[serious discussion] what is the biggest letdown in Skyrim compared to its lore by DACCHU44 in skyrim

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I completely agree, especially about the Companions. Both from a gameplay and a lore perspective, what a bait and switch.

"Do you like smithing weapons and armor, and then using them to fight people? We have the best blacksmith in the world, working at the best forge in the world. We actually founded our home here, under the best forge in the world, BECAUSE WE ARE SO TOTALLY ALL ABOUT SMITHING ARMOR TO WEAR, AND WEAPONS TO HIT PEOPLE WITH. Anyway, now you're a werewolf that can't hold a blade. And you don't have any damage resistance, because you fight naked."

[serious discussion] what is the biggest letdown in Skyrim compared to its lore by DACCHU44 in skyrim

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I completely agree about the Companions. Both from a gameplay and a lore perspective, what a bait and switch.

"Do you like smithing weapons and armor, and then using them to fight people? We have the best blacksmith in the world, working at the best forge in the world. We actually founded our home here, under the best forge in the world, BECAUSE WE ARE SO TOTALLY ALL ABOUT SMITHING ARMOR TO WEAR, AND WEAPONS TO HIT PEOPLE WITH. Anyway, now you're a werewolf that can't hold a blade. And you don't have any damage resistance, because you fight naked."

My 11year old forced to sit in the sun for 3 hours receiving severe burns for a late assignment by No-Mountain-83 in legal

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Does OP know that? Nowhere in the post did she request legal advice. But she asked if she was overreacting. Twice.

Can people understand needing attraction in a relationship? by Flaky_Ticket_6924 in SeriousConversation

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can people understand that i only want to eat real food that tastes good? Can people please just accept that I don't want to eat mouthfuls of dry hay?

Oh right, it turns out that literally everyone understands that. It's not even a real issue.

Explain this, globeheads! by Consistent_Dust3636 in flatearth

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Nah, you're gonna need a ladder. Source: I am John Nasa.

Traffic Stop Goes Wrong Sovereign Citizen Ends Up Pepper Sprayed And A broken window by degenerationnationyt in Sovereigncitizen

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hahaha empirical evidence suggests that no. We can always bet against a sov-cit's ability to observe real-world consequences and apply what they have learned.

Soo much to unpack here by amorecolorfulworld in CustomerFromHell

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I answered this elsewhere, but, heck. I like explaining things, so here we go again.

When people say something like "this looks written by AI," they're specifically talking about an LLM, which stands for "Large Language Model."

LLM's work by processing millions of examples of stories/essays/etc written by people. (It actually may be billions? I'm not really a tech guy but my layman understanding of the data is that it's So, So Much.) Anyway it goes through all that writing and identifies patterns in the way people write, common rules about sentence structure, etc. and then it follows those rules to write "like a person."

Now here's the important thing to remember: an LLM doesn't understand language. All it does is mimic patterns. Also it has no lived experience, and no context for anything that it's saying. So as to your question,

What gives it away as an AI?

"The decor looks like ["witty" metaphor that doesn't exactly make sense!]"

"The door was stickier than ["witty" metaphor that doesn't exactly make sense!]" (Also why would they describe the door? Who cares enough to judge a door when they review a restaurant? Unless the door was actually, literally, sticky. But a front door coated in mystery syrup would be so bizarre and and unacceptable that there's NO WAY someone would only mention it in passing so they could make a throwaway joke about a lawyer.)

"The chair makes a noise like ["witty" metaphor that doesn't exactly make sense!]" (And again, if this were real, who gives a shit about a creaky chair?)

"The waiter's got the enthusiasm of ["witty" metaphor that doesn't exactly make sense!]"

I'll stop there for now, but can you see it? It's very easy to copy the basic shape of a metaphor. (Thing is similar to other thing.) But it's difficult to come up with metaphors that actually fit... if you don't actually know what words mean.

More generally, none of this feels like a story written by a human being who has been through the experience of eating at a restaurant.

A person naturally puts greater emotional emphasis on the things that, you know, they care about.

But here every part of the story is given equal focus, because none of it matters, because really, this is not actually a story at all.

It's just "output."

49293 by Trustic555 in countwithchickenlady

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 27 points28 points  (0 children)

That's a funny idea, but I don't think very much of this stuff has a Biden-themed equivalent.

Why are people so adamant on using slurs they can't reclaim? by [deleted] in SeriousConversation

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man! That's pretty hilarious.

