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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 5h

I think you had a brain fart there. '<# of specific event> per year' is indeed a rate.

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 7h

Tbf, for the powers that be, this is kinda normal, we've just reached a point where they no longer hide it.

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Lisa Tozzi @lisatozzi.bsky.social · 10h

Kinda wild that Mamdani and Sliwa are the guys who won their primaries and there has been open, nonstop meddling to overturn that will of the voters and install the disgraced former governor and it’s largely being covered like this is perfectly normal shit

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

Ever had one? I'd leave the gun, too.

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

If it helps, it's a myth the frogs will stay in the pot. They'll act like any other creature will when the area they're in gets too warm for comfort, they'll leave or take actions to cool the area or themselves down, if able. This is us attempting to cool the area.

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𝙹𝚊𝚢 𝙵 𝙰𝚛𝚗𝚘𝚕𝚍 @jayfarrellarnold.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah. So The White House
is designated a National Historic Landmark.

That means:

It’s formally recognized as having exceptional national historical significance.

Any substantial changes, demolitions, or new construction affecting it are tightly restricted.

It’s not his house! WTF.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 1d

OMG! In Comey's motion to dismiss for vindictive prosecution, he points to others who have lied to Congress that were NOT prosecuted. Number one is JEFF SESSIONS when he said "I have been called a surrogate at a time or two, but I did not have contact with the Russians." 1/

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

I need to correct myself, seems there's more living relatives who've simply not gone down that path, they just also haven't sought public attention or been cast in the limelight for any reason. I don't blame them.

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

The only living member of that entire family worth a dam...

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

constantly refining it's knowledge for better accuracy. And this is all just for the data LLMs have. And all this doesn't even address the situation of non-existent sources LLMs are known to do.

Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

absolutely need a *HUGE* range of experience in specialized fields (which only gets wider as LLMs are forced into more and more fields in a desperate search for profit) in order to make sure the information going in is as accurate as possible. And they'd have to repeatedly do this, as science is...

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

you honestly think *any* capitalist company is going to even consider such a course of action given how much it would cost and how many people it would require, how specialized they'd have to be? We're talking people who not only have extensive experience with LLMs, but a team of people who would...

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

of words to respond to any given prompt. As little inaccuracies compounding into bigger and bigger ones is one of the causes of "hallucination", it's only going to happen more and more unless *every bit* of AI originated output that is even slightly inaccurate is sifted out of the stolen input. Do..

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

Actually it *is* AI "data" that causes problems. As the companies running these LLMs steals more data to train them off of, they're also going to get the inaccurate outputs and incorrect outputs from both themselves and other LLMs, which will throw off their calculations as to the correct string...

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 9h

As bad as it's going to be, I want the AI bubble to burst so soon so badly. Partly because I want the powers that be to stop trying to force it down my throat, but also because the longer it takes to pop, the more parts of the economy it will have been shoved into and worsen the devastation.

Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 10h

about what it's being promoted with or the words it's looking at. It doesn't know the meaning of words, just how we, as humans, use them. Do I need point out how often people get those uses wrong, especially if they're attempting to use words they don't actually know?

Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 10h

database complete and utter drek! Things most people would instantly know to abandon as not just irrelevant data, but even completely incorrect data, becomes fodder for it to draw from and spit out if it deems it the most likely string of words to follow. Because not one LLM can actually *think*...

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 10h

recently it couldn't even count occurrences of specific letters in words, because unlike actual AI, it learns jack and shit; it just calculates the most likely sequences of word strings, which thanks to assholes, bigots, trolls, and even sarcastic tendencies, makes a huge portion of its "learning"..

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 10h

to detail is required, because it has yet to even come close to turning a profit after 5 iterations in not even 3 years. Until it stops spitting out bullshit like telling people to eat inedible things as remedies or encouraging self erasure instead of actual therapy, it cannot be trusted. Until...

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 10h

So tell us about when it "hallucinates" or as the rest of us know it: "making up bullshit". Which it does when it's used under numerous conditions. Conditions that become increasingly common as it becomes forced into more and more situations where highly specialized, focused, and nuanced attention..

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Viced Rhino @vicedrhino.com · 12h

AI is literally the mechanism by which previously usable software is becoming enshitified.

It can't avoid the trap...it is the trap.

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Viced Rhino @vicedrhino.com · 13h

It's a good sign that AIPAC are scared of her

Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 19h

Yes, AIPAC. I do support human rights. Thanks for noticing!

A fundraising email sent by AIPAC that says:

Dear [REDACTED],
Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky has announced her retirement, and Illinois' 9th District will have an open primary for the first time in decades. Wasting no time to enter the race is anti-Israel detractor Kat Abughazaleh, a 25-year-old "social media influencer". Kat does not mince words when it comes to her thoughts on Israel and the bond between our two nations. Her radical foreign policy agenda includes:
• Calls for unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state and labels Israel's presence in the West Bank as an "illegal occupation".
• Baselessly blames Israel for the deaths of "tens of thousands" of Palestinians, without recognizing Hamas' initiation of the conflict on 10/7/23.
• Promotes the International Criminal Court, a biased, antisemitic institution targeting Israel under the false guise of justice.
And she's not just loud, she's well-funded - Abughazaleh has already raised nearly $1,000,000, positioning her as the financial frontrunner in the early stages of this race. If we don't act now, she could win.
She poses a direct threat to our mission and the future of Israel's security.
Fortunately, we have a fighter of our own: Illinois State Senator Laura Fine.

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Neula Saighdean @neulasaighdean.bsky.social · 14h

The very people you want to help you against the insurance companies take money from those same companies to be allowed to price gouged you. Maybe some *REGULATIONS* would prevent that.

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darren32359.bsky.social @darren32359.bsky.social · 1d

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Barbara @barbg.bsky.social · 1d

The movement is growing and the fascist regime will end. For every one of us out in the streets, there were at least 5 like-minded people who could not afford to skip work, had to care for children or elders,

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