Posts by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
(DIR) Post #AbeugAu4yhp1ax8HXE by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2023-11-10T09:13:39Z
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@tante I've heard of PhD students submitting LLM-written abstracts for conferences and I'm like really??? How does this benefit you??
(DIR) Post #AbfDrL2TX8QRLO62dM by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2023-11-10T12:48:46Z
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@tante They should still be learning how to pitch their work for conferences rather than relying on LLMs to do it for them. The PhD is a training exercise for academia (warts and all), writing these sorts of things is part of that training.
(DIR) Post #AbkMgkBaHYGrjP2EAy by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2023-11-12T23:38:43Z
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My 1 year old son has just started making noises when he plays with cars. He doesn’t say “brrrrm” or similar, he says “eeeee”. We own electric cars. Think of it, a future where cars, buses, trucks, tractors go “eeeee” instead of “brrrrrm” in the minds of children. #ElectricVehicles
(DIR) Post #AdR9uwaqsuB55MNwYK by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-01-02T13:36:19Z
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@gargron @tante as a mod that would be helpful to have when trying to discuss things with mods of other instances.
(DIR) Post #AhuAyzIinrKU1oTnAu by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-05-05T08:42:43Z
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This is happening today! Keep checking in!https://social.emfcamp.org/@emf/statuses/01HX2R6AX2QTXCD2NQM12FDT0X
(DIR) Post #Ahyb83NyMPkCk9l6y8 by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-05-05T19:10:34Z
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Edit: I’m off to bed so this offer is done, thanks! If anyone here would like to go to #emfcamp #emf2024 but can't afford a ticket, DM me; offer stands while there are still tickets on sale. (you'll need to get to/from Eastnor and BYO camping gear though, sorry) https://www.emfcamp.org
(DIR) Post #AiByy1VNQBEnyCS2M4 by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-05-23T19:12:24Z
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https://www.404media.co/google-is-paying-reddit-60-million-for-fucksmith-to-tell-its-users-to-eat-glue/ I had a good laugh at this headline
(DIR) Post #AilqsjAD4SidJnKelk by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-06-09T21:26:04Z
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A friend of mine lives in NZ and saw this poster, I mean teens can be picky but this is probably going a bit far
(DIR) Post #AjaFGbwf8mZLdrVYkS by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-07-04T07:43:29Z
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Going to vote tactically. I wish I didn’t have to as I really am not on board with the Labour Party right now but as you can see my vote against the Tories actually matters here. #ukpolitics
(DIR) Post #AmwxceYOsun3ysf0PQ by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-10-12T11:50:25Z
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No shit “this decline [in the capability of LLMs to perform logical reasoning through multiple clauses] is due to the fact that current LLMs are not capable of genuine logical reasoning; instead, they attempt to replicate the reasoning steps observed in their training data.”Paper from Apple engineers showing that genAI models don’t actually understand what they read but just regurgitate what they’ve seen like a puppy wanting to please its owner:https://arxiv.org/pdf/2410.05229
(DIR) Post #Amwxcfgafww5UZV3oW by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-10-12T14:20:39Z
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This is apparently doing some numbers so I want to make it clear that I think this paper is purely part of a strategic move by Apple to save face and gracefully exit from the genAI hype cycle. Hopefully other companies will do the same.
(DIR) Post #AnA5VLDNiIMefBKfYm by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-10-12T21:56:30Z
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@worik if you think my comparison was literal I wish you all the best luck with using LLMs as your main search engine
(DIR) Post #AnR49gCcmuoaBwrZSK by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-10-27T10:56:21Z
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Ah yes “respect for the academic tradition”, that’s what we should be prioritising over EDI, more like “respect for the backward opinions of old white men in academia for whom the advent of EDI is the first time they’ve ever been challenged on their prejudices”.
(DIR) Post #AntV1QuMnz33ayXVjc by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2024-11-10T00:05:03Z
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Yep, we’ve all been saying it, now they’re finally admitting it. LLMs are not actually intelligent and this method is not sustainable in its growth. Finally seeing diminishing returns; thank goodness we can all move onto the next grift nowhttps://sigmoid.social/@garymarcus/113455684170107190
(DIR) Post #Au0l9Z59q0gwmgkOKO by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2025-05-11T21:48:58Z
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I mean Labour-in-power could go on a well overdue kick on how good immigration is and how much immigration actually helps the UK and could fix a bunch of the underlying issues the right wing parties are distracting from by pointing at immigrants but nooooo they have to follow the fucking dog whistle. I'm so upset about all of this. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/may/11/english-test-among-range-of-labour-measures-to-control-immigration
(DIR) Post #AuPpaRdaku38vij5kG by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2025-05-24T10:06:07Z
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@futurebird Met via an IRC channel for an end game forum for the MMO Final Fantasy XI in the mid 2000s. Not sure you can get much nerdier than that 😝😝
(DIR) Post #Az8ksfXnt1BnReIjOi by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2025-10-12T17:43:46Z
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@futurebird thank you for returning this to my brain, I miss the ancient internet
(DIR) Post #B2DrXhMCsKRtGQ0Zhg by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2026-01-12T22:22:20Z
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@davidgerard @zzt I used to work at freshmeat.net, which was a website that indexed open source software. Maybe it could be called freshslop.net
(DIR) Post #B2ErKZQRFSUq3cghVY by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2026-01-13T10:00:40Z
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@futurebird apparently there are a lot of unexploited natural resources there
(DIR) Post #B2ErOHh37MRgDkEDKa by CatherineFlick@mastodon.me.uk
2026-01-13T10:01:20Z
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@futurebird also port cities that can open up when the arctic ice retreats (yay! Climate change!)