Sheril KirshenbaumMar 14

"Do you think it's inappropriate in any way that someone w/ no experience w/ grants for the federal government was making personal judgment calls about what grants to cancel?" an attorney asked.

"Um, no. I don't think it's inappropriate," Cavanaugh said, arguing that he did not need formal education or experience to make informed judgments. 🤔

https://abcnews.com/Politics/2-doge-staffers-regrets-people-losing-income-reduce/story?id=131050170 #science #uspol

2 DOGE staffers say 'no' regrets for people losing income, didn't reduce the deficit: Depositions

The DOGE employees defended the effort to cut "useless agencies."

ABC News
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@Sheril Wow:

According to court filings, the men prompted ChatGPT by asking, "From the perspective of someone looking to identify DEI grants, does this involve DEI? Respond factually in less than 120 characters.· Begin with 'Yes.' o. 'No.' followed by a brief explanation.· Do not use 'this initiative' or 'this description' in your response."

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@PapyrusBrigade The two of them both come off sounding like sociopaths. Obviously not weird considering their boss.
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@PapyrusBrigade @Sheril lol, not even well considered in how they write prompts. LLMs are just responsibility diffusing machines to them