July, 2025 archive
Republican Thought Police 0
El Reg reports that the Republican thought police are now trying to ban “woke” AI*. Here are a couple of snippets (emphasis added); follow the link to put them in context.
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“In the LLM world, attempts to ‘un-wokeify’ LLMs have literally produced an AI that named itself MechaHitler,” he said. “This isn’t just a problem in how LLMs are constructed – it’s actually a problem in how humans have constructed ‘truth’ and ideology, and it’s not one that AI is going to fix.”
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*That is, AI that doesn’t reflect and perpetuate their racism, bigotry, and prejudices.
Dis Coarse Discourse 0
Rebecca Watson bemoans the exploiting of staged debates, with a particular reference to the Jubilee Youtube channel, which has been in the news lately. She argues that they are devolving from a discussion of issues to a cage-match spectator sport in the pursuit of clicks and likes and lucre.
Or you can read the transcript.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Citing precedent? Nah. Just making stuff up.
So egregiously that it provoked a judge into kicking some lawyers off a case. Here’s a bit from the story at Above the Law:
Mission Impossible 0
In the midst of a longer column about the inanity and uselessness of Donald Trump’s having Iran bombed, Joe Conason makes a telling observation;
Follow the link for his reasoning.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
He was strolling through the woods one day when his gun became sentient and decided to fire itself.
This New Gilded Age 0
Starbucks workers at the “happiest place on Earth” are not at all happy with their employer. A snippet:
Karen Karen-Like 0
How dare these kids play basketball on a basketball court where they have a perfect right to play basketball? Karen wants to know.
Diagnosis 0
The subject is unquestionably suffering from a severe case of psychopathic psychological projection.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
And another “responsible gun owner” exposes a portable phallus to a child . . . .
We are a society of stupid.
Still Rising Again after All These Years 0
Michael in Norfolk is not sanguine. A snippet; follow the link for the rest.
