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@joles.bsky.social

applying for jobs again

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.

it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

May 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM

Phil Gilmore

@philgilmore.bsky.social

It was never about freedom. Bad faith actors commonly pretend to care about some lofty principle because they know their real motives stink.

April 17, 2025 at 1:27 PM

Phil Gilmore

@philgilmore.bsky.social

You can't spell Russia without U.S.A.

February 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM

Phil Gilmore

@philgilmore.bsky.social

Excellent example of how AI makes a truthy-sounding hash of things. These are two different current swimming records, one short course and the other long course, and Gemini has completely invented a false narrative connecting them.

February 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM

Phil Gilmore

@philgilmore.bsky.social

Excellent thread on the pitfalls of generative AI and some reasonably good speculation on why some people find it so compelling

Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · Feb 14

If you know me, you know what I think of gen AI - it can automate some tasks and write decent code but can only ultimately rephrase the Internet.

Yesterday I was (lazy/time-poor) so I tried Cerebras' Llama-3.1 interface.

I think this is quite illustrative of gen AI chain-of-thought 🧵

February 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Phil Gilmore

@philgilmore.bsky.social

The teachers at my kids' school have completely drummed in the idea that "Wikipedia can't be trusted", meanwhile they believe whatever nonsense some kid on the bus says. Yay for nuanced source criticism.

Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · Dec 19

Me in 2004, teaching 10th graders: For the love of god don't cite Wikipedia, it's not a reliable source

Me in 2024, to literally anyone in earshot: Good ol' Wikipedia, the only thing the internet hasn't fucked up yet

December 19, 2024 at 9:00 AM

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John Cutler

@johncutle.fish

How does an organization forget?

December 3, 2024 at 6:10 AM

Phil Gilmore

@philgilmore.bsky.social

I'm no great political theorist, but seems like allowing the president to pardon anyone he wants is a bit of a dumb idea that could have some pretty obviously dumb consequences.

December 2, 2024 at 8:03 AM

Phil Gilmore

@philgilmore.bsky.social

Not a good take, IMO. I'm not looking for an echo chamber, i like to understand all viewpoints. But X has become an awful place which artificially boosts the most awful people. Bluesky can be better than that without being biased.

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Nov 22

Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?