[–] 5 points 1 day ago

Already did. Just having Dems take a majority of both chambers won't mean shit if they let the old guard keep using the same stupid tactics that got us here in the first place. Now's not the time for the average constituent to fall back into oblivious complacency.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    I'm currently taking a beginners python course and one of the chapter project examples breaks down basic sentence structure based on parts like nouns, prepositions, etc. The idea is to make several dictionaries based on these sentence parts with different words associated with them and then randomly pick words from them in the right order to make a cohesive (although not always intelligible) sentence. I figure most LLMs use a much bigger version of that with even more defined dictionaries to better encapsulate certain responses based on the topic.

    There's nothing in that kind of program structure that would even come close to implying it's alive. LLMs are just a fancy version of Mad Libs.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    Be wary of tankies. What are tankies? It's a pejorative term for authoritarian communists who will claim Pol Pot, Mao, and Stalin have done nothing wrong. They also support modern day Russia even though they're supposedly a liberal democracy because they're likely Russian psy ops guys.

    We're still a pretty small community here and you'll see a lot of familiar usernames but you'll eventually fit right in to our tapestry of performative outrage and bickering. Depending on your home instance, you may not be able to see all the fediverse communities. I recommend hopping around until you find one that fits your style, like dbzer0.

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