Marmly Owl
The LLM providing the Windows lock screen with history facts continues to be unable to tell the difference between fictional events and reality.
Jan 12 at 12:43amWeb
Show threadbig bappy pawbsJan 12
@Vordus I mean, it IS a microsoft product, so it kinda tracks with their generally dubious grasp on reality.
Show threadZuthalJan 12

@Vordus i would kinda like that as an intentional thing

some nerd has to have already made a database of dated events in films right?

Show thread👻™ supreme goblin 🐊Jan 12
@zuthal Yeah, I agree, this strikes me more as a fun little easter egg than anything else
Show threadMarmly OwlJan 12
@coriander @zuthal For a less pop cultural example of it doing this, back in November the same section gave a look back to 2016 when Hilary Clinton was elected as the first female US President...
Show threadPurple  @RevisionJan 12
@zuthal @Vordus You'd be surprised how many people do not know of this film, this is more likely another AI generated mistake. Either way it feels off 😅
Show threadDamian YerrickJan 13

@zuthal @Vordus xkcd #887 "Future Timeline" goes out to 2101
https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/887:_Future_Timeline

All The Tropes (a fork of the last freely licensed version of TV Tropes) goes out to 2200 or so
https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Grand_Unified_Timeline/The_Next_Two_Centuries

887: Future Timeline - explain xkcd

explain xkcd is a wiki dedicated to explaining the webcomic xkcd. Go figure.

Show threadthis avali will trap ur plasmaJan 12
@Vordus @cat5e
Show threadit's pronounced 'yagoda'Jan 12
@Vordus lmfao the fact it's hal9000 is a cherry on top
Show threadReid Jan 12
@Vordus can't deny it would've been fun to have a section specifically dedicated for historical facts from fiction ( I know the original post is about the lockscreen factoids on Windows but @wikipedia pwease add to the front page )
Show threadMichael CritzJan 12

@Vordus This day in history:

Lord Voldemort beings his reign of terror over the Wizarding world.

Death Star destroyed by radical leftist terrorists.

The Skynet Funding Bill is passed. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. Skynet begins to learn at a geometric rate. It becomes self-aware at 2:14 a.m. Eastern time.

Show threadNot a Spring OnionJan 12

@Vordus

A mistake...

... or is it? 🛸

Show threadWe Must DissentJan 12

@Vordus

I'd actually like a properly done "today in scifi / fantasy" especially when the year matches

Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Jan 12

@Vordus

I mean, in defense (?!?) of the idiot LLM, there were some times in my youth that I almost willed Star Trek to be real. XD

Show threadbabble encatJan 13

@Vordus I have one of those for personal use lol

April 10th, the Lords of Synth repel Halley's Comet

Show threadPsyMar aka SamJan 13
@Vordus thank you for this service, I would never have known as I disabled that shit on my lock screen long ago, and that's fucking hilarious
Show threadsammypandaJan 13
@Vordus really expresses how much the AI industry gaslights