June, 2023 archive
Humpty-Trumpty 0
In Trumpworld, words mean what Trump wants them to mean.
Stray Question 0
How is this headline not about politics?
Sometimes the Freudian Slips . . . . 0
In a related vein . . . .
Aside:
Despite what the Senator wants to believe, it is true that Europeans came up with the concept of race as we know it today in the 16th and 17th centuries so as to justify chattel slavery.
Still Rising Again after All These Years . . . 0
. . . and they want you to know it.
A staff member found the rope hanging from a tree on the school’s property, according to a letter sent to families.
“This has caused some understandable feelings of fear and stress amongst our staff and we’re making you aware because we believe it is important to be transparent with our school community,” the letter reads.
Follow the link for details.
A Viral Infection 0
At the Idaho State Journal, Leonard Hitchcock reveals that, to his horror, he just might be infected with the “woke mind virus.” Here’s one symptom:
As proof, she reminded me that I have expressed concern over the proposed relaxing of child labor laws. Surely that is a “wokeness” symptom when I know that conservatives support such a move. Deceased conservative billionaire David Koch even once pledged to “abolish” child labor laws altogether.
More symptoms at the link.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
In Georgia, Mark Walters, who is apparently a local radio personality of some sort, has sued OpenAI for libel based on falsehoods propagated by ChatGPT, and Techdirt wonders whether the suit has a prayer. Here’s a bit from their article; follow the link for context.
And I’m not sure there are really good answers. First off, only one person actually saw this information, and there’s no indication that he actually believed any of it (indeed, it sounds like he was aware that it was hallucinating), which would push towards it not being defamation and even if it was, there was no harm at all.
Second, even if you could argue that the content was defamatory and created harm, is there actual malice by Open AI? First off, Watson is easily a public figure, so he’d need to show actual malice by OpenAI . . . .
Aside:
Whether Walters wins or loses, I doubt he’ll be the last to want a day in court with ChatGPT.
Where There’s Fire, There’s Smoke, Reprise 0
Fox News blows smoke about smoke and spreads propaganda for polluters.
Break Time 0
Off to drink liberally.
Paper Trial 0
Lawrence O’Donnell cuts through ex-Trump lawyer Timothy Parlatore’s double-talk on Donald Trump’s theft of government documents.
Via C&L, which has commentary.