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  1. #subpost

    No, not all machine learning systems are "large language models".

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    Not every science project name has to be an acronym.

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    There has not been any increase in the number of meteors and fireballs recently.

    If there were, meteor surveys would have noticed.

    There is just a 2-sigma excursion in the number of fireball reports over the past few months.

    (There have, however, been way more satellite reentries).

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    Online gambling sites are not polls. And nobody should be permitted to pretend otherwise.

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    Dark matter is still not made of microscopic black holes.

    We would have noticed if it were.

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    No, "we programmed the text generator to reproduce the bad science fiction we fed into it" is not remotely the same as "AI is too powerful and dangerous".

    And journalists really need to stop perpetuating the pretense.

  7. Well that was more than I expected to have to learn about Excel VB macros!

    #subpost #visualbasic #excel

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    No, evolution is not a universal physical law.

    And it is a mistake to pretend it is.

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    No operational human lunar lander currently exists. And nobody should be pretending otherwise.

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    Any article which treats the output of the automated plagiarism machines as if it were anything other than the result of a most-likely-next-word text generator is perpetuating disinformation.

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    I really could do without political news stories that pretend that elected officials do not have personal agency.

  12. I don't trust ppl who constantly brag about themselves and their accomplishments.

    Esp. when they go out of their way to like, attack or silence critics.

    Yesh, this is abt someone.
    No, it isn't prob you.

    #subpost

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    "We coded an automated plagiarism machine to plagiarize old science fiction stories" is neither original nor newsworthy.

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    If a "self-taught physicist" who has no relevant expertise claims to have shown that something contradicts the energy conditions of general relativity, you should ignore everything they have to say.

    And you certainly should not hype their start-up.

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    Private funders cannot remotely approach the scale of basic research currently publicly funded by governments.

    Anyone saying otherwise is either dishonest or profoundly misinformed.

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    "We only ran the self-driving cars in low-risk situations because we did not want the potential liability from doing otherwise" is not remotely the same as "the self-driving cars are safer than human drivers".

    Despite 15+ years of hype pretending otherwise.

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    No, "cloud seeding" still does not work.

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    At a time when jobs are being lost across nearly all categories of employment, a professional society offering a "how to apply for jobs" workshop does not seem like an adequate response.

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    If something looks like a rock and acts like a rock, it is probably a rock.

    Just like if something looks like a snowball and acts like a snowball, it is probably a snowball.

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    "This chemical was produced on Mars" is not remotely the same as "this chemical is evidence of life on Mars".

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    Attempting to address climate change by putting aerosols into the atmosphere would not solve the problem and would create new ones.

    Anyone who claims otherwise should not be listened to.

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    Journalists can report stories about SpaceX without doing PR for the company or for Elon Musk.

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    Comets do not emit gas in only one direction at a time.

  24. Evergreen #subpost :

    You can actually fact-check your opinion pages and not print blatant lies, newspaper editors.

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    The 2nd Amendment to the United States Constitution conflicts with the 1st Amendment.

    But apparently far too many people are invested in pretending otherwise.

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    Under no circumstances should you connect a text generator to your password manager software.

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    Even under socialism, you will have food safety rules.

    (Since I just encountered someone replying to a post about food safety with "abolish capitalism!", which might be a good idea but which was not the topic being discussed.)

  28. So what do we call it? I refuse to say subtoot on moral grounds. Obviously, if it's here, it's not a subtweet, so I have been using subpost but that seems wrong, too! Or, at least, it doesn't roll off the tongue.

    Halp!!1!

    #subtweet #subposting #subpost #subtoot #subtooting #subtweeting #wtf

  29. So what do we call it? I refuse to say subtoot on moral grounds. Obviously, if it's here, it's not a subtweet, so I have been using subpost but that seems wrong, too! Or, at least, it doesn't roll off the tongue.

    Halp!!1!

    #subtweet #subposting #subpost #subtoot #subtooting #subtweeting #wtf

  30. So what do we call it? I refuse to say subtoot on moral grounds. Obviously, if it's here, it's not a subtweet, so I have been using subpost but that seems wrong, too! Or, at least, it doesn't roll off the tongue.

    Halp!!1!

    #subtweet #subposting #subpost #subtoot #subtooting #subtweeting #wtf

  31. So what do we call it? I refuse to say subtoot on moral grounds. Obviously, if it's here, it's not a subtweet, so I have been using subpost but that seems wrong, too! Or, at least, it doesn't roll off the tongue.

    Halp!!1!

    #subtweet #subposting #subpost #subtoot #subtooting #subtweeting #wtf

  32. So what do we call it? I refuse to say subtoot on moral grounds. Obviously, if it's here, it's not a subtweet, so I have been using subpost but that seems wrong, too! Or, at least, it doesn't roll off the tongue.

    Halp!!1!

    #subtweet #subposting #subpost #subtoot #subtooting #subtweeting #wtf

  33. ALL AUSTRALIANS,

    Remember and be mindful of 'Perjury'.
    'Remember and be mindful of 'Prejudice'.

    DO NOT VOICE YOUR OPINIONS ON CRIMINAL COURT CASES.

    #AusLaw #QldLaw #SubPost