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animoné Mar 18

Justine Smithies Mar 18

I'm this close 🤏 to reinstalling #OpenBSD back onto my Thinkpad. Might be a project for this weekend?

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animoné Feb 15

@Gammitin Absolutely. Once you get used to using a trackball, there's (almost) no going back.

I use a custom modded L-trac.

@jwz "Nothing we can do to stop this, says only country where this regularly happens" and so on..

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animoné Jan 24

@jwz Over decades, The Onion has consistently always taken the correct position on nearly every issue, and continues to be the only "news" outlet to do so.

animoné Jan 20

Christine Lemmer-Webber Jan 19

This is pretty broad but thank you every open source developer who makes my computer awesome

Mozilla right now.

I am so stubborn about not using AI.
You have no idea.

I will even go as far as writing my own texts, drawing my own images, writing my own code, and reading the whole article or email just by myself. Crazy stuff.

#NoAI

animoné Dec 5

The USB paradox: You will have all the USB cables, except the one you need.

animoné Nov 22

Nate Gaylinn Nov 22

My friend seems genuinely baffled that I am an AI researcher who refuses to use AI! Not only that, but I argue against it from theory, not experience. Why don't I just give it a try for a while, and see what it's really about before I judge it?

I guess I see where he's coming from. Part of the problem is the word "AI." LLMs are not my research focus, so it's less of a contradiction than it sounds. But I admit, being a non-user makes my arguments against LLMs less credible.

I just don't understand why I owe it to anybody to give AI a shot. I know how LLMs work in gory detail, and I don't trust them. I've seen the mediocre work they produce. I've read studies about the seductive illusion of competence and caring they create, and how people fall for that. I know it's all built on an incredibly exploitative business model.

I feel entirely justified in not giving them a chance. I guess I'm just as baffled by how badly he wants me to try it, and how sure he seems to be that it would change my mind.