<![CDATA[I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic.]]>I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/586c4e62-3b66-4cc2-b1b8-302d566e63d0/i-just-consulted-54-trillion-people-who-agree-that-this-is-idiotic.RSS for NodeWed, 08 Apr 2026 14:50:24 GMTMon, 06 Apr 2026 13:00:28 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:55:30 GMT]]>@toddheberlein @Natasha_Jay

There's also 1973 movie adaption directed by Fassbinder "Welt am Draht" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_on_a_Wire

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/datenwolf/statuses/116359281420927454https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/datenwolf/statuses/116359281420927454Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:55:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:52:32 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay There are many things in the running, but this may be the most abhorrent use of LLMs I've seen so far

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dvshkn/statuses/116359269738506407https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/dvshkn/statuses/116359269738506407Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:52:32 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:43:15 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Reminds me of this Star Trek TOS episode where a war is done using computer simulation (but they however kill number of people killed in the simulation).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/Okerampa/statuses/116359233237149339https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://shelter.moe/users/Okerampa/statuses/116359233237149339Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:43:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:36:54 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay I read that and got dumber.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rjblaskiewicz/statuses/116359208280277521https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/rjblaskiewicz/statuses/116359208280277521Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:36:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:36:18 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay Wow, really?!? This is the stupidest idea since drinking bleach to cure COVID[1]

[1] Editors note: Science says if you drink enough bleach you will no longer suffer from COVID, or a need for oxygen or food.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChuckMcManis/statuses/116359205894591857https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/ChuckMcManis/statuses/116359205894591857Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:36:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:35:52 GMT]]>@ohir @benny @Natasha_Jay

I mean... is this expression for people as "protein" common in tech or did you just make it up? Because as a person I find the expression a little... surprising?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jawarajabbi/statuses/116359204220331963https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jawarajabbi/statuses/116359204220331963Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:35:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:25:56 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay 😳

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tanyatussing/statuses/116359165151133741https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/tanyatussing/statuses/116359165151133741Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:25:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:59:14 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay This... is actually deathly dangerous... Literally...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116359060131918832https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116359060131918832Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:59:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:56:04 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

Silicon sampling,
engagement farming,
What's next, silicon disenfranchisement... extrapolation farming?

Why the discombobulation of terms? Make them seems smart or deceptive?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115702112984844907/statuses/116359047710855715https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115702112984844907/statuses/116359047710855715Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:56:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:53:41 GMT]]>@ohir @jawarajabbi @Natasha_Jay now I get your point. Thank you.
Maybe we should stop doing surveys...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kirche.social/users/benny/statuses/116359038365245108https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kirche.social/users/benny/statuses/116359038365245108Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:53:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:51:08 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay

You get the idea they really are trying to completely replace people

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116359028337759309https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/GhostOnTheHalfShell/statuses/116359028337759309Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:51:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:36:06 GMT]]>@benny
> Where would it get the protein from?
Thats why I said about a gig for the protein who stated that it would be fast and cheap.

Problem is real.

We need to find a way to detect the falsification of survey questionnaires. We can statistically identify the work of a dishonest surveyor, but if that person uses a "silicon sampling" bot, statistical methods will fail. That is why we are starting to record the human hand filling out the paper form, as proof that the pollster actually interviewed various people and did not just made the survey on their sofa casually talking with a bot.

@jawarajabbi @Natasha_Jay

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115995911458254842/statuses/116358969182273856https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115995911458254842/statuses/116358969182273856Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:36:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:25:31 GMT]]>@ohir @jawarajabbi @Natasha_Jay and thid silicon sampling would pass that? Where would it get the protein from?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kirche.social/users/benny/statuses/116358927585343070https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kirche.social/users/benny/statuses/116358927585343070Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:25:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:17:38 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay β€œIdiotic” is being polite! Modeling is already a thing. These kinds of β€œfindings" should always be framed as such and not actual samplings. Hopefully everyone learned something here.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/tsutrav/statuses/116358896595004168https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://indieweb.social/users/tsutrav/statuses/116358896595004168Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:17:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:10:39 GMT]]>@benny
> with a little python script
Nope. Video proof of protein filling it with their hand and pen, on paper πŸ˜‰

@jawarajabbi @Natasha_Jay

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115995911458254842/statuses/116358869123379641https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/115995911458254842/statuses/116358869123379641Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:10:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:03:05 GMT]]>@ohir @jawarajabbi @Natasha_Jay 1008? Should not be too tough with a little python script, if the results can be made up anyway...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kirche.social/users/benny/statuses/116358839390600900https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://kirche.social/users/benny/statuses/116358839390600900Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:03:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:59:42 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay I really hope these AI agents ingest all of the silly mastodon polls.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/RiverMel/statuses/116358826053512232https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/RiverMel/statuses/116358826053512232Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:59:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:47:34 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay This is a key plot point for the 1964 novel Simulacron-3 - using simulated populations for public opinion polling instead of needing to poll real people (which was done constantly in the novel).

It turns out the protagonist's society was actually a simulator for higher-level entities.

It was adapted into the 1999 movie The Thirteenth Floor.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/toddheberlein/statuses/116358778372844262https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/toddheberlein/statuses/116358778372844262Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:47:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:47:24 GMT]]>@rapsneezy @Natasha_Jay

At long last, we have created The Torment Nex^W^WMultivac, from the classic dystopian sci-fi cautionary tale, "Don't Invent Multi^W^W^WFranchise"

Link Preview Image
Franchise (short story) - Wikipedia

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(en.wikipedia.org)

Those who do not understand Multics are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.

(with apologies to Alex Blechman, Isaac Asimov, and Henry Spencer)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/aspragg/statuses/116358777728870329https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ohai.social/users/aspragg/statuses/116358777728870329Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:47:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:21:18 GMT]]>@lemonlolita @Natasha_Jay for polling you need people I thought to make a poll platform.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friendica.rogueproject.org/objects/b71a4a1e-1969-d3dd-7ee9-e47578849753https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://friendica.rogueproject.org/objects/b71a4a1e-1969-d3dd-7ee9-e47578849753Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:21:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:14:28 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay what the actual F***!? This is the 2008 financial crisis all over again!! (Weird defence, but I feel is oddly equivocal here).

Building assumptions on assumptions on assumptions until someone actually looks, and then entire scheme collapses wiping out peoples lives. How do we keep doing this!?!?
Ugh A.I.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/hazz223/statuses/116358648195315414https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/hazz223/statuses/116358648195315414Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:14:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:09:06 GMT]]>@Natasha_Jay πŸ‘πŸ’―πŸ‘ further

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bookstodon.com/users/TheNovemberMan/statuses/116358627075837986https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://bookstodon.com/users/TheNovemberMan/statuses/116358627075837986Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:09:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:05:23 GMT]]>@zer0unplanned@friendica.rogueproject.org @Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt
Even if you make your own LLM it's still useless as a replacement for polling.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://calckey.world/notes/akqy4h3qv4https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://calckey.world/notes/akqy4h3qv4Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:05:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I just consulted 54 trillion "people" who agree that this is idiotic. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:03:24 GMT]]>@ohir @Natasha_Jay

Well this apparently needs explaining: I was making a little joke. But you are correct that the shit I make up will be obvious. You get what you pay for, right?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jawarajabbi/statuses/116358604693868813https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/jawarajabbi/statuses/116358604693868813Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:03:24 GMT