Reddit third-party client ban closed user messages behind paywall. I think we the Lemmitors should stop AI training on us or at least monetise it (for our instances)

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    19 days ago

    it will give useless advice

    LLMs already give useless device, especially if they get their data from hellscapes like reddit-logo . Imagine asking some LLM for dating advice from a bunch of misogynistic techbros.

    • sovietknuckles [they/them]
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      19 days ago

      Sure, but some people are currently trying to use that dating advice. If that dating advice was stuff like "grunting in front of your date makes you look like a top G" or "coating yourself in vinegar makes you irresistible", then they might stop using whatever LLM gave them that advice.

      • UlyssesT [he/him]
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        19 days ago

        then they might stop using whatever LLM gave them that advice.

        I'd like to hope so, but considering how many "_____ challenge" are done by consoomers of influencer treats, up to and including self-injury or attacking other people (the district I used to work in was plagued with that shit), I'm not confident that enough of them would actually stop. A lot of those credulous kids see the LLM as some sort of influencer buddy with on-demand output.

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            18 days ago

            I've seen enough kids in the nurse's office, some with head injuries, to indeed want to yell at that cloud.

            The fad seemed to be on the wane maybe just before I left, but even one kid getting hurt because a rich narcissist on a screen said to do so is too much.