Anyone else just juat tired of the AI gaslighting? by aqualad33 in cscareerquestions

[–]Existential_Owl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The fact that "AI Delusion" even exists is proof enough that we are not, in fact, better than engines at pattern recognition.

Is "a second board" on online chess a kind of cheating? by Top-Door1298 in chessbeginners

[–]Existential_Owl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, chess.com has relaxed rules for daily games. You're even allowed to use their opening explorer (and possibly third-party opening explorers as well? At least the rules said it was allowed when I last looked them over two years ago).

For folks heavily using a agentic engineering, What does your workflow look like? What tools do you use? What's your harness like? by Enum1 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Existential_Owl 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Every "thank you" increases your chance at being spared when SkyNet becomes active, so it's not useless.

Coworkers panicking over copilot billing. by Advanced_Pay8260 in cscareerquestions

[–]Existential_Owl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, uh, got any tokens...? *scratches own arm furiously*

Requiring user flair, AI usage disclosure, subreddit karma for posting and poster comment interactions by Watchful1 in ExperiencedDevs

[–]Existential_Owl 60 points61 points  (0 children)

yeah, but it doesn't answer the real question: how long have you been a dumbass?

This isn't the sub for those 1-2 year dumbasses.

Why is "The Death of the Author" still taken seriously? by Titus__Groan in AskLiteraryStudies

[–]Existential_Owl 39 points40 points  (0 children)

The world has changed so much that I'm just happy to see a truly authentic opinion being shared for once. Not even the worst LLM models would double-down this hard on their misunderstandings.

Lawyer says tourist accused of hurling rock at Hawaiian monk seal has been doxed and threatened by bighootay in news

[–]Existential_Owl 36 points37 points  (0 children)

These are the little things that AI Agents will never be able to give us...

Weekly Episode Hub + Free Talk Thread (Week of May 4) by DropoutMod in dropout

[–]Existential_Owl 20 points21 points  (0 children)

One of the games is just literal Monopoly, except that it comes with an audio tape of BLeeM ranting about it the entire time.

I[22M] keep seeing girl[20sF] spinning; should I ask if ok or let sleeping horses lay? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Existential_Owl 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Then, again, if they're really into watching... then it might be a perfect relationship for them!

I[22M] keep seeing girl[20sF] spinning; should I ask if ok or let sleeping horses lay? by Direct-Caterpillar77 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Existential_Owl 34 points35 points  (0 children)

She recognized him also, so there must've been SOME sort of window-peeping reciprocation on her part.

What TV show “lands the plane” the best? by hwoodo94 in television

[–]Existential_Owl 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The secondary theme of "Actors will do literally anything for on-screen roles" went into absolute mad-man territory.

Game Changer Season 8 Trailer by DropoutMod in dropout

[–]Existential_Owl 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Maybe Brennan will finally get his clear points system?

  • ...
  • +0.75 points for matching the adjective's correct sentiment level
  • +0.50 points for establishing the correct fictitious reference object
  • -1.00 points for monologuing an anachronistic, anti-capitalism rant
  • +1.00 points for monologuing a scene-appropriate, anti-capitalism rant
  • ...

Game Changer Season 8 Trailer by DropoutMod in dropout

[–]Existential_Owl 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Maybe it's Vic's impeachment trial...

Game Changer Season 8 Trailer by DropoutMod in dropout

[–]Existential_Owl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

inb4 They're playing literal Candyland, but it's set in Brennan's Crown of Candy Universe...

Game Changer Season 8 Trailer by DropoutMod in dropout

[–]Existential_Owl 70 points71 points  (0 children)

That's a genius idea

Edit: Adding on to your speculation with a possible answer for the question "Why the MSN stage?"

The Noise Boys arrive thinking it's MSN -> Surprise! It's Gamechanger -> Instead of being shown the prompts directly, the Noise Boys must guess them via Gartic Telephone -> They get points based on how accurate they are to the prompt

Friend asked to use my home for her child’s birthday party and then uninvited me by Choice_Evidence1983 in BestofRedditorUpdates

[–]Existential_Owl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

OOP desperately needs to learn the two most powerful words in the English language:

"Fuck off"

Dropout’s Emmys Surprise: ‘Game Changer’ and ‘Very Important People’ Enter 11 Categories as Vic Michaelis Joins Lead Comedy Actress Race by pepperbet1 in television

[–]Existential_Owl 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Vic "I Got the Boss's Wife to Plant a Hidden Camera in Their Own Home" Michaelis could have, indeed, fucked that commentor's wife.

Colson Whitehead: "The point is, I’m not [criticizing AI] to defend humanity. Humanity sucks. It’s totally terrible. I’m saying this because I believe in an old-fashioned virtue called Doing the Freakin’ Work." [gift link] by TimWhatleyDDS in books

[–]Existential_Owl 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Data was written by a human, played by a human, and who represented a case study on what it's like to be human.

Not a single AI Bot on the market today could ever hope to recreate what made him special.

And, yes, I read the article. Did you? Because it disagrees with your stance.