@codinghorror @cstross @jhooper I can't and don't speak for Charlie or anyone, but my position is:

[lproven@social.vivaldi.net]

@codinghorror @cstross @jhooper I can't and don't speak for Charlie or anyone, but my position is:

* LLMs are not AI

* LLMs are bad and 99% of bot slop is bad. Ecologically, for users, for consumers, in general, bad.

* Taking publicly-available data to feed LLMs is bad

Bots can make slop because they've been trained on stuff humans made. Companies running bots are making money off stuff they did not pay for. That is bad.

Searching is OK. Searching connects creators to consumers.

Remixing that and serving it instead is bad.

Crawling for content is bad.

This is not complicated or hard or even subtle. I do not understand your frantic requests for clarification.

No, I have not watched your video. I hate video. I speedread. Is there text anywhere?

[codinghorror@infosec.exchange]

@lproven @cstross @jhooper again I'm sorry, I wasted your time. It is very simple, exactly as you laid it out. I apologize. I was mistaken, and I'll endeavor to do better in the future. We must eliminate all LLMs, all the technology associated with it, and everyone working on it.

[codinghorror@infosec.exchange]

@lproven @cstross @jhooper also Charlie and Liam, as an apology, I'd like to donate $10,000 to whatever 501(c)3 you think can best help eliminate LLMs forever. Please let me know and I'll provide the receipt tonight. Thank you very much, and I'm so sorry. I failed you.

[jackeric@beige.party]

@codinghorror I can't see the whole thread but when you're retweeting your own replies where you sarcastically agree to eliminate everyone who uses LLMs, it's time to delete the post and log off for a bit

[codinghorror@infosec.exchange]

@jackeric it's not sarcastic. I can start by eliminating myself if necessary.

[codinghorror@infosec.exchange]

@jackeric also, I'm really not kidding about this

[jackeric@beige.party]

@codinghorror _really_ time to log off, speak to someone - I imagine you're under some holiday-related stress at the moment and you're working through it on social media. hope it goes well

[codinghorror@infosec.exchange]

@jackeric I'm fine; if you'd like to speak with me to confirm this, email me at jatwood at coding horror dot com and we'll talk via whatever method you like. I'm available now.

[jackeric@beige.party]

@codinghorror if someone says "it's not sarcastic. I can start by eliminating myself if necessary" they should not be operating any kind of motor vehicle or social media account for a little while