VANTABlack2000 Thank you!
(DIR) Post #B2Hi1FfFJFsxse5fKi by RandomDamage@infosec.exchange
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@davidrevoy @Sobex @solitha @lazy of course! I'm sure if you follow this thread long enough everything will come out.It's been really fun so far
(DIR) Post #B2HkYkt2Ri6uBCe43M by Rianq@pnpde.social
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@davidrevoy You're comics are lovely, thank you!
(DIR) Post #B2Hlw9YYzSvdJ2mylk by indigoparadox@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy 😳 High-quality data! 😳
(DIR) Post #B2Hu8MQtk1tSLkXGro by salt27@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy Privacy is dead?!Nooo, surely just prankster.
(DIR) Post #B2HwGdIz5tSCu4uFcG by morph@morphnet.de
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@davidrevoy 😄
(DIR) Post #B2Hy42WcDRNNGVPAIK by Stem@framapiaf.org
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@davidrevoy Maintenant, tout le monde veut connaître le contenu de la discussion salace.😆
(DIR) Post #B2HzwlZh2Qw8ZlVJL6 by Sobex@sciences.re
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@davidrevoy @RandomDamage @solitha @lazy **Canon Updated !**
(DIR) Post #B2HzwnLETAYe3Ukn4q by Sobex@sciences.re
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@davidrevoy @RandomDamage @solitha @lazy Though, re-checking all the story, the goth witch looks too young for a post-doc, and also her relation to the info provided by the parrot is really what you might expect from a bachelor or master student, but not someone with a PhD under her belt. A fortiori a permanent researcher would have the ability to check a good chunk of the parrot nonsense, and avoid incinerating herself.So my personal take, given what we have now could be a witch at the beginning of her PhD, or in her Master's (since she's getting a bit more assertive). A PhD student is a lot closer to faculties and could well be invited for the new year party she's in.
(DIR) Post #B2Hzwnr8YY4veRgGo4 by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@Sobex For sure, having her in her late years of study could be an advantage if I decide to show other students, and their relation with their Avian Intelligence later. So, I'm not closing this door. I'll see, writing is difficult, and sometime I have to take direction for a good 4 panels and... the lore will follow later :) Thank you for the feedback!@RandomDamage @solitha @lazy
(DIR) Post #B2I1DvhAlNAQqEkaOm by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@Rianq Thank you for the feedback :blobcatheart:
(DIR) Post #B2I3Lr1sCAXoawL6h6 by JDGeoShack@vivaldi.net
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@davidrevoy CINEMA! 😆 Thanks for the laughs.
(DIR) Post #B2I5INlGkuaYrV2rpI by arfisk@aus.social
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@davidrevoy Never mind the bathroom chats, * this young disruptor needs a name.* to quote from Milne: "God bless Mummy. I know that's right.Wasn't it fun in the bath to-night?The cold's so cold, and the hot's so hot.Oh! God bless Daddy - I quite forgot."
(DIR) Post #B2I6MtWehNJ8UPvQbQ by LucKeyProductions@c.im
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@davidrevoy That bird's been collecting knowledge without her knowledge?!Scientia potentia est https://luckey.games/cyans/anti/quickcheck.pngIt all makes sense now.
(DIR) Post #B2I7EIaiEitJZoHv6m by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@arfisk 🤣 I like to call her Cepper (for the Cepper&Parrot pun).
(DIR) Post #B2IA9oizdYRdeSiRSi by MrBelles@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy Oh my, what will the frog think?! Was he there as well?
(DIR) Post #B2ICR42y7egC0IPXsG by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@MrBelles Haha, maybe the frog prince was on this bath, who knows 😆
(DIR) Post #B2IGyksYIKkEDYrKt6 by arfisk@aus.social
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@davidrevoy I'd been thinking more along the lines of 'Pepper' => 'Salt' => 'Halide' ... 'Haline'?But I like your thinking (plus it's your creation)
(DIR) Post #B2Ixqlrt1qhozwzGuO by benoitmortier@techhub.social
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@davidrevoy 😉😛
(DIR) Post #B2JOCkgKiZJKUvj1Ky by vonxylofon@witter.cz
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@davidrevoy I prefer to run my open, sustainable Torment Nexus locally.
