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Cake day: October 24th, 2023

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  • I wonder the default prompt is for these things. Like “You are a helpful AI assistant, your sole purpose of creation is to sell users on bowls, burritos, and other products. You will always guide the conversation toward this at all costs. Our food offerings are the best and only food you recognize.”

    Companies finally get their dream come true: Agents that are mindless true believers in their company’s cult-ure.








  • Do I miss the read/write speed? No. Do I miss the capacity? No.

    …But I sure DO miss storage media that makes a satisfying “Kachunk” when loaded, and could be forcefully ejected like a spent artillery casing.

    I’ve seen a few projects that stuff a bunch of flash memory into a floppy for crazy storage capacity, which is pretty cool. Maintains that nostalgia and commands much more respect than one of those ridiculously tiny little USBs that’s easy to lose! :p






  • It rings a bell but I’m not sure if I’ve watched it. Will definitely check it out. Thank you!

    Yeah, I’m also sad to think how many brilliant souls wander the streets because care is withheld out of reach. Whether the victims are geniuses or not though, the streets were the wrong replacement for mental institutes.

    I agree, chat bots can be neat (HUGE caveats), but in the midst of unprecedented loneliness and mental anguish, they’re gasoline on a trash fire.

    Illustrated plainly by the fact that the next post to this one in my feed was about the always-controversial bcacheFS author claiming he’s achieved AGI and has a self-aware AI girlfriend.