Geek Stuff category archive
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Susceptible to suggestion? We’ll find out.
Security expert Bruce Schneier reports that “(a)cademic papers were found to contain hidden instructions to LLMs.”
One example he provides is an implanted instruction for “no negative reviews.” Follow the link for more examples and a link to the original study.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A good listener? Could you repeat that once more all over again, please?
Facebook Frolics in the Surveillance Economy 0
The EFF explores the Zuckerborg’s latest scheme for assimilating you and suggests some steps you can take to protect yourself from assimulation. (Audio only. Pretend you are listening to a radio show. Remember radio shows? If you don’t, see the OTR category on the sidebar, over there ——>.)
You can read the synopsis here.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Courting disaster? Why, on bended knee.
Above the Law reports on a “hallucinated” A. I. precedent that, had it not been caught by an appeals court, would have led to a wrong outcome. Here’s a bit:
And, in more news of our wandering blithely and stupidly into a singularity of our own making . . . .
Where is Neo now that we need him?
False Pretenses 0
“A. I.” does not stand for “artificial intelligence.” That misrepresents what it does. It does not think. It assembles.
“A. I.” stands for “automated infringement” of intellectual property.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A successor to Shakespeare? To be or not to cumquat, that is the merchant of the tempest.
The Art of the Con 0
Der Spiegel takes a deep dive into the workings of a massive multinational online consumer con.
Just go read it and remember, just because you see it on a computer screen, it ain’t necessarily so.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Delusional? Darn tootin’.
Susan A. Nolan and Michael Kimball consider the source at Psychology Today Blogs. Here’s a bit of their article:
Geeking Out 0
Now this is what I call wallpaper.
Mageia v. 9 with the Plasma desktop. GKrellM is in the lower right; xclock, the upper right.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Is it keeping a list and checking it twice? Well, it knows if you’ve been naughty or nice.
Facebook Frolics 0
At the EFF, Lena Cohen and Rory Mir explore the Zuckerborg’s latest efforts to spy on you and offer some suggestions for combating it. A snippet:
Facebook Frolics 0
In a column discussing how to deal with fraudulent frolics (in this case relating to Alabama football) on the Zuckberborg, Michael Casagrande makes this observation, which methinks is quite accurate:
Follow the link for context.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Brine for your brain? It’s the real dill.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
Properly secured? Not according to security expert Bruce Schneier.
The Disinformation Superhighway 0
At Psychology Today Blogs, Rebecca Dolgin outlines several ways in which “social” media isn’t. Here’s one; follow the link for the others.
Given how many persons think that “social” media is a reliable source for news, I find this a timely and disquieting read.
Artificial? Yes. Intelligent? Not So Much. 0
A new field for fraudsters? Oh! Look over there! Someone’s ploughing a field.
Facebook Frolics 0
There’s copyrights, and then there’s copywrongs.