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memfree, to chat in Have you redefined the word "anti-semitism" in your head cannon?

Ah, you are running into the problem that has lead nearly all English dictionaries to become descriptive rather than prescriptive. People make up new definitions for old words and new words for new things and everyone ends up needing to define terms to uncover who is using which words in what way. While not exactly on-point, I am reminded of this piece on finding nice words for latrines and imbeciles: cambridgeblog.org/…/ableist-language-and-the-euph…

memfree, to technology in Sports Illustrated Published Articles by Fake, AI-Generated Writers

The bits that hit me most:

It wasn’t just author profiles that the magazine repeatedly replaced. Each time an author was switched out, the posts they supposedly penned would be reattributed to the new persona, with no editor’s note explaining the change in byline.

authors at TheStreet with highly specific biographies detailing seemingly flesh-and-blood humans with specific areas of expertise — but … these fake writers are periodically wiped from existence and their articles reattributed to new names, with no disclosure about the use of AI.

We caught CNET and Bankrate, both owned by Red Ventures, publishing barely-disclosed AI content that was filled with factual mistakes and even plagiarism;

memfree, to gaming in What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?

Infocom.

Zork, Hitchhiker’s Guide, Leather Goddesses of Phobos.


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memfree, to food in Make Delicious Sauerkraut at Home in 8 Easy Steps

oh, and here’s a pic (from www.meatsandsausages.com/…/fermentation)

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memfree, to food in Make Delicious Sauerkraut at Home in 8 Easy Steps

I’ve done this. We used a big cookie jar on the counter and fermented for about a month (cold kitchen). It came out well, but we were kinda scared of it and the jar was always in our way so we never bothered again. We have local places that sell ‘raw’ sauerkraut and that is a better work/life balance for us.

Side note: there are 3 stages to fermentation with different bacteria taking the main stage in each. Check out this article and its links for even more details: makesauerkraut.com/how-long-to-ferment-sauerkraut…

memfree, to technology in Company that created ChatGPT is thrown into turmoil after Microsoft hires its ousted CEO

The amazing thing is that almost ALL the staff signed a letter and threatened to quit, too! From: wired.com/…/openai-staff-walk-protest-sam-altman/

“The process through which you terminated Sam Altman and removed Greg Brockman from the board has jeopardized all of this work and undermined our mission and company,” the letter reads. “Your conduct has made it clear you did not have the competence to oversee OpenAI.”

Remarkably, the letter’s signees include Ilya Sutskever, the company’s chief scientist and a member of its board, who has been blamed for coordinating the boardroom coup against Altman in the first place. By 5:10 pm ET on Monday, some 738 out of OpenAI’s around 770 employees, or about 95 percent of the company, had signed the letter.

Supposedly, Microsoft has said they’ll hire the whole team… but I wonder if it’ll really play out that way or if they’d just become short-term hires and then kicked out once OpenAI collapses. Note that Microsoft has invested a lot of money in OpenAI.

Vox also has a lengthy article with lots of details and consideration of what it all means, such as:

… There is an argument that, because OpenAI’s board is supposed to run a nonprofit dedicated to AI safety, not a fast-growing for-profit business, it may have been justified in firing Altman. (Again, the board has yet to explain its reasoning in any detail.) You won’t hear many people defending the board out loud since it’s much safer to support Altman. But writer Eric Newcomer, in a post he published November 19, took a stab at it. He notes, for instance, that Altman has had fallouts with partners before — one of whom was Elon Musk — and reports that Altman was asked to leave his perch running Y Combinator.

“Altman had been given a lot of power, the cloak of a nonprofit, and a glowing public profile that exceeds his more mixed private reputation,” Newcomer wrote. “He lost the trust of his board. We should take that seriously.”

memfree, to technology in Oops! We Automated Bullshit. | Department of Computer Science and Technology

Wanna be the bigwig on your block? Have I got a product for YOU! Solar Panels! Make your house shine with newfangled tech that’ll be the envy of all your neighbors! Go solar, baby! Stick it to the electric company and make THEM pay for a change. Solar! You’ll be beaming.

ok, I suck at faking ai chat

memfree, to chat in The real story behind Black Friday (from 2011)

Yeah, I think that PR spin died after getting debunked so thoroughly, but I liked this article’s blast-from-the-past ‘need’ to set the record straight with lots of details.

memfree, to technology in Oops! We Automated Bullshit. | Department of Computer Science and Technology

“Godfather of AI” Geoff Hinton, in recent public talks, explains that one of the greatest risks is not that chatbots will become super-intelligent, but that they will generate text that is super-persuasive without being intelligent, in the manner of Donald Trump or Boris Johnson. In a world where evidence and logic are not respected in public debate, Hinton imagines that systems operating without evidence or logic could become our overlords by becoming superhumanly persuasive, imitating and supplanting the worst kinds of political leader.

Why is “superhumanly persuasive” always being done for stupid stuff and not, I don’t know, getting people to drive fuel efficient cars instead of giant pickups and suvs?

memfree, to news in Israel-Hamas War: Israeli Army Takes Journalists on Controlled Visit to Gaza Hospital

They will tell you “controlled” visits are for safety, but I remember in the post 9-11 Gulf War reporting how the Pentagon went all in for “embedded journalism”. Yeah, sure, it keeps the press ‘safe’, but it changes what gets covered. The media initially loved it, but later realized there were valid criticisms of the process.

More to the point: yeah, covering news should not be a death sentence. Even if you are covering a war, as civilian non-combatants you shouldn’t be targeted by any military… a la the ‘Collateral Murder’ wikileaks video of journalists shot by US helicopters.

memfree, to food in [Recipe] Spiced Cranberry-ginger sauce (good for Turkey, Cocktails, and Veg)

Oh, I’ve also made this with 4-5 dried bay leaves and a dozen juniper berries. I liked the bay leaves in there, but the juniper berries weren’t noticeable except as an unwelcome texture.

memfree, to scifi in Doctor Who Showrunner Announces Controversial Change as It Joins Disney+

Saved you a click: it’ll be 9 episodes/year.

fwiw, that’s more than recent years but less than the earlier years (of the reboot, in particular)

memfree, to disability in How many in the U.S. are disabled? Proposed census changes would greatly decrease count

I agree. I included the links in the quoted text so people could more easily make public comment. I don’t think we want everyone saying they are in the severe category when they are not, but yeah, we don’t want to stop supporting people who need help.

memfree, to food in Let's talk Thanksgiving!

Oh, Canada. 🙃

memfree, to food in Let's talk Thanksgiving!

Finding a tasty pumpkin is usually the hardest part. The few I’ve tried from this list (with pictures!) were better than the average pie pumpkin I’ve had, but note that the list includes lots that are better for roasting than for pies. Here’s the ones I notice they like most for pies: Blue Hubbard, Butternut Squash (I’ve heard canned pumpkin are actually butternut because the flavor is better), Jarrahdale, Kabocha, Long Island Cheese, and Neck (these are the ones I usually get – we call them Crooknecks in my family).

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