<![CDATA[please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation:]]>please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation:

How frequently do you chat with LLM?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/03de8191-037d-4e2c-92d1-1df715e9d83b/please-vote-anonymously-and-boost-this-poll-for-transparency-and-participationRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 10:56:07 GMTFri, 22 May 2026 12:51:18 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 12:56:58 GMT]]>@falcennial

Not sure where "as infrequently as possible" falls. I aim for "Not at all", but sometimes get suckered into it using websites' "Chat with a Live Agent" that turns out to be a bot 😠

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/gumnos/statuses/116624000185660138https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/gumnos/statuses/116624000185660138Sat, 23 May 2026 12:56:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 12:25:41 GMT]]>@falcennial This might be splitting hairs but I answered "no" because I don't "chat" with an LLM. I write queries like "split an array safely in bash 5.0". For me it's important to not fall for the anthropomorphic user interface and just query the LLM.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/mattiasb/statuses/116623877145000082https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.xyz/users/mattiasb/statuses/116623877145000082Sat, 23 May 2026 12:25:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 11:00:08 GMT]]>@falcennial voted and shared.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116623540749966233https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116307071344437495/statuses/116623540749966233Sat, 23 May 2026 11:00:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:51:41 GMT]]>@indigoparadox@mastodon.social @falcennial@mastodon.social
They have aggregate results and Bing is one of their sources. The main difference is DDG tends to be more scattershot in its approach - between the two I find startpage faster at finding what I'm looking for

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plasmatrap.com/notes/amlsm2xvfohttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://plasmatrap.com/notes/amlsm2xvfoSat, 23 May 2026 10:51:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:40:00 GMT]]>@Theriac @falcennial I didn't realize they'd moved to Bing... I was just having a minor crisis of "was it my imagination?" but they *do* still seem to be objectively better than DDG insofar as they get results from inside of github while DDG did not seem to... Huh.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/indigoparadox/statuses/116623461629525368https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/indigoparadox/statuses/116623461629525368Sat, 23 May 2026 10:40:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:15:07 GMT]]>@falcennial where is the "over my dead body" option?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gusseting/statuses/116623363766099612https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gusseting/statuses/116623363766099612Sat, 23 May 2026 10:15:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:10:23 GMT]]>@falcennial Not willingly at least

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastorol.es/users/Variaxocellus/statuses/116623345164387411https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastorol.es/users/Variaxocellus/statuses/116623345164387411Sat, 23 May 2026 10:10:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:06:28 GMT]]>No AI in my Startpage results.

<https://www.startpage.com/do/dsearch?query=the+quick+brown+fox+jumps+over+the+lazy+dog&cat=web>, for example.

@mensrea @falcennial @indigoparadox

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623329767337502https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623329767337502Sat, 23 May 2026 10:06:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 10:05:15 GMT]]>@falcennial I have, back in 2024, or whatever, as a diversion, to see what it was like. It didn't really interest me that much.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/chiffchaff/statuses/116623324988081893https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/chiffchaff/statuses/116623324988081893Sat, 23 May 2026 10:05:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:59:09 GMT]]>RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116623085407155385

@falcennial @indigoparadox

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623300965117876https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623300965117876Sat, 23 May 2026 09:59:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:57:07 GMT]]>@farah spoken like a true fellow resident of beige.party 🎉

Here, have a sip of my own nonsense. This one's on the house.

<https://beige.party/@fuzzy/116527118653060773>

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623292965728893https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623292965728893Sat, 23 May 2026 09:57:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:49:58 GMT]]>@UrbanCityCowboy is the loudspeaker now on the wagon?

Electronics plus liquid is rarely a good mix.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623264886941851https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623264886941851Sat, 23 May 2026 09:49:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:44:10 GMT]]>RE: https://mastodon.social/@falcennial/116618576826629364

@bunny_jane

"… no judgement has any right whatsoever to enter into the exercise. …"

If you prejudge me to be a proponent of AI, you'll be mistaken.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623242086515541https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623242086515541Sat, 23 May 2026 09:44:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:31:34 GMT]]>RE: https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@grahamperrin/116623156879039297

@bunny_jane you're welcome.

For the record: my extremely infrequent use of ChatGPT is almost invariably a response to needlessly aggressive haters of AI.

