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   elilla&, 親不孝者 (elilla@transmom.love)'s status on Monday, 23-Mar-2026 22:59:35 JST elilla&, 親不孝者

   generative so-called "AI" is now being used to transcribe and translate Latin manuscripts.

   guess the results:
   https://blacksky.community/profile/did:plc:vpepa7tkir7iaia3risvyjc6/post/3mhntbkyadc24

   https://blacksky.community/profile/did:plc:vpepa7tkir7iaia3risvyjc6/post/3mhoqx2xugk24

   • Rich Felker and Church of Jeff repeated this.
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     elilla&, 親不孝者 (elilla@transmom.love)'s status on Monday, 23-Mar-2026 22:59:34 JST elilla&, 親不孝者

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     "AI" users are like, "I know this is imprecise but as a convenience these transcriptions are better than nothing"

     then 70 years from now we'll still be struggling to debunk these entirely hallucinated transcriptions of thousands of manuscripts that were pissed into the pool of human knowledge.

     some things are worse than nothing. "signal-shaped noise" is worse than nothing.

     Christine Lemmer-Webber repeated this.
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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Monday, 23-Mar-2026 23:01:14 JST Rich Felker

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     @elilla "Signal-shaped noise" is an utterly brilliant characterization of what "gen AI" produces.

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Mar-2026 03:56:41 JST Rich Felker

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     • Pseudo Nym

     @pseudonym @elilla I like them both, but I specifically like how "signal-shaped noise" highlights the information-theoretic non-content of the slop.

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     Pseudo Nym (pseudonym@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 25-Mar-2026 03:56:42 JST Pseudo Nym

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     • Rich Felker

     @dalias @elilla

     I've been using "answer shaped text."

     Same idea. Not sure which phrasing I prefer.