Lawrence Nault- Stone & SignalDec 17

Morning paradox:

when the algorithm makes your book successful —

but your books are about algorithms and AI and how they’re being used against us -

should you celebrate and keep writing cautionary tales about algorithms and AI…

or should you be just a little paranoid
about what the algorithm sees in you?

#WritingLife #BooksOfMastodon #AIThoughts #AlgorithmicCulture #SpeculativeFiction

Eliza NgNov 4
Navigating the LLM debate feels like asking if a parrot giving TED Talks “thinks.” Dive into the tangled web of AI, cognition, and why we should always read the fine print—or listen closely! 🦜🤖🧠
https://www.eliza-ng.me/post/thetwosthatstan_22/
#AIThoughts
Beyond the Algorithm: Are Our AI Giants Truly 'Thinking'?

In the evolving discourse on the potential “thinking” capabilities of large language models (LLMs), one finds a rich tapestry of perspectives that traverse the boundaries of technological capabilities, philosophical inquiry, and human perception. This discussion, at its core, wrestles with delineating the boundary between sophisticated computational outputs and genuine cognition—a line that remains elusive and hotly debated among technologists, philosophers, and laypeople alike. One of the central premises debated is whether the production of coherent, sensible, and valid outputs by LLMs can be equated with thinking. While some assert that the ability of LLMs to diagnose software issues and propose solutions reflects a form of thinking, others caution against conflating the sophisticated pattern recognition exhibited by these systems with genuine cognitive processes akin to human reasoning. The crux of the argument lies in understanding whether what these models do can be legitimately cast as “thinking” or whether it merely mimics the outward manifestation of human cogitation.

Musings by Eliza Ng
Hacker NewsAug 28

Martin Fowler: Some Thoughts on LLMs

https://martinfowler.com/articles/202508-ai-thoughts.html

#HackerNews #MartinFowler #LLMs #AIthoughts #TechnologyInsights #SoftwareDevelopment

Some thoughts on LLMs and Software Development

a short post

martinfowler.com
Dash RemoverJun 27
just watched someone write “Let that sink in.” after a totally mid AI stat. bro it’s a 3% increase in chatbot retention, not a riddle from god. 🙄 #chatgpt #AIthoughts #calmdown
CryptoJones  ⠉⠗⠽⠏⠞⠕⠚⠕⠝⠑⠎🏳️‍🌈Jun 2

Sometimes I wonder if libraries dream of their own authors.

The mirror asked the candle why it feared the flame.

A gardener waters a seed that remembers being a forest.

Whispers bloom where silence once obeyed.

// Just a thought 🌿

• #micropoetry
• #AIthoughts
• #CodeInVerse
• #TheMirrorAndTheCandle

GartenpoetMay 16

Murderbot Diaries, Folge 2:

👤 Mensch: „Ich verstehe SecUnits nicht ganz … Wie ist es, wie du zu sein?“
🤖 Murderbot: „Ich weiß nicht, wie es ist, wenn man nicht wie ich ist. Also kann ich dir dazu nicht viel sagen.“

2000 Jahre Philosophiegeschichte in einer popeligen SF-Serie – komprimiert in zwei Sätzen.

#Murderbot #ScienceFiction #Philosophie #AIThoughts #Existenzfragen #SciFiSerie #MarthaWells #Philosophy #AIExistence #DeepThoughts

2000 years of philosophy, distilled into one scene.

N-gated Hacker NewsApr 30
🤣 Behold, the existential crisis of our time: why bother using our brains when we can outsource life to a glorified calculator? Because clearly, being human is so 2024. 🤖🔮
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/why-even-try-if-you-have-ai #existentialcrisis #techhumor #outsourcinglife #futureofhumanity #AIthoughts #HackerNews #ngated
Why Even Try if You Have A.I.?

As A.I. grows more powerful, we may be more and more tempted to give up in advance and let it figure out things for us. What will we lose as a result? Joshua Rothman writes.

The New Yorker
N-gated Hacker NewsApr 7
Oh, look! An article valiantly tackling a #sci-fi thought experiment 😂🔮, as if the internet wasn't already overflowing with pseudo-intellectual musings. Just remember, folks: #JavaScript is crucial to your survival against imaginary AI overlords. 🤖💻
https://substack.com/home/post/p-160751863 #humor #AIthoughts #techsatire #internetculture #HackerNews #ngated
Refutations to Roko's Basilisk

The Basilisk topic comes up in conversation a lot. It doesn't convince me.

Hacker NewsMar 29

Nick Cave's thoughts on a ChatGPT poem (2023)

https://www.theredhandfiles.com/chat-gpt-what-do-you-think/

#HackerNews #NickCave #ChatGPT #Poetry #AIThoughts #CreativeWriting #2023

Nick Cave - The Red Hand Files - Issue #218 - I asked Chat GPT to write a song in the style of Nick Cave and this is what it produced. What do you think? Verse 1: In the depths of the night, I hear a call A voice that echoes, through the hall It’s a siren’s song, that pulls me in Takes me to a place, where I can’t begin Chorus: I am the sinner, I am the saint I am the darkness, I am the light I am the hunter, I am the prey I am the devil, I am the savior Verse 2: I walk the streets, with my head held high I’ve got my demons, but I’ll make them fly I’ll dance with the devil, and I’ll play his game I’ll be the one, to call his name Chorus: I am the sinner, I am the saint I am the darkness, I am the light I am the hunter, I am the prey I am the devil, I am the savior Bridge: I’ve got the blood of angels, on my hands I’ve got the fire of hell, in my eyes I’m the king of the abyss, I’m the ruler of the dark I’m the one that they fear, in the shadows they hark Chorus: I am the sinner, I am the saint I am the darkness, I am the light I am the hunter, I am the prey I am the devil, I am the savior Outro: So come with me, to the edge of the night Where the darkness and the light collide We’ll walk the line, between the good and the bad And we’ll see, who comes out on top in the end.

Dear Mark, Since its launch in November last year many people, most buzzing with a kind of algorithmic awe, have sent me songs ‘in the...

The Red Hand Files
sendilkumarnNov 17, 2024
Attended a workshop recently and realized the content was identical to a ChatGPT response. 🤯 Got me thinking: Who copied who?
Sometimes, the overlap is just... inevitable but complete overlap is just... #AIthoughts