<![CDATA[My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines.]]>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

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/c791f819-eebd-47ae-b0b1-75e0c855bc89/my-employer-like-so-many-others-has-been-forcing-the-use-of-hallucination-machines.RSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 15:42:19 GMTSat, 02 May 2026 20:56:20 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 16:44:50 GMT]]>@Urban_Hermit

The choice of Claude is interesting to me, because when written it sounds like a name a smartass might have, but when spoken it sounds like the name a dumbass might have. (Clod.)

@minego @jocafa

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gts.nyquil.org/users/nyquildotorg/statuses/01KQQBKX512NFXBT996ZY2F6WBhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://gts.nyquil.org/users/nyquildotorg/statuses/01KQQBKX512NFXBT996ZY2F6WBSun, 03 May 2026 16:44:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 16:31:45 GMT]]>@minego @jocafa @nyquildotorg
"Chad"

If they are going to act like the thing they pay $15/month for is as good as a real person, I think the best name for it is Chad.

"Chad made this mistake while I was working with him and while he agreed with me and apologized he just kept making the same mistake."

"Chad rewrote everything adding extra words, flowering it up. He turned it into total bullshit."

"Chad never admits he can't do something."

"Maybe it is time we talked about firing Chad."

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Urban_Hermit/statuses/116511598539545166https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Urban_Hermit/statuses/116511598539545166Sun, 03 May 2026 16:31:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 11:55:26 GMT]]>@janneke @minego I think the point was not that animals were automata, but that, for instance, a cat behaves like a cat. There is a tendency to attribute human motivation to animal behaviour.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tjbutt58/statuses/116510512043764662https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tjbutt58/statuses/116510512043764662Sun, 03 May 2026 11:55:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 11:26:24 GMT]]>@msokolov They used he/him because that's what anthropic uses for claude.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/minego/statuses/116510397861193302https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/minego/statuses/116510397861193302Sun, 03 May 2026 11:26:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 11:21:41 GMT]]>@minego what pronoun so they use for it!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/msokolov/statuses/116510379290179193https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/msokolov/statuses/116510379290179193Sun, 03 May 2026 11:21:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 11:16:26 GMT]]>@minego people actually expect us to refer to a text predictor which is nor intelligent nor even an actual robot with a human pronoun?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/quinoa0/statuses/116510358634518837https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/quinoa0/statuses/116510358634518837Sun, 03 May 2026 11:16:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 10:48:43 GMT]]>@tjbutt58 @minego
Yes, students are often still indoctrinated to view non-human animals as automatons, notwithstanding decades of research proving their feelings, emotions, thoughts and capabilities of tool creation, tool use, and planning.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/janneke/statuses/116510249691325151https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://todon.nl/users/janneke/statuses/116510249691325151Sun, 03 May 2026 10:48:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 10:45:11 GMT]]>@stveje @minego

Yes, it says that a very large portion of humanity would happily be exploitative slavers if it were easy and acceptable enough.

Of course, we already know this from centuries (millennia?) of history with actual human slavery.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116510235784934221https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/TCatInReality/statuses/116510235784934221Sun, 03 May 2026 10:45:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 10:35:51 GMT]]>@minego

You are literally erasing my AI with your wrong pronouns.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Phosphenes/statuses/116510199071233151https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Phosphenes/statuses/116510199071233151Sun, 03 May 2026 10:35:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 10:22:44 GMT]]>@minego actual intelligence? You mean ai? 😊

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.b3lt3r.com/users/b3lt3r/statuses/116510147515874061https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.b3lt3r.com/users/b3lt3r/statuses/116510147515874061Sun, 03 May 2026 10:22:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 10:10:16 GMT]]>@mms
@mdione I like this

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/minego/statuses/116510098469324183https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pdx.social/users/minego/statuses/116510098469324183Sun, 03 May 2026 10:10:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 10:02:41 GMT]]>@minego I noticed the slightly more positive term 'Text Processor' for it today.

I like 'automatic writing', but that's human operated (the uninitiated should see Yeats)

Inteligence is a misnomer.

Too late though, the framing is complete?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Deixis9/statuses/116510068689817189https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://beige.party/users/Deixis9/statuses/116510068689817189Sun, 03 May 2026 10:02:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:59:10 GMT]]>@forse @minego That too. But I think there's a difference between realizing that the system and the rich and powerful are exploiting everyone and everything, and realizing that lots of ordinary people are apparently just fine with having their own personal slave.

I mean, it's not surprising, as nothing is these days, but it's disturbing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/stveje/statuses/116510054822074226https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/stveje/statuses/116510054822074226Sun, 03 May 2026 09:59:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:49:45 GMT]]>@minego

Type 1 AI Psychosis from your colleagues It seems 😟

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116510017839804179https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/simonzerafa/statuses/116510017839804179Sun, 03 May 2026 09:49:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:45:51 GMT]]>@datarama @minego People caught in the psychosis refer to them as «he» or «she» depending what personality they have decided the AI has.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/toriver/statuses/116510002455015011https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/toriver/statuses/116510002455015011Sun, 03 May 2026 09:45:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:42:49 GMT]]>@mdione @minego TBF I'm thinking of caling it "Atntropic Claude" to accent that it's a product. Just like when I always write "Google Youtube' or "Microsoft GIthub" to show that it's a not a nice, indie service.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mms/statuses/116509990580184649https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mms/statuses/116509990580184649Sun, 03 May 2026 09:42:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:25:44 GMT]]>@minego What else would you call it?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/116509923356514004https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/datarama/statuses/116509923356514004Sun, 03 May 2026 09:25:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:24:20 GMT]]>@minego The most disturbing thing to me is that, if we were to genuinely believe that these models were conscious individuals, then using them would be slavery and exploitation. Thankfully they're not conscious, of course, but the fact that so many people blithely use these models while pretending they are (or soon will be) conscious is still incredibly disturbing and says something about us.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/stveje/statuses/116509917882750992https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/stveje/statuses/116509917882750992Sun, 03 May 2026 09:24:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:16:29 GMT]]>@minego weirdest shocking thing i overheard was the following:

A: copilot isn’t really helpful

B: well i found out, if you’re really nice to it, if you say please and thank you a lot and even „dear copilot“ the results become better

A: ah, thanks for that hint.

i never talked to these people again. probably never will.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/peterfr/statuses/116509886998772199https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.art/users/peterfr/statuses/116509886998772199Sun, 03 May 2026 09:16:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:12:26 GMT]]>@mms @minego maybe we should call it Blahude?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/mdione/statuses/116509871070258372https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/mdione/statuses/116509871070258372Sun, 03 May 2026 09:12:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:11:33 GMT]]>@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)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KQPHPY4918AA8MZK4HJ1VBG8https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KQPHPY4918AA8MZK4HJ1VBG8Sun, 03 May 2026 09:11:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:11:25 GMT]]>@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?".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/mdione/statuses/116509867093814030https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://en.osm.town/users/mdione/statuses/116509867093814030Sun, 03 May 2026 09:11:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:08:59 GMT]]>@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. 💀

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tjbutt58/statuses/116509857487832539https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tjbutt58/statuses/116509857487832539Sun, 03 May 2026 09:08:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My employer, like so many others, has been forcing the use of hallucination machines. on Sun, 03 May 2026 09:08:22 GMT]]>@minego @nyquildotorg Could be worse, they could go for she/her.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KQPHH2XDX37BSXJ1PVPPBN8Whttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.ainmosni.eu/users/ainmosni/statuses/01KQPHH2XDX37BSXJ1PVPPBN8WSun, 03 May 2026 09:08:22 GMT