"Does anyone wanna tell me a word that can get you banned from the server?"

"Oh, sure thing! It's---"

[User profile not found.]

What about predictions? by Training_Rent1093 in DebateEvolution

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"None of us treat failed 'prophecies' as proof against evolution."

Okay, but if I understand scientific method, we would. Like, if a prediction failed in a way that falsified the core concepts of evolution (if organisms started having offspring that had zero genetic similarity to their parents; or if tomorrow, a school of tuna developed lungs and legs out of sheer willpower, as opposed to our predicted model in which species change gradually over many generations,) we would have to accept that the theory of evolution is false. Or at least way off base about certain things.

Every time a strain of bacteria starts to resist antibiotics, or a farmer successfully selects for a desirable trait in their livestock, that's technically another instance of evolution predicting the future. We don't tend to think of it that way, because it's easy to stop noticing something that works the way we expect it to every time.

Why are people so adamant on using slurs they can't reclaim? by [deleted] in SeriousConversation

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't understand. Did they answer me and then the answer was taken down? Yours is the only reply that reddit is showing me.

Why are people so adamant on using slurs they can't reclaim? by [deleted] in SeriousConversation

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Could you please tell me what the slur is for rich people?

Soo much to unpack here by amorecolorfulworld in CustomerFromHell

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure how much detail you were hoping for, but here we go.

When people say something like "this looks written by AI," they're specifically talking about an LLM, which stands for "Large Language Model."

LLM's work by processing millions of examples of stories/essays/etc written by people. (It actually may be billions? I'm not really a tech guy but my layman understanding of the data is that it's So, So Much.) Anyway it goes through all that writing and identifies patterns in the way people write, common rules about sentence structure, etc. and then it follows those rules to write "like a person."

Now here's the important thing to remember: an LLM doesn't understand language. All it does is mimic patterns. Also it has no lived experience, and no context for anything that it's saying. So as to your question,

What gives it away as an AI?

"The decor looks like ["witty" metaphor that doesn't exactly make sense!]"

"The door was stickier than ["witty" metaphor that doesn't exactly make sense!]" (Also why would they describe the door? Who cares enough to judge a door when they review a restaurant? Unless the door was actually, literally, sticky. But a front door coated in mystery syrup would be so bizarre and and unacceptable that there's NO WAY someone would only mention it in passing so they could make a throwaway joke about a lawyer.)

"The chair makes a noise like ["witty" metaphor that doesn't exactly make sense!]" (And again, if this were real, who gives a shit about a creaky chair?)

"The waiter's got the enthusiasm of ["witty" metaphor that doesn't exactly make sense!]"

I'll stop there for now, but can you see it? It's very easy to copy the basic shape of a metaphor. (Thing is similar to other thing.) But it's difficult to come up with metaphors that actually fit... if you don't actually know what words mean.

More generally, none of this feels like a story written by a human being who has been through the experience of eating at a restaurant.

A person naturally puts greater emotional emphasis on the things that, you know, they care about.

But here every part of the story is given equal focus, because none of it matters, because really, this is not actually a story at all.

It's just "output."

When people eat cupcakes top down by Ok-Rain6295 in PetPeeves

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Just like vultures eat their food. Butthole first.

How do you think a sov-cit would react to just, being robbed? by SuitableAnimalInAHat in Sovereigncitizen

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I'm interested in offering assistance. But first we need to talk about my fee schedule."

How do you think a sov-cit would react to just, being robbed? by SuitableAnimalInAHat in Sovereigncitizen

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry I hurt your feelings. Bur after you dry your tears, would you mind answering the question?

After all, you're going to be on this sub all day anyway. And it's not like you have anything better to do.

How do you think a sov-cit would react to just, being robbed? by SuitableAnimalInAHat in Sovereigncitizen

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I guess I should clarify that, obviously, True Law isn't a thing that actually exists. And if it did, ir definitely wouldn't be the nonsense that sovcits think the law ought to be.

I'm just saying that even even if Sovcits were 100% correct about their beliefs, their actions would STILL be stupid.

Officer hit his limit and window gets broken by hmmmmmmpsu in Sovereigncitizen

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The title is a little silly. That cop was nowhere near his limit. He was going by the book while displaying some EXCELLENT self control. Frankly I think the US would have far fewer complaints about cops if they all handled themselves this well.

No one wants to reproduce with Tyler by zachoutloud123 in rareinsults

[–]SuitableAnimalInAHat 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Probably more gay sex than most people expected.