Notices by webbureaucrat (webbureaucrat@floss.social)

i just want to learn total programming #idris

If I wanted to interact with a text-based bot that can answer all of my questions and solve all of life's problems with both friendliness and professionalism, I'd simply compile some #elm.

#elmlang

I mean right now morning shows all over are explaining in detail how these new models work, how convincing they can be, the subtle ways you can catch them, and their potential for spewing misinformation.

What if the public's first introduction was, "Oh, good. Turns out there are a bajillion more fake news generating facebook pages than we thought and they just evaded detection because wow it sure *looked* real." Bad actors could have used this for years and *never* gotten this kind of coverage.

This is a wildly unpopular take but I honestly think it's a very good thing that these #LLMs hav been released with all their... let's call them "rough edges."

The potential for abuse is bad but that potential was probably going to be there whether or not the public had this opportunity to update their priors on what generated text looks like.

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I know there are a lot of #job seekers out there right now, so I'll just throw this out there:

I've worked in #civicTech for my whole career so far, including a tiny state agency, an enormous state agency, a small federal agency, and an independent (quasi-governmental nonprofit) agency.

It has been at times disappointing and frustrating, but also monumentally rewarding.

If you have any questions about how to transition or whether you'd like it, ask away!

#fedTech #govTech #stateTech

A lot of attention is being paid to the fact that all newsletters should be RSS feeds.

Not enough attention is being paid to the fact that all YouTube channels should also be RSS feeds.

help i'm trying to get people to stop speculating about sixth grade science in stux's replies.

please i beg you all to stop being wrong on the Internet.