Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

Went and got my 6-month Novovax COVID booster today & was so excited that the Costco in my area still had them…until I arrived, having forgotten the massive number of people there. 

When ordered by Nazis to give lists of disabled people by disability severity, some doctors sent back exaggerated data to protect patients from forced work

They didn't know that the "most disabled" were to be killed first

The moral here isn't to tell the truth

It's to never co-operate with Nazis

“I didn’t make up the problems,” I pointed out. ‘All I did was look around at the problems we’re neglecting now and give them about 30 years to grow into full-fledged disasters.’"

- Octavia Butler (2000)

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Yes, libraries are invaluable for their collections and public services they offer, but also social contact without the expectation to interact with anyone or spend any money is so important to so many people

The idea that you *must* coexist with and listen to people who are cruel, unjust, and just plain unpleasant to be around is the logic of abusers, by the way

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I’m not sure how or why I keep picking up followers, but for anyone following me, just know this: this will probably be the last time you see me post for…practically ever. I’m here to observe, read, and learn 😆🤷🏽‍♀️

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #778,187!