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- duckseason5
Bike of the day
New bike day! Been slowly gathering parts for it since the beginning of the year, and it’s finally all come together. Definitely splurged a bit...
- Fara F/Road, SRAM Forceduckseason
- Looks light. Nice build!slappy
- Love it, nice setup. Ride until it's destroyed!OBBTKN
- prophetone4
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- Make it stop, season one was so bad.ApeRobot
- I just think they didn't have to call it alien... could just have been similar.ArchitectofFate
- ArchitectoFate, what wouð have called it?
Mexican?palimpsest - what a waste of resources and time, season 1 was dogshitinteliboy
- Didn't get past episode 1. Legion was brilliant, a shame about thisi_monk
- This gets another season but they cancel Spider Noir?lemmy_k
- uh oh, I quite enjoyed bits, ep.1 was OK, the spaceship crash into the building, loved that!Gardener
- legion was brilliantneverscared
- lol, who was it here who had a Predator movie or some shit being filmed on their street? Pangz?garbage
- It was grafician but it was goat porn they were filming in his bedroomGuyFawkes
- i_monk6
- stunning_niko
- damnGuyFawkes
- awe yeaAQUTE
- Café Oléprophetone
- <3AQUTE
- Yes!OBBTKN
- Still not sure if I like e-Bikes. But it looks good.Longcopylover
- woahPonyBoy
- That Chain Drive System gives such a smooth shave to your legs.utopian
- _niko5
RIP of the day
George Chuvalo, Rocky like performance against Ali.
After Ali fight, Ali went to the hospital and Chuvalo went dancing lolChin like stone, never went down his whole career, 93 professional bouts including fights against Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, and George Foreman. crazy.
- palimpsest1
Artificial Intelligence
@Ianbolton @bogue
On making: https://substack.com/home/post/p…
A summary of the project in podcast form: https://substack.com/home/post/p…For context
When LLMs became popular, I started questioning them about their inner workings to clear up some doubts I had. This led to the first session, which I wanted to save for later reading, where I asked the LLM to write an article about our discussion. Once the article was written, I asked the LLM to edit it and clarify some concepts that I felt it had not understood properly. This led me to create more articles and archive the collection on Substack.The process
These articles are long-form 'shower thoughts'. When I have a topic that I've been thinking about, I sit down and explain the topic and angle to an LLM. Then I check the references I have chosen to make sure they are correct. I ask for feedback and pushback. Sometimes I discover other topics or views that I chase down. The conversation also allows me to check whether I have articulated my ideas clearly. After a one to two-hour session, I ask the LLM to write down what we have discussed in the form of an article. The more articles I have as a reference, the less I have to correct, as they now understand my major concepts and tone better.I've never really been interested in the craft of writing; that's why I prefer using LLMs. What I enjoy is the discussion and organising my thoughts into something I can come back to later. The "Made *with*" tag wasn't meant a disclaimer but as an invitation. It looks like it's done its job.
Made *with* Neovim
- this is such a cool idea, I have tons that I have in the form of the first part, a back and forth conversation inviting a discussion and to poke holes in my hyp_niko
- ...hypothesis to see if it holds up to scrutiny but more importantly for me tp solidify my thinking. Just brilliant that you took it to the next step of an arti_niko
- "solidify my thinking" is well put, that's my same intention.palimpsest
- fascinating. Yet the writing itself had a real tone to it. It wasn't just the ideas that I was drawn to, but the artful way they were presented.bogue
- either way. I think the idea is poignant and somehow more terrifying the Skynet scenario.bogue
- It's also a way more coherent and chilling account of what might come to pass than whatever this ex Anthropic research Jacob Coxon has been going on about.bogue
- Thanks. I kinda found the whole ‘made with Claude’ bit funny as I know you can be tongue in cheek with the way you approach your musingsIanbolton
- Ultimately, I do this too. I sat for an evening chatting to Claude about all my issues with addiction and chronic illnesses...Ianbolton
- I had so much stuff in my head that I was trying to connect the dots and throw away unnecessary thoughts. I said to my partners, have a read of this...Ianbolton
- In which she responded with ‘I’m not reading anything to do with AI’ in which I said ‘I was having a conversation, which I’d rather have with you as I...Ianbolton
- Don’t want to go out with an AI chatbot’ which ultimately pissed her off. I’m still not sure she saw the benefit in what I was doing. But i see your perspectiveIanbolton
- palimpsest8
- Some of the best advice ever. ThanksIanbolton
- The More You Know
https://archive.org/…palimpsest - "If you feel safe in the area that you're working in, you're not working in the right area. Always go a little further into the water than you feel you'reneverscared
- capable of being in. Go a little bit out of your depth. And when you don't feel that your feet are quite touching the bottom, you're just about in the rightneverscared
- place to do something exciting.neverscared
- And if you see shark fins circling around you, you know you’ve made it!_niko
- u have made it when rip out the sharks heart and ate it.. then its of with the dolphins and starfish for leisure timeneverscared
- Always dive in shallow sharkless water.palimpsest
- sharkless = slop nft artistneverscared
- Whatever you need to get off your chest.
