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It is so disappointing to see @ubuntu reverting to #DarkPatterns and #Microsoft-style fear-mongering to increase sales.
The entire message is designed to make people believe that there are #security updates they're not getting without #UbuntuPro (which as far as I understand is not true). #DeceptiveDesign
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That last one is particularly interesting given this from the start of the blog post:
"And what exactly is “artificial intelligence” anyway? It’s an ambiguous term with many possible definitions. It often refers to a variety of technological tools and techniques that use computation to perform tasks such as predictions, decisions, or recommendations. But one thing is for sure: it’s a marketing term."
https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/blog/2023/02/keep-your-ai-claims-check
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"Fascists always start by declaring themselves the victims of others. Victimhood is essential to the fascist worldview; it’s at its core."
https://hartmannreport.com/p/what-will-happen-to-everyone-who
These machines can do neither. They produce strings of tokens that statistically appear like they were produced by a human.
To an LLM the statements “Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon” and “Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on Mars” are differentiated only in that more people have written the former than the latter.
That’s it.
AI doesn’t exist and companies letting what we DO have make decisions is just a way to avoid culpability for the results.
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Hi, I work with generative machines. Everything from Markov chain generators to GPT-3. I’ve trained and tuned many models with GPT2 and 3, all with the intent of simulating human interaction.
I know a fair bit about generative machines, both how they work, and how to tune and interact with them to get particular results.
I need you to hear this: they do not know or understand anything. They are complex probability tables.
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