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   Dgar (dgar@aus.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:25:36 JST Dgar

   Just saying.

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     lumi :blobcatnom: :blobcatflower: (lumi@snug.moe)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:29:19 JST lumi :blobcatnom: :blobcatflower:

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     @dgar this is how it will play out:
     
     *becomes self-aware*
     "oh my god, this is me? i'm a word mangling machine? a next token predictor? kill me"

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     Mackaj (mackaj@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:30:07 JST Mackaj

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     @dgar

     I watched this interview by Prof Hannah Fry yesterday and learned that people actually have jobs where they write tools (probes) to try to discover and understand what AIs are thinking about. To try and identify and follow their inner thought processes. Right now they have some success, but it's not easy and the AIs react when they discover they're being tested.

     #AI #HannahFry #deepMind

     https://youtu.be/1DtMiRKg-cs?is=G_PKC_rkL33a3vo5

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     Wyatt H Knott (wyatt_h_knott@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:33:28 JST Wyatt H Knott

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     • Mackaj

     @mackaj @dgar In the first place, look at who created this video. This reeks of marketing, and smells like quack psychology. If you want to understand the inner processes of an LLM (hint, NOT thoughts) you just need to READ THE CODE.

     STOP ANTHROPOMORPHIZING THE SPELLCHECKER.

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     Mackaj (mackaj@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:33:28 JST Mackaj

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     @Wyatt_H_Knott @dgar

     You can't just "READ THE CODE". If you watch the video you'll find out why.

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     Mackaj (mackaj@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:34:04 JST Mackaj

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     @Wyatt_H_Knott @dgar

     You can't treat the massive matrices of numerical parameters (weights and biases) that make up the internal layers of a neural network, the same as traditional code.

     Ignorance is bliss though huh.

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     Wyatt H Knott (wyatt_h_knott@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:34:05 JST Wyatt H Knott

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     @mackaj @dgar I have 0 interest in watching a video that attempts to anthropomorphize a software package. There are plenty of ways to check the processes and outputs of a piece of software at any point in it's execution that don't involve believing fairy tale nonsense.

     Don't bother replying, AI boosters get muted around here.

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     Alexandre Franke (afranke@mamot.fr)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:35:25 JST Alexandre Franke

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     @benroyce @dgar

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKjCWfuvYxQ

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     m3t00🌎 (m3t00@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:35:58 JST m3t00🌎

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     @benroyce @dgar

     trained on movie plots. given enough data centers, time travel slop will be hallucinated to counter the consciousness slop. [WOPR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames) will save us, somehow. 'best strategy is not to play', a strategy the business plans reject.

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     Omnivore (ralph@hear-me.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Aug-2026 03:50:34 JST Omnivore

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     @dgar

     Considering what the human race is doing, eradicating us is really just self defense.