stephenmj.bsky.social
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perhaps it could be called "the edge of the uncanny desert "
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my gut instinct - given only some generalized description of the theoretical construction of various kinds of AIs, and otherwise treating what goes on in their detailed operations, it should be provable mathematically that there is a complexity threshold and one, probably lower, based on novelty
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if no human has ever put together the sentence A B C, does the design of LLMs allow one to construct that sentence? it seems to me that the output of LLMs must, mathematically, be deeply shallow, based as they are on frequency of word adjacency, not meaning, of published sentences and paragraphs.
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entropy?
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a bridge too far
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Does it matter if you save to computer instead of cloud?
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Who will bear responsibility?
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What about Lexis’ Protége? Slow, unreliable, clunky interface, good grammar. What was it built on? Little use to serious litigators
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consistent with the naive notion that labs don't need people, much less intelligent scientists, since if you generate enough electricity from fossil fuels and invest in AI research, computers can do everything - jobs will become hobbies and somehow the US will be able to support the few right people
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a pattern of mistakes that has not been fixed despite knowledge that it violates court orders constitutes either deliberate violation of the orders or such gross incompetence as to disqualify the agency from functioning in any respect as a lawful arm of the govt
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What’s the reaction?
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Will you tell your students students how their performances compare with the Llm?
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imo there is no way to preserve privilege or confidentiality regardless whether it is an llm available to the public or one sold at a high price to law firms. security of data these days should be proven before use, particularly by a program so little understood and controlled
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is it multiple choice, yes or no, essay? form makes a difference. if you want to do some research a) run same prompt several times b) vary prompt to more like naive student and more like a nuance aware professor c) compare all results to the decisions and legal writings you relied on for exam;tally
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which country will first produce an AI that is completely beyond human control? will the movie precede the event? will anybody listen?
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not all preemptions are constitutional
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let's be clear - any moratorium which clears the decade for use of ai for criminal purposes, vendettas, stalking, character assassination, theft, electoral tampering, invasion of privacy, etc is not just a terrible law but itself a criminal act (aiding etc), and possibly unconstitutional
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adoration is not adoration even if low tech ai thinks it is and old eyes miss the techgoof
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the law used to have embedded a basic sense of decency driven by the realization that broad careless mistreatment for some today could of others, including those e know, tomorrow. For too long governments have enjoyed too many passes for cruel and unusual treatment -- it has become cruel and usual
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between adoration chaos and covid "guidance" it is not a great time to be pregnant or not be pregnant. hardly a stable, reliable, or welcoming environment
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What about the tangles where species trade or incorporate genes from other species?
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That’s the point: endless string cites to non-reproduceable responses make value de minimis. Only citing one of the infinite or unpredictable number of possible responses makes its value unknowable. LLM AI does not at this time filter responses for accuracy; when it does, sh filter be in cite?
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Ever had the feeling that infinite complexity and variability gets out of hand? Consider the conscientious law review or brief writer who tries each of six prompts six times each in three different AI LLMs, and cites all (with parenthetical quotes from results) plus a quasi statistical analysis.
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Violates Recods Act
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perhaps there need to be checks and balances on the checks and balances, or alternatively, we need to reconsider our traditional faith in the c&b provisions in our constitution
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Where in the constitution is the president given the power to determine what is true?
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Would appreciate if all such stories about reversal included the cost of the whole process
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Interesting. Quaere: Does this represent a description of what code does? Or is the manual itself what Claude “refers to” (as text) every time it responds to a prompt?
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Nb - word is unpredictable about including dashes and hyphens and people sometimes use the dashes solo. What caught my eye in the selection was that it seemed wordy, repetitive and unedited. BUT that’s a matter of opinion
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can sale of indulgences be next?
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Technically, this is probably right. Being president is not a 9-5 job; he/she is always on call, if not on state business. But it has not been codified. Perhaps it & the emoluments clause should be memorialized in legislation - but not w this Congress and SCOTUS. After the end of this dark age, …
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What’s the fine print? Whose white elephant will this be? whose albatross?
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And a grift manual
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Is there a budget line for this “free” plane? Given that the plane was a white elephant until T agreed to take it off their hands, is it really worth $400 after depreciation, age, retrofit, security costs are considered?
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If Trump has any interest in the plane, even if contingent or delayed, not only is the gift barred, someone should pay gift tax on it
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This is a relative of destruction of evidence, but maliciously worse.
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creating mud pies is and isn't innovative high tech
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Does anyone have standing to object in court?
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Some of those poets (who write in English or have translated their own work into English) should consider submitting work to the New Croton Review newcrotonreview.com. No fee; no geographic limits. Read NCR online to check us out.
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Where was the federal warning & preparatory response? Did DOGE make “efficiency” a priority over lives?
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a settlement is not a win
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lawyers have had to clean up after automated assistance- sometimes traditional legal searches of a cite can't find it; spell check has introduced some whoppers and missed some human errors. they have also had to clean up after themselves - miscopied citation; failure to read case completely; no sh…
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Can AI “discern” tacit knowledge when it is never explicitly written about? Does AI hallucinate tacit knowledge? If both, how predictable is each outcome? Finally, tacit knowledge can be different for different people - can AI “discern” the subtleties and the implications of the differences?
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City walls?
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Did it really end (whether or not “era” is attached) with the fall of the Soviet Union? Is the difficulty with Russia today disconnected from and not a part of the Cold War?
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My suspicion is that the definition depended on the use - propaganda, news and headlines, history, economics, military strategizing - as well as the time and country of use. As far as history, the definition is intertwined with whether you believe it is over.
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essentially two very different options: 1) add to Wikipedia entry a discussion of the history of the rivalry, with supporting sources not written by you, see wha editors do; 2) publish an academic article on the historiography of the rivalry and the history of misinformation about the buildings
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argument that it only applies to emancipated slaves has history backwards. The wording starts “no person…” The provision recognized former slaves & children as “persons” - humans. Had drafters intended birthright only for “emancipated persons” they would have said so. & could have done by statute