"The dumbest person you know is being told 'you are absolutely right' by an AI right now."

[the_turtle@mastodon.sdf.org]

@AlSweigart it used to be you had to get drunk in a bar to have that happen.

[harald_korneliussen@mastodon.partipirate.org]

@AlSweigart It's democratization. Powerful people always had access to people who told them "you are absolutely right".

[capnthommo@c.im]

@the_turtle @AlSweigart that was much more enjoyable though.

[andrtrio@mastodon.social]

@AlSweigart if that's not scary I don't know what could be.

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@SnoopJ
I'm gonna have to be very very healthy.
(Judging from my family, we can hang on into good age with minimal intervention, so hopefully that's gonna happen.)
@AlSweigart

[pmjv@snac.lab8.cz]

dying super fast is also an option!

CC: @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @AlSweigart@mastodon.social

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@pmjv
i am no longer corpo, so it's less likely now
@SnoopJ @AlSweigart

[kwramm@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@AlSweigart fake news. Trump is too dumb to use an AI

[pmjv@snac.lab8.cz]

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CC: @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @AlSweigart@mastodon.social

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@pmjv
i'm gonna stay on earth just to yell at the robots passing me by every day
@SnoopJ @AlSweigart

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@pmjv
(many memes say the secret to long life is spite, alcohol or avoiding people. i'm healthily dosing at least one of those at any given time.)
@SnoopJ @AlSweigart

[pmjv@snac.lab8.cz]

so that's the catholic trinity i've been hearing so much about

CC: @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @AlSweigart@mastodon.social

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@pmjv
cat-holic... yep, liking cats may help, or it may not, but it's nice to meowmeow.
@SnoopJ @AlSweigart

[pmjv@snac.lab8.cz]

CC: @SnoopJ@hachyderm.io @AlSweigart@mastodon.social

[ozzelot@mstdn.social]

@pmjv @SnoopJ @AlSweigart orangely tilting their head about it

[gmarcosanti@mastodon.uno]

@AlSweigart
- "How do you know it's the dumbest person?"
- "It's using an AI."

[slotos@toot.community]

@CressSalad @AlSweigart Is this the new version of „blockchain elections”?

[cresssalad@mastodon.social]

@slotos @AlSweigart

Did not know about this until I read an article - thats interesting:

Blockchain-Based Voting Systems - Blockchain Council

Blockchain voting systems offer secure, transparent elections, reducing fraud and enhancing voter confidence.

Blockchain Council (www.blockchain-council.org)

Personally I think we just as a species/planet need to get human emotions out of the picture in making big decisions - like digging up all the last oil, starting wars etc. We have to have some level headed advice and decisions, OK, we can put human gate-post on it. But it should never be 1 individual or party. I would even say for local issues it can be left alone!

[dabeaz@mastodon.social]

@AlSweigart And if you can't spot that person... well, you know.

[rupertreynolds@hachyderm.io]

@AlSweigart In the spirit of "know your enemy" I asked (an LLM coding assistant) to write a C99/x11 function I could call when an alarm or countdown triggers in my music player. I explained that the app is in dark mode and I'd like it modal, with a few pastel colours to be eye-catching. I forget the exact words.

Never once did it say "That's a terrible idea!"

It ran first time. But let's be frank it *was* a terrible idea

It perpetrated this:
(the coloured bands move slowly, BTW)