@fluffy My nuanced take on this is that, when used with caution, #LLM can augment those who know what the heck they’re doing, but in the hands of the clueless they are downright dangerous (especially when their default modus operandi is to be a sycophantic sidekick).
I’ve found it amusing to rebut a response with a “are you lying?” or better yet “user is #genx and a #greybeard so don’t flatter or bluff or exaggerate”.
A #greybeard gave me some #careeradvice while we were working late on security reviews that is some of the best advice I've ever heard.
He told me to focus on retirement as early as possible. Pay off debt, and put back just enough investment that I can quit my job and work for something like a nonprofit or open source work that pays too little to cover the bills normally. Retirement isn't about not working. It's about doing something you actually care about.
Why would I want to get rid of my grey beard? I'm thrilled it's finally starting to turn!
I still shutdown a Linux machine as if it's the Clinton administration, and I'm not sure I can stop:
$ sync
$ sync
$ shutdown -h now
I remember when Alta Vista and Yahoo were first starting to index the web. People wanted to be on the web, but they were really worried when they found out that folks could for instance download their art.
Early in my career, in 1997, I built an application called Americash Mall ( https://web.archive.org/web/19970623193943/http://www.americashmall.com/director.htm ). Some of our first vendors were art dealers. They were mortified when they discovered you could right click and save an image. I spent so long writing JavaScript to prevent that. Then I realized you could just go pick it up from the caching. There was much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth.
I wonder how much this is similar to the AI problem we're having now. Yes, it is different from search engine crawling. But it's really just kind of the next step. I'm not sure I like it, but I understand why it's headed that direction. Semantic web is something we've been looking at for a very long time. This is just forcing the issue with technology, rather than doing it manually with tags.
I don't know. I certainly don't think it's worth all the investment that's being poured into it. I have a hard time questioning that this isn't going to be what we're all dealing with in the future, whether we like it or not.
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