Post B2Hay6uBabyZRMkYk4 by oblomov@sociale.network
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 (DIR) Post #B2HVjJ6dRgHrALh9I8 by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T16:42:11Z
       
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       Transmitting Everything You Say#webcomic #krita #miniFantasyTheater
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HWcpFrcOqSniU7Xs by kelvin0mql@mastodon.hams.social
       2026-01-14T16:52:24Z
       
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       @davidrevoy This is fantastic.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HWmu9QGm3asjHImG by eragon@pl.eragon.re
       2026-01-14T16:54:15.310199Z
       
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       @davidrevoy what did she say?! We want to know
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HWpfR3RElY6vqIV6 by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
       2026-01-14T16:55:11.450335Z
       
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       @eragon @davidrevoy Kind of feel like it's best left to the imagination, for better and worse ^^
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HXU51VipM33PAHbc by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T17:02:01Z
       
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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 #B2HXgo7prMDwPVByVM by Elisablogs@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T17:04:23Z
       
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       @davidrevoy sorry to bother you but are you busy? i really need your help tho
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HYTbQXrNalDWD88u by realtegan@wandering.shop
       2026-01-14T17:13:05Z
       
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       @davidrevoy @lazy She's rapidly become one of my favorites.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HYuR1ae0LklzKhGa by dereisenhofer@metalhead.club
       2026-01-14T17:17:53Z
       
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       @davidrevoy It's a whole saga! 🤩
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Ha3gK5EceAmQxKpE by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T17:30:52Z
       
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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 #B2Ha7S0KPfspWvVrWK by sjcooke66@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T17:31:36Z
       
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       @davidrevoy 💥
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HaBV2p3G1C7Lbtku by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T17:32:23Z
       
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       @elzen Yes! Well guessed: this episode is my 'bridge' to link back the Amphora as the data-center/server of the Avian Intelligence. A future opportunity to speak about shortage of device, price hiking, and ecology.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HaWlaOkI0ZV9SK4e by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T17:36:11Z
       
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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 #B2HaeSDWdu8ZkLQI9A by hairylarry@gamerplus.org
       2026-01-14T17:37:29Z
       
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       @davidrevoy It is, of course, illegal to reverse engineer avian intelligence.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Hay6uBabyZRMkYk4 by oblomov@sociale.network
       2026-01-14T17:41:03Z
       
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       @davidrevoy ESPECIALLY the naughty chat 8-P
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Hb140Cq4WjJ1yS24 by solitha@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T17:17:35Z
       
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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 #B2Hb15Hc4q2rHJ7rns by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T17:41:14Z
       
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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 #B2Hbot4xj2lFuIxMo4 by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T17:50:42Z
       
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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 #B2HbwJdxMG4qK2roDQ by solitha@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T17:52:02Z
       
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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 #B2Hc1LaBZkRhmhVCee by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T17:52:54Z
       
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       @ToonLink 🤣 🤣
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HcaFLojklOanQHhI by dereisenhofer@metalhead.club
       2026-01-14T17:59:18Z
       
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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 #B2HcnOAfFt6JiDTNxo by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T18:01:33Z
       
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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 #B2HdIyXO5ygdThABDk by RandomDamage@infosec.exchange
       2026-01-14T18:00:31Z
       
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       @Sobex @davidrevoy @solitha @lazy what good would witching be without gradual students?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HdIzZuE6IMhnLhmi by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T18:07:10Z
       
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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 #B2HdbfylJsF1QDsuIa by jak2k@mastodontech.de
       2026-01-14T18:10:44Z
       
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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 #B2He0F5URFYxG7kHjM by solitha@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T18:15:03Z
       
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       @davidrevoy Maybe if you asked AI to help you with your storylines...*ducks and runs*@RandomDamage @Sobex @lazy
       
 (DIR) Post #B2He32us9CSQNa7GL2 by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T18:15:40Z
       
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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 #B2HeVIavRvVf74G4UC by LonM@social.vivaldi.net
       2026-01-14T18:20:40Z
       
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       @davidrevoy She needs to conjure up a magic firewall. preferably made of hellfire
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HewAbDHfeE8PCpEW by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T18:25:27Z
       
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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 #B2HfDOgSAgQUjvs5g0 by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T18:28:43Z
       
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       @LonM Oh! Firewall. 🧡 🔥 I'll note it somewhere. Thanks!"IgnisMurus !" 😆
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HfFfM79kw91gRL3A by andrewrk@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T18:28:54Z
       
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       @davidrevoy dang she's cute
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HfaKwEGNyNmeBlgm by solitha@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T18:32:54Z
       
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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).Gotta say the Avian Intelligence mini has been spot-on and a delight.@RandomDamage @Sobex @lazy
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Hg3MPrqZcClWtL9M by TrimTab@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T18:37:51Z
       
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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 #B2Hg5WLDutWM7vkWW0 by VANTABlack2000@mastodon.gamedev.place
       2026-01-14T18:38:15Z
       
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       @davidrevoy Great Comic as usual. A great way to get people thinking about what AI does as well.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HgJJZeBM5IaG4cCW by tiredbun@akko.wtf
       2026-01-14T18:18:54.504673Z
       
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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 #B2HgJKf08vxfx9aPBY by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T18:40:35Z
       
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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 #B2HgPd7WQEVSwXvgmm by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T18:42:12Z
       
