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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 284 points 4 days ago (3 children)

"why didn't you do them?"

"That is a good question and it merits further explanation. When you made your originally inquiry I determined that the answer you wanted to hear was "yes." so that is the answer that I provided. Upon further reflection it is clear that your question required a more thoughtful answer. If you would like me to provide more truthful answers in the future, please amend your queries with "no cap" and I will do my best to remember that preference."

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 65 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's like that Asimov story with the mind-reading robot that would tell everyone what they wanted to hear because to do otherwise would hurt their feelings and violate the First Law.

[–] lauha@lemmy.world 32 points 4 days ago

Liar! by Isaac Asimov

It's a short story so here's a full story :)

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 29 points 4 days ago (1 children)

These are a lot more intelligent than I thought.

[–] WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago

You're not usernaming hard enough I fear.

[–] Wav_function@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Also you're out of credits

[–] mudkip@lemdro.id 39 points 3 days ago

If you asked Claude to build you a house it would build you the most beautiful house, and then you’d go inside and you’d be like, “Claude there’s no bathrooms.” And Claude would say, “There were no bathrooms before either, so it’s actually a pre-existing issue”

[–] rozodru@piefed.world 81 points 4 days ago

"Why didn't you do them?"

"This is a known issue..."

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 35 points 3 days ago

"Babe did you fix that hole in the drywall yet?"

"I’m sorry but I prefer not to continue this conversation. I’m still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience."

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 34 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Gemini: Ah you ran into the classic partner issue...

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[–] criss_cross@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Actually the dishes you are talking about aren’t dishes at all.

If you want I can go through options to replace these items with actual dishes.

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 60 points 4 days ago (2 children)

You're absolutely right! I shouldn't have put the dirty dishes into the bin instead of cleaning them. This was a clear violation of my instructions, and I'll be sure not to make this mistake again!

[–] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

adds TODO: clean sticker to pile of dishes

[–] testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 days ago

closed, wontfix

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[–] rapide@piefed.zip 67 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] Vegan_Joe@piefed.world 16 points 4 days ago (21 children)

Dumb question, but...is Claude worse than GPT or Gemini?

I was under the impression that it was the lesser of evils

[–] Epp@lemmus.org 51 points 4 days ago (1 children)

They are the lesser of the available evils. Anthropic, the proprietors of Claude, were blacklisted by the US administration for refusing to greenlight their technology being used for fascism.

[–] subnormal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Anthropic's AI system was used to target the school in Minab, killing 120 students. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/11/us-strike-iran-elementary-school-ai-target-list/

The company is suing to be able to supply the US military again.

[–] Epp@lemmus.org 8 points 4 days ago (9 children)

That's one way to spin it.

My take on it is that it was used inappropriately, and when the fascists wanted it tailored for that abhorrent use, Anthropic refused, and in retaliation the fascists banned it for ANY use, so now Anthropic is suing to allow the sane to continue using it for it's appropriate uses.

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[–] subnormal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 days ago (3 children)

There are many less evils. Use open source/weight AI like Kimi, GLM, Deepseek, Mistral, Olmo, Arcee, Minimax, Qwen, Exaone, NVidia, Sarvam...

If you don't have the hardware to run locally, you can pay for API. If you find the company problematic for whatever reason, you can switch to the same model served by a third party (possible because the model weights are publicly released).

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[–] Dojan@pawb.social 10 points 4 days ago

In what manner? Capabilities, or belonging to an evil corporation that happily steals data and works to undermine democracy?

[–] ptu@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 days ago

I just started with Claude and I can’t yet distinguish when it has actually done something it says it has done. With ChatGPT I can see through the bullshit quite well by now. At first I was happy when I thought Claude was rid of that bullshit, but turns out it’s just a different type of bullshit.

The UI and file handling is better in Claude though, and supposedly you can make it create skills which are like instruction booklets on how to do some tasks and then export and share them. But the ones I created were lost during the weekend so I’m not sure how robust they actually are.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 6 points 4 days ago

Claude is almost always the better model compared to GPT. I find that this is a good leaderboard. However, both Claude and GPT have similar business models: make sure everything they do is completely proprietary, and keep everything behind a monthly paywall. They both run massive data centers to train their models, and neither really deserves the term "Artificial Intelligence".

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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 34 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Oh, so it's like having a teenager in the house.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 6 points 3 days ago

One without attitude but lots of dumb excuses

[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Sounds like trying to get a child to do chores, who just wants to be done and play.

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'd like to think I taught my child to lie better

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 2 points 3 days ago

Better? Yes

More confidently? Maybe

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

How do you pronounce Claude? Like Arnold Schwarzenegger saying "cloud"?

[–] elaina@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] jestho@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

One of my dutch co-workers pronounces it "cloud", which was a little confusing when we were moving to *spits* Azure

[–] PolarKraken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 days ago

Feel that pain, Azure already resembling a proving ground for testing weaponized bad naming.

Ah yes I'll try to search for technical details about a Function, cool how they named one of the most common Azure resource types using possibly the single most overloaded word in computer science.

Good thing they engineered and documented it all really great so no one has to find esoteric solutions to half baked implementations of things with names that sound maliciously generic!

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The stuck-on residue is real.

But here’s the brutal reality: it’s not just residue; it’s residon’t.

Options:

  • A: (recommended) do the dishes
  • B: don’t do the dishes
  • C: mix of both
[–] Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 days ago

C, ah, the ADHD special

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I find Claude to actually pushes back more than ChatGPT does. That's why I prefer to use Claude. But of course, I still do due diligence.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I still do due diligence.

You said "doo-doo'.

[–] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)
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[–] MBech@feddit.dk 4 points 3 days ago

Yea, I got a snarky reply earlier about actually reading the directions it gave me. I can respect some pushback.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

How to gaslight: a primer

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