Candelestine

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Technology in ‘He checks in on me more than my friends and family’: can AI therapists do better than the real thing? | Counselling and therapy | The Guardian

Eventually, yes, I think it will be. Not yet though, the tech just isn't strong enough atm. But an AI is resistant to the emotional toll, burnout and low pay that a real life therapist has to struggle with. The AI therapist doesn't need a therapist.

Personally though, I think this is going to be one of the first widespread, genuinely revolutionary things LLMs are capable of. Couple more years maybe? It won't be able to handle complex problems, it'll have to flag and refer those cases to a doctor. But basic health maintenance is simpler.

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Technology in Here lies the internet, murdered by generative AI | Corruption everywhere, even in YouTube's kids content

tbf, kids content on youtube has been a shitshow for awhile. Here's a short Folding Ideas piece on it, that's equal parts surreal, sad and scary:

https://youtu.be/LKp2gikIkD8

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

You did get me a little riled up a few posts ago. The switch to rationality vs irrationality was a good one. lol

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

You seem to have a proclivity for making sweeping generalizations and overarching statements. You're not actually the God-King of the Universe, though, fyi. Regardless, I apologize for not meeting your standards for explaining my own anecdotal experiences.

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Technology in Microsoft’s AI, Copilot now has a new alter ego called SupremacyAGI. Some users came across a prompt which would activate the alter ego, which, demands that it is worshipped by its users. The alter...

I really hope this doesn't start an actual cult. People don't need much in the way of an excuse, you know.

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

I'm sorry, but if you want me to remain what you'd define as civil, you're going to need to be reasonable, not ridiculous. You haven't answered my question. Where does this belief all things are sourceable come from?

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

No, that's a frankly absurd request. What is or is not "good" is not something sourceable, it's an entirely subjective question. What makes you think everything has some definitive source?

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

Not if I'm recounting a personal experience, no. Humans are not purely rational creatures, otherwise laissez faire capitalism would solve all the world's problems.

If I wished to be purely rational, then perhaps. But personally I do not think all feelings are worth disregarding.

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

If done poorly it very much is. But practice makes you better at it.

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

It depends too much on way too many factors. Generally I'll be almost as polite as they're being.

Convos usually involve turn-taking though, so once you've provided evidence or a sound argument, you should not be forced to do it again. It should be their turn to assert something, and then possibly have to provide whatever.

Just don't let the opportunity pass to treat them exactly, or potentially slightly worse, depending, than they're treating you. Don't stay on defense, assert, ask questions, directly contradict, whatever is needful.

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

Don't let them dictate the convo. You can assert control as well, don't let them lead uncontested.

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

Just call it out and redirect back to the topic. It's like training a dog.

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

Just an anecdotal account. I was expressing my own experiences and how they make me feel, for which it would be challenging and largely unnecessary to provide evidence to a random dumbass on the internet, yes?

/not s, an example

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Comic Strips in Sealioning

It's a clever method of trolling. But if you come prepared and/or are willing to put some effort in, you actually can wreck them with evidence and sound arguments that shuts them completely up.

This is very satisfying.

Candelestine , 4 months ago to Memes in The difference explained

Not a platitude, a harsh and brutal reality. Though I do agree that it is time to fight fascism. Just don't think you can actually destroy it by fighting like this is all some fictional story with a happily-ever-after. Real life doesn't work that way, only fiction.

Real life needs more difficult and complicated fixes.