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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Bots fuel social media discourse about ICE operations in Minneapolis

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  • I wish there was a decentralized nonprofit social media platform out there that cared more about interactions and exchange of ideas than endless feeds of engagement farming

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux"

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  • This guy here is LARPing as the regional manager of a fictional character.

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • Nobody likes a sealion.

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • Here's the citation if you really need it. I'm not trying to argue, but the process of becoming more complex and specific to a niche is the literal definition of "evolution":

    "A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form."

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • "generators" is too generic but "AI" isn't?

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • Based on historical examples of situations when a false narrative was perpetuated for the sake of convenience, and it assisted the person or group who benefited from the perpetuation of the false narrative.

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • If I'm reading correctly it sounds like you do agree with Stallman's main point that a casual distinction is needed, you just disagree on the word itself ("ANI" vs "generator").

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • But even so- surely you don't believe that Generative AI programs and Hal 9000 are functionally identical? I just think it would be helpful to have a word that doesn't lump those things together.

  • Is there a Chromecast equivalent?

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  • It's my understanding that anything doing this would also need to also emulate Chromecast, since the "cast" buttons inside the Amazon Prime/Netflix/Spotify/etc apps uses the proprietary Chromecast protocol.

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux"

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  • Right there with you. Section 31 kind of hit a so-bad-it's-good again for me. And even Nemesis has the very cool space battle scene.

    I could do without Enterprise Season 3, but it's also not like I'm skipping it during a rewatch!

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • But why are you continuing to refer to "AI" as "LLMs"? If you believe the very act of even making a distinction between "AI" and "LLMs" is orthagonal?

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux"

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  • Huh? Professionalism isn't a quantifiable property. It's also not objective. If someone works with Ake in a professional capacity and considers her to be a professional, then she is. To claim otherwise is illogical.

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • A little cumbersome but gets the job done lol

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux"

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  • I don't like teen dramas and I don't particularly like romance plots, can someone explain why I'm loving this show so much?

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux"

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  • I'm loving this show

  • Episode Discussion | Star Trek: Starfleet Academy | 1x03 "Vitus Reflux"

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  • what’s up with Captain Ake being…extremely unprofessional?

    Uh, are we watching the same show? She seems to have the complete and total respect of those around her, including Dadmiral and even the bad guy.

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • 90% of people have very little concept about what AI or LLM’s are in the first place.

    Yeah I mean I agree, I think that's why there needs to be a term that describes them.

  • Richard Stallman Was Asked: Is Software Piracy Wrong?

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  • No a pro-piracy argument, but most artists get fractions of a penny from the sales of media anyway. Only the biggest stars are paid a fair share of the profits. I always try to find a way to support directly or use a platform (bandcamp, steam) that adds some value and gives a majority to the creator.

  • When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

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  • I'm curious why you used said "LLM" in your reply? If you feel highlighting a distinction isn't important why not just say "AI" again?