Well this is reassuring.

Researchers found a simple way to make ChatGPT, Bard, and other chatbots misbehave, proving that AI is hard to tame.

Slanted Lamps

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Lots of raw material in discussion threads here on micro.blog about this article’s subject.

The Case for Software Criticism

Software may be the defining cultural artifact of our age. It’s time to build a culture of critical analysis around it.

When folks tell me I’m argumentative I usually have to tell them they’re wrong. It isn’t an argument until we’ve agreed on basic principles—which is not a given today. And not agreeing on basic principles first is what I’m “arguing” about half the time. ♜ ❥

Sport Signs

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Lion tastes good. Let’s get some more lion.

Okay. It wasn’t band-aids, those were just more label parts. But it’s fine. They’re gone. It is plausible that I bought this gadget brand new and just got the power cord all dirty since I brought it home. Plausible.

Whatevs. It’s roomy and boomy!

“No, you can barely notice…why all the band-aids, though?”

Ahhhh. AHHH. That’s all the dawn in the house. Ahhhh! AHHH!

And now my battle weary thumbnail must again walk the killing fields, each attempt to remove the last few bits of flits seems to generate more… a smear of greygreen super mush with Adhereon™ permachemical magic. Excuse me a moment…