Post B4HlZapC2LHRTyexWq by michaelgemar@mstdn.ca
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 (DIR) Post #B4HlZaX77YooZuCWLg by eschaton@mastodon.social
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       There seem to be two distinct kinds of “chatbot psychosis” happening right now:1. Becoming delusional about themselves and the world as a result of being glazed nonstop by the friend in their computer, thinking they’re inventing new physics, discovering mystical secrets, etc. and becoming manic.2. Becoming delusional about what LLMs are capable of and how effective they are, as a result of developing a reliance upon them, and becoming fanatical in their promotion and defense.#ai #llm #slop
       
 (DIR) Post #B4HlZapC2LHRTyexWq by michaelgemar@mstdn.ca
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       @eschaton Does #2 include CEOs, or is firing huge swathes of your staff and replacing them with AI a different type of psychosis?
       
 (DIR) Post #B4HlZb1bIDCm6SSrrs by eschaton@mastodon.social
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       @michaelgemar It absolutely includes CEOs, CTOs, pundits, and the like. However it also includes the people who get extremely angry when an Open Source project says “no, we will not take your contribution to our project if you used an LLM to create it, because it’s not your work.” They can go to Dennis Reynolds levels of unbound rage almost instantly and it’s really something to see.
       
 (DIR) Post #B4HlZb8KtAaoRLcFMm by eschaton@mastodon.social
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       As an example, see the incredible escalation in response to me saying that the output of an LLM does not represent a developer’s own work: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47344155The slopmonger refuses to accept that what they’re doing meets the academic definition of plagiarism. Instead they insist that I must not understand LLMs and that I need to get out of the way and out of the industry because what they’re doing is the way of the future.#ai #llm #slop
       
 (DIR) Post #B4HlZbE0Y586iwGmCu by abucci@buc.ci
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       @eschaton@mastodon.social @michaelgemar@mstdn.ca I think the anger response is at least partly explainable by this: https://buc.ci/abucci/p/1773412163.748396The CEO response may be totally explained by that...
       
 (DIR) Post #B4HlZbYZJdZnkhtCFs by eschaton@mastodon.social
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       Type 2 can be summed up as “How dare you presume to tell me whether I’m allowed to use an LLM if I want to?!” Just an absolutely incredible degree of entitlement.#ai #llm #slop
       
 (DIR) Post #B4Hlk73F4dvQKMFNwm by abucci@buc.ci
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       @michaelgemar@mstdn.ca For what it's worth, the majority of layoffs have been done for conventional economic reasons, or because companies (esp. tech companies) overhired near the beginning of the COVID pandemic. They are using AI as an excuse, hoping AI psychosis will distract from the otherwise-obvious conclusion that they made poor management decisions. @eschaton@mastodon.social