The greater the aggression, the greater the likelihood that I'll use AI to respond.

Hatred of AI: <https://gist.github.com/grahamperrin/ecd4f2b6699f7e228af33b80b0e9b141#file-ai-hatred-md-readme> via <https://www.reddit.com/user/grahamperrin/comments/1t3cbl7/hatred_of_ai/>.

Reasons for blocking, and how to end a block: <https://www.reddit.com/user/grahamperrin/comments/1seol5k/reasons_for_blocking_and_how_to_end_a_block/> – pinned.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623192537616035https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623192537616035Sat, 23 May 2026 09:31:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 09:22:30 GMT]]>@falcennial less frequently than a few times a month, so I answered "not at all".

Pictured here: the most recent production, from a single 102-word prompt on 16th May.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623156879039297https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/grahamperrin/statuses/116623156879039297Sat, 23 May 2026 09:22:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 08:35:39 GMT]]>@falcennial When I was forced to, the experience was terrible.
I always ask to connect me to a human. Some do so, some stay in their stupid loop.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/gup/statuses/116622972623358434https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.nl/users/gup/statuses/116622972623358434Sat, 23 May 2026 08:35:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 08:26:12 GMT]]>@falcennial Ngl, I'd prefer not to, but at this point it is seriously way better than google search...

(And that is mostly because of how enshittified the google search has become. Maybe I should just take some time and setup YaCy...)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/agowa338/statuses/116622935444893754https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/agowa338/statuses/116622935444893754Sat, 23 May 2026 08:26:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 08:08:51 GMT]]>@toolsontech @falcennial yup. "Make an analysis of a couple hundred files of source code, find dependency cycles and tell me the most effective way to break them" - it chews on the stuff for an hour while I have lunch, and then spits out a concise document what the best course of action is (or close enough to best, no way to be sure, but 90% is good enough). Instead of me having to pour over code for days before I even make a dent.
But having a chat for entertainment? Nah. Not worth the money, energy spent, etc to get some regurgitated bs the bot found on the webs

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/DerPumu/statuses/116622867248595492https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.games/users/DerPumu/statuses/116622867248595492Sat, 23 May 2026 08:08:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 08:07:37 GMT]]>@falcennial I have made a mistake with my answer

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/Emily/statuses/116622862431895034https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/Emily/statuses/116622862431895034Sat, 23 May 2026 08:07:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 08:07:12 GMT]]>@falcennial wait, chat or use?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/Emily/statuses/116622860810781268https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bark.lgbt/users/Emily/statuses/116622860810781268Sat, 23 May 2026 08:07:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 07:41:19 GMT]]>@falcennial
As a non-coder at a well known large software developer, I have a backlog of ideas I want to realise in code. Until AI came along, I had no way to turn aspiration into reality. Now I do! Feedback has been that my ideas are useful (ie not self delusional ideas without actual merit)

AI for research summaries useful, and removes the drudgery but should be checked + explicit instructions to explain assumptions & extrapolations.

Generative AI, chatbots no use to me. Don't see the point.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/gregalotl/statuses/116622759005496112https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/gregalotl/statuses/116622759005496112Sat, 23 May 2026 07:41:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 07:22:40 GMT]]>@falcennial I'm not so sure. Chatting implies an informal conversation between two or more people, so I think people *believe* they are chatting but aren't really.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/115683904065635825/statuses/116622685657062839https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/ap/users/115683904065635825/statuses/116622685657062839Sat, 23 May 2026 07:22:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 07:20:20 GMT]]>@failedLyndonLaRouchite
It's way better: no toxic people, civilized conversation and generally accurate information about most non-specialized stuff.
No chance someone will wish you death because of some banal opinion you might have, no trolling.

LLMs are way better than people in that regard.
@falcennial

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/Noisecolor/statuses/116622676470333884https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.community/users/Noisecolor/statuses/116622676470333884Sat, 23 May 2026 07:20:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to please vote anonymously and boost this poll for transparency and participation: on Sat, 23 May 2026 07:19:44 GMT]]>@falcennial@mastodon.social I get bored, but then I realise that LLMs are even more boring than what I'm bored of. I haven't learnt to just not bother.

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