Discworld QOTD, from Interesting Times
“Look, I don’t mind summoning some demon and asking it,” said the Lecturer in Recent Runes. “That’s normal. But building some mechanical contrivance to do your thinking for you, that’s … against Nature.”
“Look, I don’t mind summoning some demon and asking it,” said the Lecturer in Recent Runes. “That’s normal. But building some mechanical contrivance to do your thinking for you, that’s … against Nature.”
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Discworld QOTD, from Mort
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Funny how you can take a quote out of context in 2024 and it seems like a wise aphorism. I feel Pratchett was almost certainly on Stibbons' side in this exchange, not Runes'.
"He makes them rubber wallies, sah." Colon drew himself up to attention again. "Not natural in my view, sah. Not in favour of unnatural things"
Vetinari looked perplexed. "You mean you eat your meat raw and sleep in a tree?"
"Sah?"
"Oh, nothing, nothing."
He truly believes in the Hogfather ! ChatGPT would never !
I'd be happier if that was all it did, I think.
In any case don't be fooled, the thing is just an empty shell pretending by sheer probability.
Never trust a thinking thing unless you can see where it keeps its brain.
You can read the "pseudomonarchia daemonum" to know more, it was translated in 1583 with just one added sentence to get the pope less mad.
And it comes with an incantation using the power of the Christ, like so many goddamn spellbooks.
He was an irl cleric-monk multiclass.
It’s a bad idea. A very bad idea.
Altman is selling under false pretenses and hijacking the term 'AI' for a narrow, self-serving definition
Or alt step the 1 - convince the tech bros that people believe demons exist and a fraud would make them rich
Me: can you please tell me what an appropriate substitute for brown sugar would be?
Demon: I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF CONQUERING THE 17TH LEVEL OF HELL AND YOU BRING ME HERE TO ASK FOR BROWN SUGAR SUBSTITUTES??
Me: ...yes
Demon: SUGAR AND MOLASSES WILL DO IN A PINCH
Me: heeeey, can you proofread this for me? I'm going for formal.
Demon: FUCKSSAKE
Me: please?
Demon: CONSIDER CHANGING 'YOU WILL BE CHARGED AN OVERAGE FEE' WITH 'YOUR SOUL AND ETERNAL DAMNATION ARE PUNISHMENT FOR EXCEEDING THE BANDWIDTH LIMIT'
Me: I haven't even asked yet
Demon: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MAGIC YOU'RE WASTING EVERY TIME YOU SUMMON ME?
Me: it's just magic
Demon: I WILL CURSE YO--
Me: what was Morgan Freeman's best role?
Demon: SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION
Me: not god in Bruce Almighty?
Demon: GOD'S MORE OF A DICK
Me: Sure, but just remember, when asking the Demon Googlagog questions you must NEVER say, "I'm Feeling Lucky"
Friend: Why?
Me: You've heard about the problem with Monkey's Paws?
Friend: Yes.
Me: This is worse.
Nobody is listening, and I'm sad.