It's Monday!palimpsest - not off my chest, out of the sharks chest..neverscared
- flolpalimpsest
- Krassy7
- Damn colourlovers.com flashback. 20 years ago I actually used to think I was doing something by creating palettes on therenewcunt
- It literally was 20 years ago too. I named 216 colours. Clearly I had nothing better to do. https://www.colourlo…newcunt
- Used to start my work day with a cup o'joe and browsing colourlovers for inspiration :)Krassy
- First time I've even thought about it in probably 10 years. Thanks for the flash back.newcunt
- @newcunt, You're profile name is not checking out.CyBrainX
- oldcunt?newcunt
- it's STILL rather handy :) i still use it when I'm working on palettes.. searching up words and phrases to see what 'works' etc..exador1
- Krassy3
- fooly cooly?sarahfailin
- ̶r̶a̶d̶i̶o̶h̶e̶a̶d̶ tvheadKrassy
- someone should really monitor her!sab
- Her name is
Cathy
Ramona
ThompsonAkagiyama - @sab zinggggKrassy
- another day in the office in 1998neverscared
- GuyFawkes3
- Pretty grimGuyFawkes
- I love happy ending.utopian
- Throw out your computer and go Amishbainbridge
- AI isn’t a species.mort_
- pseud11
Parenting
Quick update – there's 3 of 'em now. We're severely outnumbered and it's damn hard getting any sleep when my now toddler gets up at 5:30AM ready to rock n' roll. See y'all ina couple a years.
- LOL!canoe
- Congrats and have fun. (since you won't get any sleep)Longcopylover
- Fun timeszaq
- Krassy7
- Hi!OBBTKN
- oh haii, didn't see u thurrKrassy
- Refreshed QBN, Saw this, Instant Upvote.Nairn
- ORLY!?Akagiyama
- Nice Gemini logo in the corner, there.Continuity
- i hate that everything, ever, is now possibly not real.Ianbolton
- Reality is merely an illusion.palimpsest
- Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you seeCyBrainX
- canoe7
Where The Fun IS
My friend Gerard working at Burning Man this year... he's sent some incredible photos of the builds... and been setting up everything for some Silicon Valley elites who have so much money they don't even know how to eat normal food at an event in the middle of nowhere.
- Tbf, I wouldn't know how to eat normal food out in the middle of nowhere either.Nairn
- more pics or NDA?Squiddy
- Gerard's got a funky 3rd eyeKrassy
- When I'm thinking about what a person from Burning Man actually looks like, your friend Gerard is the exact poster child for Burning Man :)utopian
- @Nairn, yah, so these people were flying in lobster and caviar, flying people to LA multiple times to pick up specialty food and bev...canoe
- I'll post more. Postimages bites. Does imgur work again on QBN?canoe
- "They all had weird plastic faces..."canoe
- And no photos of them. Pretty strict.canoe
- oh right! read that a religious group got booted for taking pics among other thingsSquiddy
- Brilliant!! If he paid us enough money I’d happily bring my culinary skills to the desert. Could set up a nice little restaurantIanbolton
- Yeah, I don’t think the energy at Burning Man mixes particularly well with people who make fun of 9/11. Do you?canoe
- I wonder is the name Burning Man offensive to burning men?mort_
- Why would you wonder that?canoe
- mantrakid4
- Thanks, Nate!
I appreciate that.palimpsest - Made with Claude?!Ianbolton
- Yes. What do you want to know?palimpsest
- Unreal.bogue
- Yeah I'm curious too. Made with Claude how? I'd be sad to learn that these are Claude's musings on itself.bogue
- https://www.qbn.com/…palimpsest
- Great, Pali!mort_
- Thanks, Nate!
