I Smell a Rat? A Dialogue of Engines – 2

One of the things that sometimes frustrates me about AI is that they are constantly being tweaked and adjusted, so they don’t necessarily give the same answer every time. Of course, I’m getting a different run through however many billion nodes get involved in my question, but also, there are (as PZ seems to think is important) random numbers involved, and the generation/version of the various checkpoints that the AI is running.

It’s like asking me what I think about some point regarding Nietzsche before or after I’ve been reading Hume. My opinions on both of them change, mysteriously and below my awareness. But the answer I would give is different.

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If You Read Nothing Else I Write, Read This. Really.

None of this is to my pride or honor, for if it was, I’d be with a troupe in the commons outside the courthouse every day (in Clearfield, that’s where there’s a 10 commandments sculpture) putting my results to music, throwing confetti, and inviting all passers-by for hugs. No, that’s not enough – I’d be standing, with a mariachi band, in Times Square, with dominatrixes (of all genders) holding republican lawmakers on leashes offering copies of this paper with their mouths.

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Randomness

Krea’s chat mode adds an interesting new dimension to image creation. For example, you can tell it “create a portrait of ben franklin” then, when it doesn’t look Franklin enough, you provide an image and say “more like Franklin” then work on the setting. It’s interesting.

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This May Sound Like an Ad

But it’s not, I swear! As far as I recall, the number of products or services that I have actually gotten excited about is, maybe, a dozen. I suppose that’s a side-effect of living in the past, where if someone comes up and wants to show me a new Tactical(r) self-defense cane, I’m going to be comparing it to long-established products like the Henschel VK4501 (aka “King Tiger”) which is almost certainly superior unless you are going on a plane.

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