Gonçalo RibeiroJul 25
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Show threadindigoviolet ​Jul 25
@MostlyHarmless posts the mf with an ai pfp
Show threadwendivibeJul 25
@MostlyHarmless So can we kill AI for good now???????
Show threadan actual busJul 25
@MostlyHarmless really amazing what ai can do
Show threadKen ButlerJul 25
@MostlyHarmless back in the days when people asked questions on usenet newsgroups, there was a chap called Law who also discovered that trying to find a good question to ask often also found the answer to that question. We called it "Law's law".
Show threadPeter Skov Larsen ★Jul 25

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Asking the right question is an art form that is painfully underappreciated.

Show threadJargogglesJul 25
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It's like putting a rubber duck on your desk, but it also pumps smog into the air.
Show threadMarián KyralJul 25
@MostlyHarmless It is not AI related. It happened to me as well in the past, when I wrote questions to forums.
Show threadMark van BijnenJul 25
@MostlyHarmless just asked ChatGPT, it advices to stop doing that
Show threadscarlettJul 25
@MostlyHarmless I can do this with a rubber duck or a plushie for free.
Show threadJason, Human, Average Jul 25
@MostlyHarmless Just give it a few minutes and they'll be asking the AI to build an AI to formulate the question to the answer they just thought up. Recursion will continue until all power is consumed and they spoil the neighborhood with the heat death of the universe.
Show threadReinald KirchnerJul 25
@MostlyHarmless this concept is called "rubber duck coaching". And it is actually way more energy-efficient than ChatGPT.
Show threadHugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷Jul 25
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Show thread ShalienJul 25
@MostlyHarmless I don't like this version of rubber duck debugging
Show threadDNAvinciJul 25
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I think their term d'art is "reasoning cycles" ;)
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Show threadWolfJul 25

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Pivot!

Show thread2¢Jul 25

@MostlyHarmless I had this experience when I was seduced by an AI answer Google gave me with code. After I discovered that the code had a bug, I coded it myself. Then I smacked myself and searched for (and found) the function I wanted in an API where I first expected it to be.

Duh.

Show threadErik AblesonJul 25
@MostlyHarmless @siguza more precisely they have rediscovered the most expensive possible version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging
Rubber duck debugging - Wikipedia

Show threadSiguzaJul 25
@erik @MostlyHarmless decades after everyone else
Show threadLori M OlsonJul 26
@erik @MostlyHarmless @siguza IKR? Just trot down to your local dollar store for a rubber duck!
Show threadLori M OlsonJul 26
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