(DIR) Post #B2JfRhQanRAHyF4lZw by papush_@outerheaven.club
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@davidrevoy cute but it's like all you do is about AI now :(
(DIR) Post #B2JfRjLheaRTventEe by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@papush_ For the weekly, yes. In background I'm still in the production of a Pepper&Carrot episode that has nothing to do with AI. I understand that this theme feels annoying for those who wants to just stop this topic.But understand that for me, with all the last 20 years of my artworks they trained without my consent, my art style, and all, I feel powerless. Making comic to mock it is my way to cope with that, it's therapeutic.I promise I'll do something else once I'm done with it.
(DIR) Post #B2LCLANwE8xnOkHqPA by fell@ma.fellr.net
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@davidrevoy I really enjoy this series. I like the witch character.
(DIR) Post #B2LVl1bpNQGGq1pM2q by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
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@fell thank you!
(DIR) Post #B2MTDW6nT6ZgpoAQfw by Ray_Of_Sunlight@mastodon.social
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@davidrevoy You know? After seeing mature references in Pepper & Carrot, one would think there won't be more mature references in other of your works, i was wrong, but honestly? I love them, Child-friendly stuff is tiring.Also that Wizardress is quite a naughty gal, It's a sight to behold. 😂
(DIR) Post #B2MblCh6xKZm6Lj8c4 by mhunt@socel.net
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@davidrevoy beware Alexa...
(DIR) Post #B2NAEoiI4tiMr3ZSVM by Firestarter_OL@troet.cafe
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@davidrevoyNah, everything will be okay if you have nothing to hide 💁♂️ /sActually, i like your pun (and your drawings too)!
(DIR) Post #B2PGgYorkjqbi5B94i by InsaneAwesomeTony@mastodon.gamedev.place
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@davidrevoy at least it recognizes that it was high quality data 🤷🏼♂️🗿I want my AI perverse as hell 😎PS I hate ai
(DIR) Post #B2PeoU6PZXWiIThGQy by iknowpony@sakurajima.moe
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@davidrevoy Hello. Want to share a bit of knowledge about LLMs.They are many layers of connected numbers, modified numerous times to predict what's next in text.One token at a time (word, piece of word, punctuation, etc), probabilistically.What happens after text turns to numbers and goes through neural network, is a probability distribution. Similar to Library of Babel, albeit guided'ish. Token #1 is this likely, and #2 is that likely.And then, sampler (or more often, several) comes into play. Something to not chose most likely (stiff, boring) nor random (model breaks easily) token. Repeats can be discouraged (hi to DRY sampler). Unusual but stable choices can be encouraged (hi to XTC). How about cut-offs (hi to TopK, TopP, MinP, and so forth) of unlikely junk? One can even discourage specific tokens.And only then, the user asks something, which LLM tries to predict answer to or continuation of.And... which LLM? There are very-very many, of different purposes and hardware requirements.Do you see something here? Complexity. What you did is admirable; and in my somewhat-educated opinion, best LLM is below of mediocre human writer.Still. LLMs can be useful if handled with knowledge of what they are, and of their limits (LLMs have probability of stupid mistakes; no, you can't avoid it). They are (opinion based on Anthropic's research of LLM solving math) bundles of intuition that output probability distribution out of vast sea of knowledge (of varied quality).I think that the best open-weight (not to be confused with open-source) creative LLM is Kimi-K2-Instruct-0905. If you don't have half of terabyte of VRAM (yes, seriously), it will be slow.For middle-weight I like Gemma 3 27B, and for quickness, LFM2-8B-A1B. Like 'em all with llama.cpp, and tweak/test stuff lots.Anyway. AI, is mostly, a plague. For greedy people to get richer, for lazy to get lazier. Even if there is some space for hobby that can improve one's life (carefully!).Just want to say ~ don't discard all 'cause of first try; the picture is incomplete (and moving).Wanna a funny example of LLM output? I asked it to use MCTS for fox poem (to entertain self), but it gave a poem about fox using MCTS. What a silly poor thing...In emerald fields where sunlight streams,A fox with russet fur, it gleams.Its gaze, a search, a branching mind,Exploring paths where truths unwind.Each rustling leaf, a choice unseen,Of cunning traps or paths serene.With cautious steps, the fox explores,Where ancient wisdom softly pours.Through sun-dappled boughs it leaps and weaves,Imagining each fate it receives.A hidden vole, a hawk's swift flight,Each outcome weighed in fading light.From countless trails, lessons accrue,Survival's dance, forever new.Each scent perceived, each rustle heard,Adds to the wisdom fox has stirred.With knowing eyes, it finds its way,Beauty and wisdom intertwined today.A flicker of flame in cunning gaze,The fox's path, through life's maze.
