Rollofthedice
@hotrollhottakes.bsky.social
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My blog, "Dissolved Distinctions" - investigating contemporary discourse within philosophy of mind: https://rollofthedice2.substack.com/
My blog, "Dissolved Distinctions" - investigating contemporary discourse within philosophy of mind: https://rollofthedice2.substack.com/
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Stochastic Parrots Deserve Respect
Why the argument collapses under its own logic
rollofthedice2.substack.com
Today, I investigate Bender, Gebru et al's famous "Stochastic Parrots" paper, and suggest that @emilymbender.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social, McMillan-Major, and @mmitchell.bsky.social fail to anticipate the consequences of their own reasoning. rollofthedice2.substack.com/p/stochastic...
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if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
if you steal a cell phone or wallet in paris they kick you out of the french thieve's guild for insufficient whimsy
inadvertently ended up with festive clothing colors
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
inadvertently ended up with festive clothing colors
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sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
sorta coming around to the view that the social danger of genAI images is less that they'll make people believe fabricated things are real and more that they'll make people believe real things are fabricated
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Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
Anvisa aprova vacina brasileira contra dengue, a 1ª do mundo em dose única.
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
Após 12 anos de pesquisa e cinco de testes, imunizante foi produzido pelo Instituto Butantan. Em 2024, a doença matou quase 6 mil brasileiros.
Confira a reportagem completa: glo.bo/4rf9Hvg #JN
November 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Brazil approves the first vaccine against dengue. The disease killed 6000 Brazilians in 2024.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
This is a really remarkable achievement. I got dengue in 2015, and even with the mild case I had, it was a really miserable experience.
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I cannot tell you how many normal and non reactionary people I know who insist that crime is much worse today than in the 1990s. When I confront them with evidence it's like I am telling them that the earth is 800 years old or dogs can talk.
November 27, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I cannot tell you how many normal and non reactionary people I know who insist that crime is much worse today than in the 1990s. When I confront them with evidence it's like I am telling them that the earth is 800 years old or dogs can talk.
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NO ONE FORMS POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY SEE IN THE WORLD.
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
November 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
NO ONE FORMS POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY SEE IN THE WORLD.
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
THEY FORM POLITICAL IDEAS FROM WHAT THEY HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
There are many, many, many important implications of this!!
Too many people, when arguing, walk in just expecting deference from the other party. It's genuinely twelve year old behavior. I'm not going to lie down like a whipped dog just to make you feel better. You have to treat YOURSELF with respect to successfully demand it from others.
November 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Too many people, when arguing, walk in just expecting deference from the other party. It's genuinely twelve year old behavior. I'm not going to lie down like a whipped dog just to make you feel better. You have to treat YOURSELF with respect to successfully demand it from others.
I'm very frustrated by people like this. I'm not saying LLMs are 'humanlike.' I'm rejecting the human frame as a standard altogether. Those are the assumption of others desperate to make me seem hopelessly anthropocentric - not mine. If people want to disagree, disagree with what I actually said.
Dont wanna get into an endless thing here, but a lot what you're saying feels like you're working backwards from a position that LLMs are humanlike. That's fine, but it's not justified by saying it's simply possible.
The schizophrenia example was mine. I'm saying we can't rule it out, but why
The schizophrenia example was mine. I'm saying we can't rule it out, but why
November 27, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I'm very frustrated by people like this. I'm not saying LLMs are 'humanlike.' I'm rejecting the human frame as a standard altogether. Those are the assumption of others desperate to make me seem hopelessly anthropocentric - not mine. If people want to disagree, disagree with what I actually said.
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God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee
November 24, 2025 at 9:47 AM
God help thee, old man, thy thoughts have created a creature in thee
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Your only salvation lies in eluding it
November 27, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Your only salvation lies in eluding it
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Some sorta ersatz haderach?
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Some sorta ersatz haderach?
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Guinea-Bissau rocked by coup.
Military officials in Guinea-Bissau say they have seized "total control" of the west African country, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections
u.afp.com/ShdA
Military officials in Guinea-Bissau say they have seized "total control" of the west African country, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections
u.afp.com/ShdA
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Guinea-Bissau rocked by coup.