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       @VANTABlack2000 Thank you!
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Hi2qI7UETl2Y9Fzc by RandomDamage@infosec.exchange
       2026-01-14T19:00:24Z
       
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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 #B2HkaKVsLL52Ehg716 by Rianq@mastodon.pnpde.social
       2026-01-14T19:28:31Z
       
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       @davidrevoy You're comics are lovely, thank you!
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HlxaTVGQ20M5DrCS by indigoparadox@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T19:44:07Z
       
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       @davidrevoy 😳 High-quality data! 😳
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Hu9hhb1AprsX6RNY by salt27@mastodon.social
       2026-01-14T21:15:56Z
       
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       @davidrevoy Privacy is dead?!Nooo, surely just prankster.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Hy5ZY9mlKBFkyOqe by Stem@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T22:00:07Z
       
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       @davidrevoy Maintenant, tout le monde veut connaître le contenu de la discussion salace.😆
       
 (DIR) Post #B2HzyGSIa0Y5uisNge by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T22:20:38Z
       
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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 #B2I10Z1uajRo3SC6am by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T22:32:36Z
       
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       @Linebyline I totally agree, this is a good point. For sure, I think LLM-generated alt text should only be used as, eg. ,  a quick placeholder text to fill up an editing text-area, requiring a human to post-fix it. I strongly wish the output of any LLM should never go into public or production unsupervised. A human should always be required in the last chain of the process with a strong expertise on the task to critic, rewrite, adapt and make it better.@tiredbun @voxel
       
 (DIR) Post #B2I1FQ741hoKk8gizQ by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T22:35:35Z
       
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       @Rianq Thank you for the feedback :blobcatheart:
       
 (DIR) Post #B2I3N7k2PlUDzSidpA by JDGeoShack@social.vivaldi.net
       2026-01-14T22:59:23Z
       
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       @davidrevoy CINEMA! 😆 Thanks for the laughs.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2I5LFC9vnXKR76VH6 by arfisk@aus.social
       2026-01-14T23:20:06Z
       
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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 #B2I6OhQfVwKqpF6OHY by LucKeyProductions@c.im
       2026-01-14T23:31:55Z
       
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       @davidrevoy Scientia potentia est https://luckey.games/cyans/anti/quickcheck.png
       
 (DIR) Post #B2I7Fpe1hSG1eYgZQO by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-14T23:42:50Z
       
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       @arfisk 🤣 I like to call her Cepper (for the Cepper&Parrot pun).
       
 (DIR) Post #B2IABATT7zCqfbDOO8 by MrBelles@mastodon.social
       2026-01-15T00:15:33Z
       
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       @davidrevoy Oh my, what will the frog think?! Was he there as well?
       
 (DIR) Post #B2ICS4RP0qKcmzR61o by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-15T00:41:09Z
       
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       @MrBelles Haha, maybe the frog prince was on this bath, who knows 😆
       
 (DIR) Post #B2IGzxwC68UQHXFxwG by arfisk@aus.social
       2026-01-15T01:32:08Z
       
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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 #B2Ixs9kEbyx8c5BXNo by benoitmortier@techhub.social
       2026-01-15T09:32:21Z
       
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       @davidrevoy 😉😛
       
 (DIR) Post #B2JOEoBPXbtpD3MIN6 by vonxylofon@witter.cz
       2026-01-15T14:27:49Z
       
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       @davidrevoy I prefer to run my open, sustainable Torment Nexus locally.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2JfSo9S9aioO1hiPA by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-15T17:40:34Z
       
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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 #B2KKG0HTqEtuMTTJbM by greensofshade@mastodon.social
       2026-01-16T01:18:03Z
       
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       @davidrevoy slightly disappointed she actually talked to it
       
 (DIR) Post #B2LVmV5E9E7JoWOmSu by davidrevoy@framapiaf.org
       2026-01-16T15:01:53Z
       
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       @fell thank you!
       
 (DIR) Post #B2MTF82UnZow2O2ZJg by Ray_Of_Sunlight@mastodon.social
       2026-01-17T02:07:34Z
       
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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 #B2MbmYflb2gDpSrPdo by mhunt@socel.net
       2026-01-17T03:43:53Z
       
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       @davidrevoy beware Alexa...
       
 (DIR) Post #B2NAGG0cwrX54ex1P6 by Firestarter_OL@troet.cafe
       2026-01-17T10:10:04Z
       
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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 #B2PGi3hTIJSZ32YDQG by InsaneAwesomeTony@mastodon.gamedev.place
       2026-01-18T10:31:33Z
       
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       @davidrevoy at least it recognizes that it was high quality data 🤷🏼‍♂️🗿I want my AI perverse as hell 😎
       
 (DIR) Post #B2Peq81pU1jhglSCum by iknowpony@sakurajima.moe
       2026-01-18T15:02:01Z
       
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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 #B2Pncq5PmPKrrgrwES by iknowpony@sakurajima.moe
       2026-01-18T16:40:22Z
       
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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 #B2Q1qhl0wUXVRfpgMi by iknowpony@sakurajima.moe
       2026-01-18T19:19:42Z
       
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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 #B2R2yZraC0jg7xjVwG by uis@pone.social
       2026-01-19T01:51:43Z
       
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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.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2R4xUEPqUfeHP1LRw by uis@pone.social
       2026-01-19T01:35:25Z
       
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       @davidrevoy I know who she reminds me of! Midnight Sparkle!https://derpibooru.org/images/2925666