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scipan

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23. Hell, give it an arm, and a goat, and maybe a few more updates.

Reply to HesNotHere (Reply #21)

Wed Mar 25, 2026, 01:08 AM

Mar 25

Claude told me about itself: the lights are on but nobody's home.
Ursula leGuin. I just remembered the name for the writer who invented the Crucible. Great writer if you like scifi.

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Bernie vs. Claude [View all] Quixote1818 Mar 24 OP

Don't like a thing about this. Tells him what he wants to hear. An Infamous MAGA get same answers to same questions? IA8IT Mar 24 #1

Bernie, like most everyone here, understands the implications and societal costs of AI. Gaugamela Mar 24 #3

The Waterboy was released in 1998 IA8IT Mar 24 #4

How would 2 people.... RussBLib Mar 24 #5

Large Language Models are really non-deterministic (semi-random) number generators HesNotHere Mar 24 #8

bernie is asking the right questions rampartd Mar 24 #2

Thank you Bernie, for taking on this subject. AI is being pushed down our throats and Marie Marie Mar 24 #6

I got more specific answers for some reason, and I think it's interesting. scipan Mar 24 #7

LLMs are non-deterministic HesNotHere Mar 24 #9

I agree that it doesn't "know" anything, but it does alot more than just predicting the next token. scipan Mar 24 #10

No, it doesn't. HesNotHere Mar 24 #11

Number generator? Even parallel processors work in binary numbers, don't they? scipan Mar 24 #12

I disagree about its intent. scipan Mar 24 #13

Training is not programming. HesNotHere Mar 24 #14

It's a form of programming. Training is probably a better word. scipan Mar 25 #17

Training is not programming HesNotHere Mar 25 #20

BTW, if people can come to a real understanding of what is happening under the hood... HesNotHere Mar 24 #15

I know, it's scary nt scipan Mar 25 #18

Last thing....if you use your cellphone to ask ChatGPT what the solution is Fermi's Paradox... HesNotHere Mar 24 #16

Also no warp drive or Crucible scipan Mar 25 #19

I play with it and work with it too HesNotHere Mar 25 #21

Hell, give it an arm, and a goat, and maybe a few more updates. scipan Mar 25 #23

Side note, warp drive misses the point of the sad joke of the universe HesNotHere Mar 25 #22

Yeah it's not looking good. nt scipan Mar 25 #24