andallthat

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[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 12 points 18 hours ago

I think that using large language models to summarize email (especially marketing), news, social media posts or any type of content that uses a lot of formulaic writing is going to generate lots of errors.

The way I understand large language models, they create chains of words statistically, based on "what is this most likely to say based on my training material"?

In marketing emails, the same boilerplate language is used to say very different things. "You have been selected" emails have similar wording to "sorry this time you have not won but...". Same cheery "thanks for being such a wonderful sucker" tone and 99% similar verbiage except for a crucial "NOT" here and there.

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 18 points 1 day ago

"damn vaccines... All Fauci's fault" - RFK Jr?

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Unlike Musk, he did have a taste of prison

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

...except for the "hoping no one notices" part. They are way past caring about that. Some people will believe them and won't be swayed by others calling bs

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 61 points 2 days ago (12 children)

At this point writing "baselessly" after Trump's claims is just redundant. We live in a post-facts world now where what's true is decided based on how many people can be convinced of it. It's Truth made Social... It's... Wait... Oooh Truth Social... now I get it!

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

well, joke's on you. Since I rewrote her in Rust, my mom runs the 100 meters hurdles in 14 seconds

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

Plot twist: Trump and Musk are secretly champions of Liberalism and Democracy who, striving to strengthen again our antibodies against fascism and populism, decide that the world needs new villains to unite against and selflessly sacrifice themselves.

As the two grow frustrated from the weak reactions, their antics become increasingly over-the-top to the point of caricature.

  • I ran on a platform of insulting everyone and they elected me. Including most of the ones I was directly threatening with deportation

  • yeah, I did a f*ing Nazi salute right at your inauguration. Twice, to make sure it got caught on video

  • ha good one! I said I'd annex Canada and Greenland. Oh, and that I'd turn Gaza into a great resort!

  • Sh#t, that was a good one, surely there's a crowd with pitchforks out there now? No? The f*k is wrong witth these people!?

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

and it is his cherished state

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes it's a particularly dumb slogan when most of their common "plan" is about destroying Europe. They are basically saying "can we go back to hating and periodically invading each other?".

These guys are united by their dislike of each other. Which is fair enough, because I really dislike every single one of them too. I just wish instead of all this talking they mounted on their horses and jousted, like back then when Europe was, you know... great?

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Mars should be on that list

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

But if half of the engagement is from AI, isnt that a grift on advertisers? Why should I pay for an ad on Facebook that is going to be "seen" by AI agents? AI don't buy products (yet?)

[–] andallthat@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The full quote in the article is

I’ve said before and I’ll say it again: the problem with Rory and people like him is that he has an IQ of 110 and thinks he has an IQ of 130. This false arrogance drives so much elite failure over the last 40 years

So, Vance seems to be saying thati Stewart is above average but the problem is that he thinks he's almost a genius. The "false arrogance" bit, though... So Stewart is only pretending to be arrogant and he's actually a pretty down to earth guy who does not think he's a genius? Overall pretty solid bromance thing going between those two!

 

I have posted this on Reddit (askeconomics) a while back but got no good replies. Copying it here because I don't want to send traffic to Reddit.

What do you think?

I see a big push to take employees back to the office. I personally don't mind either working remote or in the office, but I think big companies tend to think rationally in terms of cost/benefit and I haven't seen a convincing explanation yet of why they are so keen to have everyone back.

If remote work was just as productive as in-person, a remote-only company could use it to be more efficient than their work-in-office competitors, so I assume there's no conclusive evidence that this is the case. But I haven't seen conclusive evidence of the contrary either, and I think employers would have good reason to trumpet any findings at least internally to their employees ("we've seen KPI so-and-so drop with everyone working from home" or "project X was severely delayed by lack of in-person coordination" wouldn't make everyone happy to return in presence, but at least it would make a good argument for a manager to explain to their team)

Instead, all I keep hearing is inspirational wish-wash like "we value the power of working together". Which is fine, but why are we valuing it more than the cost of office space?

On the side of employees, I often see arguments like "these companies made a big investment in offices and now they don't want to look stupid by leaving them empty". But all these large companies have spent billions to acquire smaller companies/products and dropped them without a second thought. I can't believe the same companies would now be so sentimentally attached to office buildings if it made any economic sense to close them.

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