💯% agree with this take.

Really? The people affected by this wanted this turd in the office or at least didn’t have a problem enough with him to go vote for someone else.

Nah, fuck that. It’s an account with shit post in the name. They can use the fucking word without an analysis of contemporary communications.

It’s well known that he was a socially awkward and autistic.

I can’t wait for the trickle down Bukkake. Any minute now!

Holy shit yes. I remember making fun of the doofus Bush Jr. But holy fuck do I wish him back compared to the current shit show.

I fucking loved windows 8, if I could I would still have the all screen start menu bastard.

It renders fine, it’s just a pain to read due the wide aspect ratio. Either it’s too small or you have to scroll horizontal for reach line, or you have to flip your phone. None of it it is optimal.

Well, well, well, now you think of the eggs. Real Women just have 'em free you know. /s

Fur real? I think you’re purrbably right.

This was my biggest takeaway here. Wtf?! “I personally set the price and thought we would make some money”?! Either he is trying to sound cool by being casual or he is a fucking idiot. Or probably both.

How many fingers? 🖐️

Fucking real player😩

Wtf Rome, such tyrants. Never heard of the 2nd amendment or what?!

TBF iTunes is a terrible player but made the shit loads of money so I guess they achieved what they set out to do.
And I would argue iTunes is the reason for newer media player versions being shit since of course MS saw that there was money to be made and tried to do the same.

What a bullshit argument. One of the arguments for self driving cars is precisely that they are not doing the same thing humans do. And why should they? It’s ludicrous for a company to train them on “social norms” rather than the actual laws of the road. At least when it comes to black and white issues as what is described in the article.

It’s like my brain is not dissimilar from the toddler I have at home. If I don’t take charge, come up with t activities, give it a routine, feed it properly, make sure it is hydrated and well slept it turns into a bored, bossy, moody asshole. Of course they, both toddler and brain, still do sometimes but if I do all the things above I’m usually prepared. Sometimes they also are super good at doing all the things by themselves.

In some ways, while extremely exhausting, having a toddler is actually great for my brain because otherwise I would not eat well, make plans, follow routines, go out, or have fun. My brain is still unhappy of course because it wants to do nothing and eat “chips with sugar” (to quote this toddler being I have at home).

I don’t get the game tbh. At first it was cozy then it turned into work. Which I know people like, some at least. But I work enough in the day to not want to work when I play.

I’m not sure if you’re disagreeing with the essay or not? But in any case what you’re describing is in the same vein, that is simply repeating a word without knowing what it actually means in context is exactly what LLMs do. They can get pretty good at getting it right most of the times but without actually being able to learn the concept and context of ‘table’ they will never be able to use it correctly 100% of the time. Or even more importantly for AGI apply reason and critical thinking. Much like a child repeating a word without much clue what it actually means.

Just for fun, this is what Gemini has to say:

Here’s a breakdown of why this “parrot-like” behavior hinders true AI:

• Lack of Conceptual Grounding: LLMs excel at statistical associations. They learn to predict the next word in a sequence based on massive amounts of text data. However, this doesn’t translate to understanding the underlying meaning or implications of those words.

• Limited Generalization: A child learning “table” can apply that knowledge to various scenarios – a dining table, a coffee table, a work table. LLMs struggle to generalize, often getting tripped up by subtle shifts in context or nuanced language.

• Inability for Reasoning and Critical Thinking: True intelligence involves not just recognizing patterns but also applying logic, identifying cause and effect, and drawing inferences. LLMs, while impressive in their own right, fall short in these areas.