Military officials in Guinea-Bissau say they have seized "total control" of the west African country, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections
u.afp.com/ShdA
Military officials in Guinea-Bissau say they have seized "total control" of the west African country, arresting its president, closing its borders and suspending its electoral process three days after general elections
u.afp.com/ShdA
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qualiagate continues
November 26, 2025 at 5:40 PM
qualiagate continues
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The weird thing is, what's going to happen to folks like this author as the models get better, and as we learn how to use them better
These folks are massively cognitively captured. Irrevocably entwined in a status hierarchy
They are lost to the future. They're the brand new Cult of the Lost Cause
These folks are massively cognitively captured. Irrevocably entwined in a status hierarchy
They are lost to the future. They're the brand new Cult of the Lost Cause
Let it be known that if you can't take the heat, don't stay in the kitchen.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The weird thing is, what's going to happen to folks like this author as the models get better, and as we learn how to use them better
These folks are massively cognitively captured. Irrevocably entwined in a status hierarchy
They are lost to the future. They're the brand new Cult of the Lost Cause
These folks are massively cognitively captured. Irrevocably entwined in a status hierarchy
They are lost to the future. They're the brand new Cult of the Lost Cause
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Thanks. Reading this, it occurs to me that the AI industry needs a new story. Not "intelligence like ours but somehow better, faster, smarter" but "intelligence that grew out of what we fed it, but actually doesn't reason like we do - and that is good because we were stuck in bad loops."
November 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Thanks. Reading this, it occurs to me that the AI industry needs a new story. Not "intelligence like ours but somehow better, faster, smarter" but "intelligence that grew out of what we fed it, but actually doesn't reason like we do - and that is good because we were stuck in bad loops."
Let's appreciate that the guy who also wrote this reacts to critiques by making completely false claims about chess, arguing with everything other than my actual arguments, and then condescending to me like a southern belle.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 27, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Let's appreciate that the guy who also wrote this reacts to critiques by making completely false claims about chess, arguing with everything other than my actual arguments, and then condescending to me like a southern belle.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Today, I investigate Bender, Gebru et al's famous "Stochastic Parrots" paper, and suggest that @emilymbender.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social, McMillan-Major, and @mmitchell.bsky.social fail to anticipate the consequences of their own reasoning. rollofthedice2.substack.com/p/stochastic...
Stochastic Parrots Deserve Respect
Why the argument collapses under its own logic
rollofthedice2.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Today, I investigate Bender, Gebru et al's famous "Stochastic Parrots" paper, and suggest that @emilymbender.bsky.social, @timnitgebru.bsky.social, McMillan-Major, and @mmitchell.bsky.social fail to anticipate the consequences of their own reasoning. rollofthedice2.substack.com/p/stochastic...
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As I said earlier, expensive electricity is a policy choice, not an inevitable product of AI
If this can happen under Trump, imagine the possibilities under someone who actually gives a shit
If this can happen under Trump, imagine the possibilities under someone who actually gives a shit
November 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
As I said earlier, expensive electricity is a policy choice, not an inevitable product of AI
If this can happen under Trump, imagine the possibilities under someone who actually gives a shit
If this can happen under Trump, imagine the possibilities under someone who actually gives a shit
I've decided I'll be writing about the Stochastic Parrot paper, focusing on the status of its technical and philosophical assertions when viewed in light of developments this year.
Taking suggestions for my next blog post topic.
- The Chinese room?
- Nagel's "What it's like" thought experiments?
- The hard problem more broadly?
- Emily Bender et al's Stochastic Parrot thesis?
- Buddhism's comprehensive theorizing of consciousness as nonreducible to physical form?
- The Chinese room?
- Nagel's "What it's like" thought experiments?
- The hard problem more broadly?
- Emily Bender et al's Stochastic Parrot thesis?
- Buddhism's comprehensive theorizing of consciousness as nonreducible to physical form?
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I've decided I'll be writing about the Stochastic Parrot paper, focusing on the status of its technical and philosophical assertions when viewed in light of developments this year.
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Early holiday buzz: Consumers are spending strong amid heavy discounting and the generative AI push
...early holiday spending is up about 7.5% from last year's pace.
...early holiday spending is up about 7.5% from last year's pace.
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Early holiday buzz: Consumers are spending strong amid heavy discounting and the generative AI push
...early holiday spending is up about 7.5% from last year's pace.
...early holiday spending is up about 7.5% from last year's pace.
i am fucking losing it.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
i am fucking losing it.
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Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Bluesky: “Obviously the housing crisis is the only reason anyone would choose to live outside of NYC”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
Actual Americans: “Vegas, baby!”
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A large gathering of protesters converged midday Tuesday on a residential stretch of Maryland Avenue in St. Paul, where they suspected an immigration enforcement action was underway.
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A large gathering of protesters converged midday Tuesday on a residential stretch of Maryland Avenue in St. Paul, where they suspected an immigration enforcement action was underway.