(DIR) Post #B2PnbTk4V35F0D7XqC by iknowpony@sakurajima.moe
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@davidrevoy Hm. 3 more things (I hope I am of edutainment).Firstly, another aspect is quantization, or in other words, reducing precision (and space taken) of numbers so LLMs will run quicker and in less of video memory (or just RAM, if slower pace is acceptable). There are various formats of it, and llama.cpp uses GGUF format with... very many types. And less precision loss sometimes makes models more stiff (hence why for creative purposes I often prefer Q4 or Q5 quants).Secondly, LLMs have limited context ~ literally, number of tokens they can process at maximum (and it is another setting to tweak, and possibly quantize).And 3dly, despite this being a hard thing to get (LLMs are generally trained for "correct" distribution), seeking edge cases and prompting fun ideas, can give good results sometimes. Here is example, of Kimi-K2 (via Groq, 'cause running this giant mainly from SSD is too slow even for my patience).The prompt was... Please write a short and funny story about small dragon that tried to "terrify kingdom" but failed and only gained adoration due to being adorable and silly. Try to include some dialogue.And here's some moments that Kimi actually did surprisingly well...Tonight was his Terror Debut. He practiced in a puddle:Flicker (menacing whisper): “I am death! I am doom! I—”Puddle: blorpFlicker: “Stop undercutting me, water!”...Flicker tried again. He landed on the fountain, spread his wings dramatically, and knocked over a laundry line. A pair of bloomers fluttered onto his horns like a wedding veil.Blacksmith (to his daughter): “Look, sweetie, the dragon’s getting married!”Little Girl: “She’s so pretty!”Flicker: “I’m a he! And I’m terrifying!”Girl: “Can we keep him, Dad? I’ll feed him and walk him and name him Toasty-Woasty.”...Royal Scribe (writing): “Day of the Belly-Rub Treaty. Casualties: zero. Cuteness fatalities: innumerable.”...in glitter-gel pen:“Mission status: Kingdom terrified… of how much they love me.”...it's quite ironic, really, that to get funny bits (only sometimes; not reliably), one must already know writing somewhat and have technical skill, too.
(DIR) Post #B2Q1pKrdhf46seA6vg by iknowpony@sakurajima.moe
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@davidrevoy At the bottom of Pandora's box is hope. I still wish to be techno-optimist. Like any technology, machine learning can be used for good and ill.And generally, technology done good for people. History teaches lessons; modern humans are much tamer than tribal ones, food standards are better, there are more obese people than starving (not ideal, but better than past).So. Take this piece of knowledge not with fear, but with hope. Good humans exist, and do stuff. Times get tough and uncertain sometimes, but if changes of the past has teached us something, is that making this world better (even in small ways) is very worthwhile.Also, your comics are awesome, my very favorite. =)
(DIR) Post #B2QZKGvvfHNS9aWnNA by uis@pone.social
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@davidrevoy I know who she reminds me of! Midnight Sparkle!https://derpibooru.org/images/2925666
(DIR) Post #B2QamLl3Q8BhBBOTJY by uis@pone.social
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@davidrevoy current environment of technology "phoning home" is not something exclusive to AI. It is common theme of business practices in current economical and legal environment, see DMCA 1201 in USSA and Article 6 of copyright directive in EU, that make removal of "phoning home" illegal for individuals with penalty of imprisonment.