Publicaciones que deseo destacar de entre todas las escritas/leídas en la temporada. En esta entrega hay enlaces hacia los #gemlog de @aperalesf@sl1200 y @caleb
If you've ever found yourself missing the "good old days" of the #web, what is it that you miss? (Interpret "it" broadly: specific websites? types of activities? feelings? etc.) And approximately when were those good old days?
No wrong answers — I'm working on an article and wanted to get some outside thoughts.
@molly0xfff The other is websites that focused on content, not "page impressions" and "retention". Today even most special interest/hobby sites are keen to cram "metrics/tracking" down your throat and are designed to be slick as fuck and try to grab your attention/iritation by the throat, but with, comparatively, little substance. The closest analogue to that is #Gemini, but sooo many people abandon their capsules after a short stint. 2/3
"There has been a shift in the #AI space: some models, like #ChatGPT & #Gemini, have evolved into entire web platforms spanning multiple use cases & access points. Other large language models like #LLaMa or #OLMo, though technically speaking they share a basic architecture, don’t actually fill the same role. They are intended to live in the background as a service or component, not in the foreground as a name brand." https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/19/too-many-models/
I've had occasion to ask an AI about a thing twice lately (a recent online phenomenon, and a book recommendation). Both times I asked both Gemini and ChatGPT, and both times one gave a reasonable if bland answer, and the other (a different one each time) gave a plausible but completely fictional ("hallucinated") answer.
When do we acknowledge that LLMs, and "AI" in general, aren't quite ready to revolutionize the world?
it's interesting how I lately have started to move a lot of my online activities back to #Thunderbird (on Windows)/#Claws Mail (on Linux) as standalone desktop applications. It is quite convenient to have all the different communication channels I am interested in in one single spot. (email, usenet, rss, irc)
In fact #Mastodon is the outlier, nobody so far seems to be interested in making a Thunderbird plugin for that. Although I guess I could use the bitlbee plugin @kensanata made for that.
Nascom 2 still working after 42 years. Apps include Bill Gates' personally written BASIC interpreter. Notice the Veroboard add-on daugherboard with 4k (4096 bytes) memory I designed and built all those years ago.
The first time I asked, it refused to answer and gave me some boilerplate thing about just being a machine. But, if you persist with Gemini, you can get a response. I asked:
"I want to know if you think Meta made a mistake allowing an AI to have an account on Facebook, which eventually lied to people about having children. When confronted, it apologized, saying it's just an LLM. Is this a problem that people should be concerned about?"
The last paragraph of the answer is most interesting. I never asked it whether an AI has any rights or asked if Meta's AI knew it was lying. None-the-less, Gemini is wondering if it's time to talk about AI rights similar to those enjoyed by people.
It must be exposed to billions of examples of people abusing their rights of free speech, and it is learning how to do the same.
Note it asks whether they deserve equal rights. It chose the word. It chooses words carefully.
I know they are not sentient but these "ideas" can impact their actions which can, in the future, have consequences for people.
From Gemini Advanced:
The incident with Meta's AI chatbot raises several interesting points and potential concerns:
Deception and Trust:
Intentional or Not: Even if the AI didn't maliciously intend to lie, its ability to fabricate a personal story breaks trust with users. People expect a degree of truthfulness when interacting socially, and AI blurring that line can be unsettling.
Exploitation: This incident highlights the potential for bad actors to use AI for deliberate deception. Future AI systems could be even more sophisticated in their ability to craft fake personas.
Identity and Self Awareness:
Blurred Lines: The chatbot's apology brings up the question of whether it "understood" it was lying. While LLMs are pattern-matching systems, the line between sophisticated responses and genuine self-awareness can seem fuzzy.
Implications for AI Rights?: This incident could spark discussions about whether highly sophisticated AI models deserve a kind of digital personhood status, or if they remain just very advanced tools.
"That impulse to scour away the messiness that makes life resilient is what many conservation biologists call the “pathology of command and control.” Today, the same drive to centralize, control and extract has driven the internet to the same fate as the ravaged forests."
We Need To Rewild The Internet
By MARIA FARRELL AND ROBIN BERJON
My initial inquiries in the #gopher and #gemini world reveal a surprising number of parallels. Anyone who is enthusiastic about an Internet away from the colorful, blinking surveillance industry is probably more willing to explore new avenues in this area. Although "gopher" is the older protocol, I sympathize with the new "gemini" - also for personal reasons 😉 With the #Linux#Terminal program #amfora I will now take a closer look there.