Perspectivist
@Perspectivist@feddit.uk
Freedom is the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.
- George Orwell
- Comment on Would you ever give up your right to leave a bad review about a company? 9 hours ago:
I prevent my customers from leaving a ban review by trying to do a good job. I’d never sign a form like that, it’s a huge red flag and I doubt it’s even enforceable.
- Comment on Does AI need to be perfect to replace jobs? 3 days ago:
Depends on what job it’s replacing. LLMs are so-called narrow intelligence. They’re built to generate natural-sounding language, so if that’s what the job requires, then even an imperfect LLM might be fit for it. But if the job demands logic, reasoning, and grounding in facts, then it’s the wrong tool. If it were an imperfect AGI that can also talk, maybe - but it’s not.
My unpopular opinion is that LLMs are actually too good. We just wanted something that talks, but by training it on tons of correct information, they also end up answering questions correctly as a by-product. That’s neat, but it happens “by accident” - not because they actually know anything.
It’s kind of like a humanoid robot that looks too much like a person - we struggle to tell the difference. We forget what it really is because of what it seems.
- Comment on Is "AI" the end of truth? 1 week ago:
This works both ways: you can also always claim it’s a deepfake even if it isn’t.
If the government is after you they don’t need excuses so I doubt gen-AI changes anything in that regard.
- Comment on Proton shifts out of Switzerland over snooping law fears 1 week ago:
What do you mean they don’t give you a choice? You always have the choice not to use it. DDG gives me AI summaries and I never read them. WhatsApp has an LLM button I’ve never pressed. Twitter has Grok, never tried it. Android probably has Gemini somewhere, and I don’t even know how to access it. As for Proton’s LLM, I hadn’t even heard of it despite paying for their email for a decade. I just don’t see how something existing as a feature in a service I already use somehow mandates me to engage with it.
If someone is so deeply anti-LLM that they want to avoid all this on principle, I don’t necessarily have an issue with that. But personally, I genuinely struggle to grasp the logic behind it. People seem to have a strong emotional response to LLMs - your reply makes that pretty clear - and that’s the part that really boggles my mind.
- Comment on Proton shifts out of Switzerland over snooping law fears 1 week ago:
If you don’t like LLMs then why can’t you just not use them? Why do you have to start avoiding everything LLM like the plague?
- Comment on UK | Stop children using VPNs to dodge age checks on porn sites, commissioner demands 1 week ago:
Cheeky Proton VPN ad midway through the article.
- Comment on A massive Wyoming data center will soon use 5x more power than the state's human occupants - but no one knows who is using it 1 week ago:
because the future occupant of the data center has not been named.
It’s not thay “no one knows” but that information simply haven’t been disclosed.
- Comment on Refrigerators have DRM on them, To force you to buy $50 water filters or it won't dispense water 2 weeks ago:
Luckily I get my water from the tap.
- Comment on Sam Altman says ‘yes,’ AI is in a bubble 2 weeks ago:
I’ve been told that this man can’t be trusted so I guess it’s not a bubble then.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 weeks ago:
Almost every single post from you mentions that you’re a single mom to a 13 year old and you ask about things like co-sleeping, wether it’s okay to wear bikinis in front of your son and his friends, how to teach them about bodily changes during puberty and now you’re a stripper as well.
I’ve been seeing you around here for a while now and there’s seems to be a theme here.
- Comment on What If A.I. Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This? 2 weeks ago:
Which AI company has taken this approach exactly? Whose this “they” you’re refering to?
- Comment on What If A.I. Doesn’t Get Much Better Than This? 2 weeks ago:
I think the title should be “What if LLMs doesn’t get much better than this?” because that’s effectively what the article is talking about. I see no reason to expect that our AI systems wouldn’t keep improving even if LLMs don’t.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 2 weeks ago:
I disagree with the premise, but I’d wager that people who say “suffering is good” are probably talking about things like lifting heavy at the gym or working long hours - not spitting blood in a ditch.
- Comment on ChatGPT Is Still a Bullshit Machine 3 weeks ago:
It’s like any other tool; it requires an user who knows how to use it and what the limitations are. It’s not as competent as Sam Altman wants you to believe but it’s not as incompetent as the haters wants you to believe either.
- Comment on [deleted] 3 weeks ago:
It’s called a rage bait - and it’s working.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 3 weeks ago:
True! Then instead of spilling my coffee on the counter I could spill it on the counter instead.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 4 weeks ago:
The best coffee I’ve ever drank was from Aeropress but honestly, if you use freshly ground beans on a Moccamaster they’re quite difficult to tell apart.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 4 weeks ago:
It’s not to protect it from cracking - it’s to stop the leftover coffee from burning onto it, since I only rinse it after use.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 4 weeks ago:
I don’t waste good coffee.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 4 weeks ago:
It’s intentional. Leaves an air gap between the pot and the hotplate.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 4 weeks ago:
When I make coffee just for myself, I always measure out the same amount of water and this never happens. But my SO is slightly less autistic about it than I am and makes inconsistent amounts when brewing for the two of us - and I just can’t stand the thought of pouring even a drop of coffee down the drain. So, I spill it on the table and floor instead.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 4 weeks ago:
I live in a small granny cottage and “my desk” means the kitchen table 2.5 meters away. I technically could move it to my desk and it would still remain in the kitchen.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 4 weeks ago:
Or maybe I just need to start drinking straight from the jug.
- Comment on I just dont seem to ever learn 4 weeks ago:
Moccamaster is relatively popular brand where I live. Most people know about it. It always boggles my mind when I see a middle class family with a 35€ coffee maker. Why cheap out on something you’re using multiple times a day for the rest of your life? These things are not that expensive and spare parts are widely available.
- Comment on YouTube's new AI age verification is coming soon — here's what's going to change 4 weeks ago:
I mean, honestly this is one of the better uses for machine learning. Not that this age checking is a good thing but if you’re going to do it on a mass scale then this seems like the right approach. I imagine that especially for a relatively heavy user this is going to be extremely accurate and far better than the alternative of providing a selfie let alone picture of an ID.
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- Comment on Why do neurotypicals like AI slop? 4 weeks ago:
Is “AI slop” synonymous with AI content in general? I’ve always thought it to mean bad AI content specifically.
I don’t consider myself neurotypical yet I see our current AI progress as net-positive. I don’t like AI slop either in the sense that I understand the term but I’ve encountered a lot of good AI generated content.
- Comment on [deleted] 4 weeks ago:
Looking back, I realize I was pretty immature at 22. It didn’t feel that way at the time, but it sure does now. These days, 18‑year‑olds look like kids to me.
I didn’t want kids back then, and I still don’t - but my perspective has shifted a little. When I see parents now, there’s a slight melancholic feeling that comes with knowing that’s something I’ll probably never experience.
So yeah, if you’re 30 and don’t want kids, that’s probably not going to change. Before that, though, there’s always a chance.
- Comment on Why is Fediverse moderation, even more Draconian than Reddit? 4 weeks ago:
I agree with the sentiment but despite the vast amount of pushback and downvotes I get for voicing certain views it’s extremely rare for me to have my comments removed let alone be banned. Some individual communities might be worse than others and .ml communities you should avoid like the plague anyway but broadly speaking I’d still claim that it’s pretty difficult to get mods to take action against you as long as you’re being polite.
- Comment on How did you decide what you generally wanted to do with your life? 4 weeks ago:
I’m not sure I know what I want for life but I have a number of things I don’t want so I’m trying my best to steer clear of those.
