Elena Rossini ⁂Mar 11

Dear Fedi friends,

I'd like to put together a list of people who are publicly resisting / calling out LLMs and AI slop.

Why? I enjoy reading my Fediverse feed in topical lists and I need something to counteract the unrelenting AI hype I see in the media.

Do you have any recommendations?

So far, at the top of my list I have:

@timnitGebru @emilymbender and @alexhanna of @DAIR

plus @cwebber @jaredwhite and @tante

Anyone else to recommend who advocates for #NoAI?

Show threadTrezzer (aka Helvedeshunden)Mar 11
@_elena I wish we'd have CW for both sides, because I really don't want to hear more from either. Enough has been said to make up minds, and now it just seems like an infinite echo that is slowly driving me mad.
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂Mar 11
@trezzer understood. Sorry I should have put my post behind a CW (too late now) 🥲
Show threadTrezzer (aka Helvedeshunden)Mar 11
@_elena No worries. It only helps if it becomes a norm anyway, and I think others will appreciate what you are doing. <3
Show threadElena Rossini ⁂Mar 11

@trezzer I feel really bad because I use CW super frequently.

Sorry it didn't occur to me for this post but I will use CW from now on...

Show threadpunIssuerMar 11
@_elena @trezzer i would have thought that CWs are for topics that might trigger trauma or distress, and user filtering for I've-seen-enough-of-this-already 🤷
Show threadTrezzer (aka Helvedeshunden)Mar 11
@punissuer @_elena Yeah, this is getting up there. It is seriously bad for the mental state of many people with the constant bombardment from pro and con. The problem with blocking is the blanket wipe it would cause of science related to AI (not LLM) and mentions of AI as it has historically been understood (algorithms, machine learning, actual theoretical GAI). You basically can't escape the pro/con-LLM bullshit because people call it the wrong thing.
Show threadNiels Abildgaard

@trezzer @punissuer @_elena I try to use the term LLM to distinguish and allow people to more easily block the topic, but I also always find the CW grayzone to be huge...

I maybe err on the side of now CW'ing but adjusting behavior if called out, and hoping people see I'm trying to act in good faith... but it's hard

Mar 14 at 2:08pmWeb