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James R Kirk

@ Kirk @startrek.website

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  • Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time | Common Dreams

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  • Thanks for clarifying!

  • Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI

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  • reducing the probability of the top weighted words the LLM chooses from

    My feeling is that a writer who adjusts their word choice to present a particular way is definitionally behaving inauthentically. I would characterize such writing as "slop" even if it's human made, because it was still heavily influenced by how LLMs "write".

    Put another way- I don't believe that "not worrying about appearing as an LLM" is "giving up", I think it's a recognition that an LLM is not capable of fighting you in the first place. If you, a creative soul, allow fear of "coming off a certain way" (ANY way) to determine how you write, you have already lost.

  • Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time | Common Dreams

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  • I thought they invest any surplus into government debt securities?

  • Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI

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  • As for Lemmy, there are many articles from lesser known sources that get positive attention here that seem to use AI but do not get removed

    Well, Lemmy is not one thing, your instance for example is explicitly in favor of boosting AI-generated content. So that behavior is what I would expect if I had an account there. I personally wouldn't go there expecting to see links to human-made content.

    I don't believe it's possible for human writers to write both authentically and also in a way that is coded to verify they are human (as the article discusses) that an LLM couldn't eventually come to replicate. I also don't believe it's possible for an LLM to write from their unique perspective. Therefore, I believe the strongest method for verifying ones own human-ness is to write from one's own unique perspective.

    signalling humanity in a way that resists automated systems

    I think I would understand your perspective better if you gave an example or two of what signals could be used?

  • Ted Cruz Admits Trump Accounts Are Designed to Privatize Social Security Over Time | Common Dreams

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  • Social security is a bad investment for an individual, but most people are terrible investors if they invest into their future at all. So by giving everyone that baseline, it helps out everyone else, including the rich. And is therefore a fantastic investment for everyone.

  • A tool for concealing writing style to evade linguistic fingerprinting

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  • Clever! The rare actually useful LLM!

  • 🎵 I made a great big cornbread, rockin' through the night. Yeah, I made a great big cornbread, ain't she a beautiful sight? 🎵

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  • We need to create /c/cornbread only then can we overtake Reddit

  • Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI

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  • Hah, that's a great example. The Room is nothing if not interesting!

  • Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI

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  • That's because LLMs cannot be interesting, even something poorly written can be interesting if it was written from a human perspective.

  • Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI

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  • Yep, or heck- write really badly! It can't do that either!

  • Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI

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  • If you’re reading, you want to determine whether what you are reading is a waste of your time as quickly as possible.

    I have honestly not heard of this behavior, and I myself certainly don't do this. I wouldn't determine "what's worth reading" in the middle of reading, but well before I start. For example, if a piece is published somewhere I trust, or a friend recommended it, or say, it was posted in a Lemmy community known to have good moderation.

    Like I said I understand why an artist would have a desire to present as authentic, but that is an unwinnable game because:

    1. The AI is also "trying to present as authentic" (any automated filtering system is beatable)
    2. Adjusting one's behavior so as to appear a particular way is definitionally inauthentic.

  • Writers Are Going to Extremes to Prove They Didn’t Use AI

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  • On one hand I understand the need to feel seen as authentic, but on the other, I think there is a danger in giving into the hysteria surrounding slop by twisting one's work into knots. If it's good, it's good. As Martin Scorsese said: "The most personal is the most creative."

    I know that I've never personally never seen any LLM generated content that was interesting beyond it's novelty. Adam Savage also said (paraphrasing bc I can't find it) "Sharing your point of view is what makes something interesting and I have yet to see AI-generated content that has a point of view".

  • What linux distribution has the best graphics card driver support?

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  • Out of the box support it's going to be Bazzite or CachyOS. Both great options but I lean Bazzite because of it's immutability.

  • Google Teases Liquid Glass inspired design coming with the next Material You Design language MD4 in Android

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  • Listen I will fully admit it can be garish when overdone (like on ios honestly) and heavy on system resources for no good reason. But aesthetically? Aesthetically it kinda slaps!

