Post AvrTPzPsMiXGmr3rA8 by KatS@chaosfem.tw
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(DIR) Post #AvrT7rMTZfxGaopGoS by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2025-07-06T10:15:07Z
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LLMs are mansplaining as a service, but more specifically that type of mansplainer who googles your question and replies authoritatively with the first result that comes up, despite having zero understanding himself.
(DIR) Post #AvrT7zOtgYe3We1JhI by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2025-07-06T11:50:21Z
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At least with a Google search you can have a squint and see if the information comes from some government department or "homeschool-moms.com". LLMs flatten both the source and the intent of the information into the same officious tone, which is why you see them echoing Reddit shitposts as fact.
(DIR) Post #AvrT87aBGUQMtxMROa by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2025-07-06T11:58:29Z
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"All the information is on the internet"Not all information has the same value, motherfucker. True expertise is in learning to distinguish and contextualise. And preserving that meta-information is a vastly undervalued skill.(Salutes librarians)
(DIR) Post #AvrT8FnaiVuANrhGPQ by Tattie@eldritch.cafe
2025-07-06T12:02:07Z
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Anyway this is why the integrity of human knowledge against the malignant growth of LLMs will be fought for, and won, by shitposters.
(DIR) Post #AvrTPycFLEpwIvqDo0 by KatS@chaosfem.tw
2025-07-06T13:02:35Z
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@Tattie You just reminded me of a movie-special-effects guy I met a long time ago.He had a pitch for an educational TV show. The idea was that a group of schoolchildren would be brought in, and a scientist(-looking) person would explain something to them.The twist was that only about the first half of the presentation would be strictly factual. They'd start by including subtle errors, move on to less-subtle factual errors, building up to completely OTTWTFBBQ fantasy ravings by the end.The thrust of the setup was to see how long it would take the kids to twig that something ain't right, and to then speak up and start questioning it. The aim, of course, was to teach them (and the audience) to listen critically and question anything that smelled off, no matter how well-credentialled the speaker might be.Sadly (and predictably) it never got optioned, let alone actually implemented.I feel like we could really use that kind of thing... about 20 years ago, actually. Or maybe even sooner.
(DIR) Post #AvrTPzPsMiXGmr3rA8 by KatS@chaosfem.tw
2025-07-06T13:08:57Z
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@Tattie Irrelevant but amusing aside: his company made TV adverts for Bundaberg rum, featuring a life-sized polar bear man-in-suit. You know, just the sort of thing you'd expect to find in tropical Queensland.Said bear was idolised by many chest-beaty manly-men as the epitome of grunt-snort manliness.The team were endlessly amused by the thought of how these guys would react if they found out that the man in this suit in fact a)was very, very gay, and b)had the physical appearance of about five and a half feet of knotted string.
(DIR) Post #AvrTQ0CRS9NrDTmdrU by ozzelot@mstdn.social
2025-07-06T16:01:46Z
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@KatSHis skinniness makes sense... they'd need a bigger bear costume for a bear to bear.@Tattie
(DIR) Post #AvruLG4NidGBkbyYro by notsoloud@expressional.social
2025-07-06T21:03:30Z
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@ozzelotSo....are you into bears?No, I'm in bears.@KatS @Tattie
(DIR) Post #AvrwGMgdtBJCjYfNey by ozzelot@mstdn.social
2025-07-06T21:25:04Z
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@notsoloudIf you are in bears, you might be just a bit into bears@KatS @Tattie