My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines.
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My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. During a meeting recently we were talking about using it, and I referred to it as "it".
Obviously, it is proper English to do so. But, one coworker was shocked by this and asked me why I used that word. I calmly explained that it is a large very flawed statistical model and nothing more, so "it" is the appropriate word.
I think that blew their mind. Their reaction was just silence.
I miss actual intelligence
@minego It hasn't even been very long with this tech and the koolaid is that engrained? Does this reflect an inflexibility on our part, a flexibility on theirs, or ? I luckily work in digital construction, which is typically behind and reserved on adopting the latest, so I am somewhat shielded.
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My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. During a meeting recently we were talking about using it, and I referred to it as "it".
Obviously, it is proper English to do so. But, one coworker was shocked by this and asked me why I used that word. I calmly explained that it is a large very flawed statistical model and nothing more, so "it" is the appropriate word.
I think that blew their mind. Their reaction was just silence.
I miss actual intelligence
@minego do they gender it, or just always refer to it by name, or what?
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@minego It hasn't even been very long with this tech and the koolaid is that engrained? Does this reflect an inflexibility on our part, a flexibility on theirs, or ? I luckily work in digital construction, which is typically behind and reserved on adopting the latest, so I am somewhat shielded.
@thejikz I think a lot of people just accept what they have been told...
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My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. During a meeting recently we were talking about using it, and I referred to it as "it".
Obviously, it is proper English to do so. But, one coworker was shocked by this and asked me why I used that word. I calmly explained that it is a large very flawed statistical model and nothing more, so "it" is the appropriate word.
I think that blew their mind. Their reaction was just silence.
I miss actual intelligence
@minego wow that's wild
FWIW at my workplace we all refer to LLMs as "it"s and nobody has ever given that a second thought. So you're not alone
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@minego do they gender it, or just always refer to it by name, or what?
@nyquildotorg They used he/him for it
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@thejikz I think a lot of people just accept what they have been told...
@minego fair!
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@nyquildotorg They used he/him for it
@minego gross
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@nyquildotorg agreed
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My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. During a meeting recently we were talking about using it, and I referred to it as "it".
Obviously, it is proper English to do so. But, one coworker was shocked by this and asked me why I used that word. I calmly explained that it is a large very flawed statistical model and nothing more, so "it" is the appropriate word.
I think that blew their mind. Their reaction was just silence.
I miss actual intelligence
@minego ... What in the everloving fuck...
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@minego ... What in the everloving fuck...
@ZombieGopher right?
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@nyquildotorg They used he/him for it
@minego @nyquildotorg That's messed up.
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@Bumblefish AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
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@minego @nyquildotorg That's messed up.
@jocafa
@nyquildotorg Yup.I don't blame the person who did it. The companies pushing this use gendered names and pronouns. They want people to treat it like a person. The lies these companies are pushing is the problem.
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@jocafa
@nyquildotorg Yup.I don't blame the person who did it. The companies pushing this use gendered names and pronouns. They want people to treat it like a person. The lies these companies are pushing is the problem.
@minego @nyquildotorg You know what they *could* do? ... Hire people. Take care of the people they have.
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My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. During a meeting recently we were talking about using it, and I referred to it as "it".
Obviously, it is proper English to do so. But, one coworker was shocked by this and asked me why I used that word. I calmly explained that it is a large very flawed statistical model and nothing more, so "it" is the appropriate word.
I think that blew their mind. Their reaction was just silence.
I miss actual intelligence
@minego I, as non native speaker, have problems with it. What was the form? Everytime I just say "cladue did this and that" and feel bad about it, as they gave it human name and therefore I sound like I'm talking about a human. How would you start a sentence where the LLM was not priorly introduced?
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@nyquildotorg agreed
@minego @nyquildotorg Could be worse, they could go for she/her.
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My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. During a meeting recently we were talking about using it, and I referred to it as "it".
Obviously, it is proper English to do so. But, one coworker was shocked by this and asked me why I used that word. I calmly explained that it is a large very flawed statistical model and nothing more, so "it" is the appropriate word.
I think that blew their mind. Their reaction was just silence.
I miss actual intelligence
@minego my zoologist friends at uni were carefully instructed not to anthropomorphise animals. AI is even riskier, as we may start to care about it, and that will definitely be a selling point.
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My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. During a meeting recently we were talking about using it, and I referred to it as "it".
Obviously, it is proper English to do so. But, one coworker was shocked by this and asked me why I used that word. I calmly explained that it is a large very flawed statistical model and nothing more, so "it" is the appropriate word.
I think that blew their mind. Their reaction was just silence.
I miss actual intelligence
@minego TBF, I know it's a it, and I kept misgendering it as 'he' the three morning I used it. Remember Eliza: "Can you leave the room?".
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@minego @nyquildotorg Could be worse, they could go for she/her.
@minego @nyquildotorg (This is not to say using he/his is great, but every time i see men using feminine pronouns for the slop machine, it’s extra gross)
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@minego I, as non native speaker, have problems with it. What was the form? Everytime I just say "cladue did this and that" and feel bad about it, as they gave it human name and therefore I sound like I'm talking about a human. How would you start a sentence where the LLM was not priorly introduced?