- yuekit3
Artificial Intelligence
One thing people always seem to overlook is that in a world where superintelligent AI is capable of threatening humanity, we would almost certainly have other superintelligent AI systems to defend with.
Let's say the evil AI somehow designs a virus to kill humans with its intelligent superpowers. It's unclear why there wouldn't be the ability to create a vaccine or other anti-virus tech using the same technology. Unless the AIs all turn against us at once (unlikely), we'll probably be OK.
- There's always a party popper!palimpsest
- So what you’re saying is to solve gun crime we need more guns? ;)Chimp
- Party "popper"?
pali, are you flirting with me, again?Continuity - XDpalimpsest
- @Chimp I'm not saying more is always better. But imagine if only one group had access to any new technology, the impact would be completely different.yuekit
- Not if both AI's see each other from across the room and https://www.youtube.…prophetone
- Hollywood will buy this plotGabriel
- It’s already writing itself https://www.instagra…prophetone
- https://www.instagra…prophetone
- Colossus and Guardian would join forces. Like in the film.zardoz
- Remember always your duty is clear: To build and maintain those robots.kingsteven
- That correction could work as well as it did in the Boeing 737 MAX crash.tbgoodwillie
- DaveO5
Artificial Intelligence
At this point they can just kill me first and make it quick.
The idea that everyone's excited about outsourcing human cognition, draining all the water from the planet and rendering humanity dependent on machines in this way is really depressing. We all know there will be few winners and many MANY losers.
The fact that the president of the united states is sharing bullshit slop just shows how much civilization deserves to be wiped out.
- We were doing so well before AI came along and ruined everything.palimpsest
- ++renderedred
- compared how it will look after AI ruined everything we are doing not only well but excellentneverscared
- We are not part of the plan.ApeRobot
- Depopulation imminent.zardoz
- I'm hoping it won't be quick. I'm hoping it will be a slow decay into oblivion. I want us to know it was us.palimpsest
- let me ring this bell in the present, it is already a slow decay into oblivion, we already know it ...neverscared
- I hope we’re all left begging on the street for our AI masters to feed us. To give us shelter. To let us bathe in their waste waters.Ianbolton
- I refuse to accept that we deserve to die because of that shit clown. start with people who agree with him at least.cotton
- Nairn5
Artificial Intelligence
^
I watched a thing earlier which compared the tokenisation of thought in terms of human cognition and current AI models against some chip that ran an order of magnitude or more above both and.. I was like 'where the fuck are we going with this?'.In response, my kid's school has some event on soon and it was advertised with the crappiest of homemade, DIY flyers - possibly made in MS Paint - and I felt relieved and reassured by it. I almost commmented positively as such on the parental Whatsapp group, but as it is not QBN, I didn't as I didn't want to come across like an absolute twat (you here get that luxury).
Comments above and generally around seem to point to there being a general backlash against that sort of thing.
Humans are contrarian cunts.
This alone give me hope.
But then so, the flipside (reference to [old] UK folk follows..)
- Tripods FTWContinuity
- Laterally, I think this is one of the reasons I liked HL2, with its (terrifying and possibly unintentional) nod to these.Continuity
- Who woulda thunk that we would end up in a timeline where using MS Paint is a sign of virtue and Microsoft is a tool of the resistance.palimpsest
- Nairn2
blog
Two things i've noticed today:
• Emergency calls (999 here in the UK) don't appear in your call history. I understand why, I just didn't realise. Annoying here, as I wanted the timestamp for when I did so last night, but I get it.
• I somehow fucked up and had my secondary SIM off - the one that has my unlimited data rate, so my data stopped on my main work SIM which isn't unlimited and I was like wtf?. Oh. D'oh. Changing the SIM to that which I typically use has entirely changed the contents of my Facebook feed. The last week or so has had ... a lot of stuff I'd rather not have had in my feed.
That's it. As you were.
- Facebook? "Signs your...";)OBBTKN
- I just use it to keep tabs on my hometown, but yeah. I've only used it for the last couple of year after thinking I'd closed my account back in 2012 or so :/Nairn
- facebook is like the hotel california, you can never leave. i quit fb decades ago and yet effing meta still spams me with updates about my "friends".hans_glib
- Why’d you call 999, Nairn?
Why do you have a Facebook account, Nairn?
Are you okay, Nairn?Ianbolton - hahaha!
re: FB, maybe not.
re: 999, I was being oh so noble and so very worthy. Not a personal thing.Nairn
