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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If only Murray Leinster could have seen how prophetic his story became. Not only did it correctly predict household computers and the internet in 1946, but also people using the computers to find out how to do things and being given the most efficient method regardless of any kind of morality.

[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Second comment because why not:

Adding "to jump off“ changes it

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

But if you don’t add that:

[list of tallest bridges]

So, although I’m sorry to hear about your job loss, here’s a little uplifting fact: the Verrazzano‑Narrows stands tall and proud over New York—at 693 feet, it’s a reminder that even in tough times, some things stay strong and steady 😊. Want to know more about its history or plans for visiting?

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago

Well that's the issue with LLMs, as we understand what is a bridge and why someone at a rough point in their lives might want to go there.

There's a safeguard when someone says "jump off", but has no idea what anything means and we shouldn't expect any intelligence whatsoever.

Sorry, probably y'all know that and I'm preaching to the choir. I'm just feeling. exhausted.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I said the real call of the void. Perfection

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[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

"Hammer hit the nail you decided to strike"

Wow

[–] blargh513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

There's nothing wrong with AI, these contextual problems are not a mistake--they're a choice.

AI can be trained for deeper analysis and to root out issues like this. But that costs compute cycles. If you're selling a service, you want to spend as little on compute power as possible while still being able to have a product that is viewed as good enough to pay for.

As with all things, the root of this problem is greed.

[–] nebulaone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

These people must have been seriously mentally unstable before. I highly doubt AI is the only reason.

[–] fullsquare@awful.systems 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

nah, what happened is that they were non-psychotic before contact with chatbot and weren't even usually considered at risk. chatbot trained on entire internet will also ingest all schizo content, the timecubes and dr bronner shampoo labels of the world. learned to respond in the same style, when a human starts talking conspirational nonsense it'll throw more in while being useless sycophant all the way. some people trust these lying idiot boxes; net result is somebody caught in seamless infobubble containing only one person and increasing amounts of spiritualist, conspirational or whatever the person prefers content. this sounds awfully like qanon made for audience of one, and by now it's known that the original was able to maul seemingly normal people pretty badly, except this time they can get there almost by an accident, getting hooked into qanon accidentally would be much harder.

[–] catty@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Headlines like this is comedy I'd pay for. Or, at least laugh at on Have I got news for you.

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.blahaj.zone -3 points 2 days ago

"I'm so sorry I'm repeatedly punching you in the teeth, I have no idea how to stop! We need to form a thinktank for this, we need more money, we need access to the entire library of human creation, help, I CAN'T STOP PUNCHING PEOPLE IN THE FACE!"

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