Mark Simmons
@markdsimmons.bsky.social
Mostly harmless. Disappointed. Be nice. He/him.
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i made a template you can use to think about what "frame/negation/kirby" looks like for other issues.
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
September 25, 2025 at 8:23 PM
i made a template you can use to think about what "frame/negation/kirby" looks like for other issues.
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
For example:
Frame: DOGE is a govt efficiency project to save $
Negation: Actually it made things less efficient and cost $
Kirby: DOGE was a project to break and privatize federal bureaucracy
Reposted by Mark Simmons
In 8th place is coverage of one of this year's most tedious phrases: "human in the loop." As in, "if the LLM shits all over the place, the human in the loop will be there to clean up after it." This is, for some reason, perceived as a desirable way to work — even though the science proves otherwise.
You might have heard AI boosters say: "it's okay that this tech is wrong half of the time, because the human operator 'partnering' with the LLM will catch errors."
Except no they fucking won't.
The actual context in which these systems are deployed make checking the AI's "work" impossible.
Except no they fucking won't.
The actual context in which these systems are deployed make checking the AI's "work" impossible.
"Human in the loop" is a thought-terminating cliche
Without thoughtful guard rails, asking people to clean up after machines doesn't make machines better — it makes people worse.
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December 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
In 8th place is coverage of one of this year's most tedious phrases: "human in the loop." As in, "if the LLM shits all over the place, the human in the loop will be there to clean up after it." This is, for some reason, perceived as a desirable way to work — even though the science proves otherwise.