  • Google Teases Liquid Glass inspired design coming with the next Material You Design language MD4 in Android

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  • I was a fan of this style when Vista did it. I was a fan when Apple did it, I'm a fan of it now. Give me blurry glass everywhere pls.

  • AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer before tumors develop

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  • Not a joke actually!

    😭😭😭

  • AI finds signs of pancreatic cancer before tumors develop

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  • Now all you need is to be lucky enough for insurance to approve a CT scan for an unrelated condition in the same region of your pancreas.

  • The lights go out at Alex Jones’ Infowars | The longtime conspiracist host aired the last episode this week, and still owes over $1 billion to the Sandy Hook families.

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  • "The Jury voted against Jones, therefore it means he gets to keep InfoWars and also not pay them." is wild.

  • The lights go out at Alex Jones’ Infowars | The longtime conspiracist host aired the last episode this week, and still owes over $1 billion to the Sandy Hook families.

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  • That's honestly beside the point. This case wasn't about his "grift" it was about harassment of the Sandy Hook families, who have not seen a penny from Jones yet, despite winning the case two years ago. The judge tried to come up with convoluted logic to make sure Jones retains control of IW despite, again, losing the case the judge presided over. It's insanity.

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    As we all predicted: The fearmongering surrounding Anthropic Mythos was just marketing after all.

    www.theregister.com /2026/04/22/anthropic_mythos_hype_nothingburger/
  • linuxmemes @lemmy.world
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Swoomp

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Copilot is now injecting ads into GitHub pull requests. It's a disaster.

    www.windowscentral.com /software-apps/microsofts-ai-slop-is-infecting-github-copilot-is-now-injecting-ads-into-pull-requests
  • Technology @beehaw.org
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    ArsTechnica's response to the AI generated "quotations"

    arstechnica.com /staff/2026/02/editors-note-retraction-of-article-containing-fabricated-quotations/
  • Technology @beehaw.org
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    The Linux mid-life crisis that's an opportunity for Tux-led transformation

    www.theregister.com /2026/02/09/the_linux_midlife_crisis_thats/
  • Ereader @lemmy.ml
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Is there a website that compares the various eInk screens?

  • Fuck AI @lemmy.world
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    When we say "Fuck AI" are we inadvertently helping the "AI" companies by referring to their products as "AI"?

  • homeassistant @lemmy.world
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    How to handle lights that are physically powered off (but Home Assistant still sees as "on")?

  • Fedibridge @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Comment on /r/BlueSkySocial: "why can't we have one single social media site with a CEO who isn't weird and bad" (one reply mentions Mastodon).

    www.reddit.com /r/BlueskySocial/comments/1nyygvy/comment/nhyu415/
  • Ask Lemmy @lemmy.world
    James R Kirk @startrek.website
    Locked

    Looking for a community for AI skeptics that is more actively moderated than /c/fuckai

  • Android @lemmy.world
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Anyone have any tips to get HDMI-CEC working on LineageOS?

  • Linux @lemmy.ml
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    What are my OS options if I wanted to disconnect my TV from the internet, use it's remote via CEC with a Raspberry Pi, and watch Plex, Jellyfin and YouTube (with sponsorblock)?

  • Android @lemmy.world
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    If I wanted to donate a few dollars a month to the future development of a phone OS that will allow users to continue "sideloading". What is your recommendation, and why?

  • The Onion @midwest.social
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Hundreds Of Years Of Race, Class Privilege Allow Man Extra Legroom

    theonion.com /hundreds-of-years-of-race-class-privilege-allow-man-ex-1845496935/
  • Risa @startrek.website
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Improved meme format just dropped (now with the superior franchise)

  • Fedibridge @lemmy.dbzer0.com
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    I don't have a reddit account anymore but someone should definitely post this to /r/RedditAlternatives (or anywhere else)

    videos.elenarossini.com /w/64VuNCccZNrP4u9MfgbhkN
  • Ereader @lemmy.ml
    James R Kirk @startrek.website

    Best/most seamless eReader for Wallabag compatibility?