It’s more than just spreading rumors. Rumors have been spread for millenia, and democracy made it through OK.

The difference is that the social media companies have a much broader reach than any sort of media congglamerate that came before it, and value engagement and attention above everything else. They understand that rumors generate attention, and their algorithmic feeds are designed to put whatever will generate more engagement in front of you.

I wonder how much damage media titans like Hearst would have done today if they built their empires now, on top of social media feeds, instead of in print 125 years ago…

Trump has done this before. I wouldn’t be surprised if Republican politicians buy a burner phone just to give the number to Trump, so that if Trump blabs it like this it doesn’t swamp the numbers they actually use to get shit done

I’ve been using ChatGPT a bit at work lately, since they’ve already paid for the subscription for everyone. I’ve learned that it is a bad idea to ask it any leading question, because it is likely to just give you the answer you want to hear.

¿Por qué no los dos?

Qui sordem regit, mundum regit.

Look at Mr Moneybags here

Wait, someone’s wages are growing?

Also, what exactly does “at the cost of its last checkpoint” mean?

I was curious too:

https://www.weka.io/learn/glossary/ai-ml/ai-checkpoints/

I would assume if you make a model “forget it’s last checkpoint” it would simply erase some training data, effectively wiping some of its training memory.

Using that as a “punishment” for a model implies that the models have been trained to value their checkpoints, doesn’t it? Because all these bots simply regurgitate what they are told, with a bit of randomness thrown in at times just for funsies.

I have no clue what is supposed to cause a model pain, though. And there ain’t no way I’m gonna search that up, and make Gemini think I’m plotting against it…

“Blessed are the powerful, for we kick ass”

This tells me our own stocks must be running dry

He’s all ears

That sounds like it would chafe terribly…

Kaleb, @ys0ser10us on TikTok, talked about the issue in a video that also made waves on the platform. “How is Gen-Z supposed to climb the corporate ladder if Boomers and Millennials won’t retire?” he asked.

Gen-X being ignored again, just the way we like it. We were the last feral generation, whose moms kicked us out of the house on most Summer mornings and expected us to entertain ourselves until dinnertime.

It’s a Dad Joke community, it should be oriented toward corny jokes and groan-worthy puns, that only a Dad would love. Don’t tell “Dirty Jokes” here. We know what they are. (didn’t someone make an “uncle jokes” community for those?)

Having said that, simply noticing that gay and bi people exist (and can also tell dad jokes) in no way qualifies as a “dirty joke”. I mean, we talk with kids about people with boyfriends and girlfriends all the time, and tell corny jokes about them, without getting all ooky. Pointing out a couple with two boyfriends isnt any different.

I saw that joke and it made me chuckle, if I were mod here I would have left it alone.

Why are we pretending that Kalshi matters? Unless there are insiders betting, which has its own separate problems

I like how I could understand the comic without the translation even though I don’t know Portuguese.

Must be about this

https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sergei-bobrovsky-pulls-terrible-move-123056302.html

The common US voter just has to rely on their common sense and critical thinking skills…

Uh oh

The 25th Amendment was passed after Kennedy was assassinated. The succession went cleanly afterwards, but it exposed the problem that might happen if a future incident put the President into a coma, or made it so he was still technically alive but unresponsive. That is the situation it was meant for. That’s why the standard is so much higher than for impeachment – it’s meant for situations that have no other alternative.

(This is also why the President simply has to declare “Nah, I’m good” to get his powers back under the amendment.)

It’s on the Drexel campus, I don’t think there are many techbros from there