Blake C. StaceyJun 3
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20th century sci-fi writers: the danger is computers becoming too smart because they would be so flawlessly logical they would become like gods

21st century computers: a pound of spaghetti weighs more than a pound of canaries because spaghetti has a 'set weight' like, you know? its got gravitas. whereas canaries are like - air? like air and music. so they obviously don't weight as much as pasta

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Show threadunlofl [Promoted Toot]Jun 3
@Taweret The FDA regulates the accuracy of net weight and other mandated product information, while canaries are unregulated and are often embarrassed about putting on a few grams after decimating my bird feeder.
Show threadAndy L.Jun 3

@Taweret Really, the canaries should weigh more because of how they'd have to be packaged.

Like, if you went to the store and bought a "pound of canaries", they couldn't give you exactly a pound, and it'd be false advertising to give you less, so they'd have to round up to the nearest whole canary.

Show thread4 8 15 16 23 42Jun 3
@apLundell I'm curious how you know this because when I asked the petsmart guy for 3 and half pounds of canaries I was asked to leave
Show threadAsta [AMP]Jun 3
@Taweret @apLundell “Hello, do you sell canaries by the pound? Hahaha no I’m not a swirling mass of hungry snakes in a trenchcoat, why do you ask”
Show threadMaddie’s All SortedJun 3
@Taweret @apLundell fractional canary
Show threadWoozle HypertwinJun 3
@Taweret Once again, the LLM response is something I can imagine coming from an extremely precocious 5-year-old...
Show thread4 8 15 16 23 42Jun 3
@woozle 5 year olds and LLMs do share the same unearned but enormous confidence
Show threadWoozle HypertwinJun 3
@Taweret They also both make amazing messes, and produce a lot of questionable artwork. ^.^
Show threadFiXatoJun 3

@woozle @Taweret also, what's with including results for the grammatically incorrect "weight" rather than "weigh"?

Obviously a pound of spaghetti is heavier; I don't think you can even buy a Pound's worth of canary. 😏
Well, maybe dead canaries...

Show threadK4-713 Jun 3
@Taweret I remain secretly convinced that chatbots got the idea that mass means something different for canaries from that one TNG episode where the Rocketeer played a smuggler, because nerd shit is probability overrepresented in training data...
Show threadK4-713 Jun 3
@Taweret Also, I think it would be excellent if the episode with the B plot about Data not understanding humor eventually caused big data to not understand humor.
Show threadPxl PhileJun 4

@Taweret this is actually fun. Here an example of the infamous German nonsense "why is it darker at night than outside?"

Because of earth rotation. 🤷🏾‍♂️