Hah, I love this. Stealing it.
Kirk
joined 1 year ago
I like slop constructors lol
It seems most people don't know what exactly is being protested now. And it seems to me that perpetuating a false narrative for the sake of convenience is helping those we claim to be against.
"Language evolves and changes" describes evolving and changing language, not keeping it the same. Language evolves into more specific definitions, not less specific.
For example: you might say "LLMs are one form of intelligence", I don't agree with that, but it makes logical sense. But claiming "LLMs are the same thing as intelligence" changes the definition of "intelligence" to a much broader umbrella. If you want to change that definition then you also need to invent a new word that means "non-LLM intelligence".
But in your example the scientists didn't stick to the term "atoms". New terms were created ("Protons", "Neutrons" etc) to describe the new thing.
They didn't abandon the term "atom", they kept it's definition and created new words for things that didn't meet that definition.
I do the same and I agree, but that's why I do like "generators".
I never liked the "just a word" defense. If any word can be made to mean anything else just because a government or corporation says so, what does that say for our shared reality?
the meaning doesn’t really matter as long as everybody has the same agreement on what we’re talking about.
But we don't agree. Tech companies are using the same term to describe ChatGPT and Data from Star Trek when they're not the same thing.
One of those things can get fucked, the other is a sentient being who (as we all know) does the fucking. Not to mention data was an AI before OpenAI ever existed!
Back up an image the entire operating system HD when it's working well. If you ever get overwhelmed with bugs you can always go back to a functioning state.
We all like checking out the latest features and updates but it's important to remember that it's not a race.
A good essay, but I find it ironic that the author used "finding a recipe" as an example of the old web working well when recipe blogs are frequently the top example cited when someone is talking about SEO slop in the pre-AI web.
Freedom of expression has never existed without a for profit middleman!
Unrelated but here is list of things I find to be some of the most important activities I can think of: