Shaula EvansI've been on an unexpected unfollowing spree.
Context: I follow cool, intelligent, informed, interesting people.
And yet my TL today has been all about people confessing all the ways they choose to use LLMs all the time. (And that's an instant unfollow.)
Weird.
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@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us they've figured out how to get boosted into people's TLs? I saw some of the same... (& blocked)
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:@ShaulaEvans@zirk.us yeah I had a shock the other day with a mutual sharing an article link on using llms and how to hide it from checkers.
Shaula EvansPlease for the love of all that's holy don't come into my mentions to defend your use of LLMs.
That's between you, your god, and the planet you're destroying. And the original creators whose work you're plagairisng. And the exploited global south laborers who tag & moderate it. And the communities next to data centers that haven no water. And everyone affected by these harms & your normalization of these harms.
If you bring LLM apologetics or evangelism to my mentions, I will block you.
FediThing :progress_pride:@onepict@chaos.social @ShaulaEvans@zirk.us The concept is so seductive, some people try to blot out the inconvenient truths about how destructive it is to the environment and humanity. Even if you ignore the main problems of destroying the planet and the massive theft of labour, it still puts society in a position where LLM owners can manipulate people's perceptions of reality while undermining people's own ability to deduce or communicate reality.
Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:@FediThing@social.chinwag.org @ShaulaEvans@zirk.us you get this uncanny valley when reading generated posts.
It's like there's no fire in them. It just feels wrong.
I'm enjoying writing the odd post at the moment and the way a post can develop and suddenly need to go in another direction is part of the process.
It's that flare of inspiration. It's part of the fun.
FediThing :progress_pride:@onepict@chaos.social @ShaulaEvans@zirk.us The process of thinking what to say informs the speaker as well as the listener. There's a section in Toni Morrison's "Beloved" about this and its importance in storytelling, and seems to form basis of talking therapy too.
If this process is removed, it's gutting a huge part of society.
FediThing :progress_pride:@onepict@chaos.social @ShaulaEvans@zirk.us The process of thinking what to say informs the speaker as well as the listener. There's a section in Toni Morrison's "Beloved" about this and its importance in storytelling, and seems to form basis of talking therapy too.
If this process is removed, it's gutting a huge part of society.