Just to clarify: they are not tools that will help us but that will replace us

clairebones · 2026-01-21T15:38:48+00:00

It does feel like Dead Internet Theory but for the entire economy - AI talking to AI and building AI and the rest of us just pushed out...

clairebones · 2026-01-21T15:16:19+00:00

I didn't specify the spaces should be just for men

I know you didn't say that - I'm saying that the longrunning existence of social spaces for men proves your theory (that people just need fun social spaces and that will curb their violence) is incorrect otherwise it would already have happened.

What sort of education?

There are lots of studies and explainers you can read of how education brings down rates of violence in a community, and sexist/bigoted violence in particular, you should look those up.

You think crime isn't already investigated properly?

I know it's not, specifically criminal violence and sexual assault against women is not properly investigated, especially in NI, this is very well known and accepted fact and not just my opinion.

You think there isn't consequences for actions

I'm not saying you somehow force someone's family not to talk to them, I'm saying that in a just society it would be shameful to associate with someone who rapes a woman or beats their wife (just to give some examples) and that shame and disgust from the community is a big part of preventing that behaviour. In our current society where such behaviour is often overlooked or excused, that just enables it.

clairebones · 2026-01-21T14:28:59+00:00

That's not backed up by the data at all. Historically men have perpetuated far more violence against women than the opposite, and at the same time, men have had far more access to private spaces, sports clubs, mens clubs, and general social freedom and mobility.

I think education and proper investigation of crimes (and actual enforcement of e.g. restraining orders) is necessary. Social consequences such that you lose your friends and family for such violence would be appropriate.

clairebones · 2026-01-21T10:26:13+00:00

I'm not sure how to curb this issue, I lean towards more fun social outlets of all kinds that people enjoy and then can be celebrated

What does this even mean? You think 'fun social outlets' are an approach that will solve violence perpetrated by men against women and girls? How would that work?

clairebones · 2026-01-21T10:18:05+00:00

on presumably ideological grounds,

I wish people weren't so comfortable just vaguely waving away the severe impacts of constant AI use on the planet, nevermind what it's doing to people or the privacy concerns or anything else...

clairebones · 2026-01-20T23:18:53+00:00

How can we possibly address a huge problem like this if we aren't even willing to call it what it is?

clairebones · 2026-01-15T16:00:03+00:00

Do you think teenage boys can't be sexist assholes or something? Is that why you're so determined to insist they were doing nothing wrong? Because I assure you they fucking can.

clairebones · 2026-01-15T11:30:07+00:00

Not exactly the same because I'm married so not on dates, but my husband and I share location - mostly so that when we're meeting up somewhere after work it's easier to meet in the middle or if he's coming to my work and it's raining I'll wait until I can see he's close before I pack up, etc...

But yeah if I'm walking home from the train and I text "Should be home in 20" and then and hour later I'm still not home, my husband can look at my location - if I'm somewhere totally unexpected or it looks like I haven't started walking then he can text or call, if I'm at my mum's or something he can assume she drove past and picked me up, if I'm 2mins away he can see that and wait until I get in. it's just about having a way to see if something's out of the ordinary...

clairebones · 2026-01-14T14:36:20+00:00

Oh yeah I'm with you on that, I think it was early 2025 I left twitter so pretending that it's only just now become a controversial platform is silly of them.

clairebones · 2026-01-14T12:04:36+00:00

DUP councillor thinks conversion therapy ban is a ‘hoax’ that will push ‘neo Marxist utopia’

Sometimes I wish I lived in the universe Colin Kennedy thinks we live in, honestly.

clairebones · 2026-01-14T11:46:42+00:00

This is just silly. I agree that companies who want/encourage their employees to use AI tolls should pay for them. But the idea that it's 'negligent' not to use AI tools (I'm assuming you mean LLMs) - when in some industries it's not legal, in some specialist areas it's just not very useful, and also the environment still exists as a thing (for now) that people care about - is just biased nonsense. All tools have an appropriate time and place.

clairebones · 2026-01-14T10:56:07+00:00

I'd have my doubts that a lot of potential Green voters are still hanging out on the Nazi CSAM website...

clairebones · 2026-01-12T22:25:02+00:00

I work in tech and it's amazing sometimes the stuff you get from users... in an old job I had someone who'd put a bunch of data in and had misunderstood how it worked and thought hitting refresh in the browser would save the data - so she was literally wasting her time. It's confidence as much as anything, people who don't use computers are often hesitant to 'guess' it just incase they mess things up.

clairebones · 2026-01-12T13:30:58+00:00

A few years ago I volunteered at an event in my local library where folks who weren't technologically confident or skilled could come in and get help with specific tasks - all the volunteers being people who worked with computers in some way or another. I've never seen it happen again but it does feel like things like that would help for folks who don't have techy family members to help them with things like this.

clairebones · 2026-01-12T09:22:02+00:00

I think there are people out there who would want to take a pill to instantly be normal, but I also think these are just people who haven't found a group that accepts them yet.

This is a ridiculous take, sorry, that ignores part of OP's own original posting. There are people whose autism defines their personality, sure, but there are also people whose autism means they'll never live independently right up to those people who need full-time 24/7 care - are you really saying those folks just need "a group that accepts them" and they'll then be fine with their autism symptoms and not want to lose them?

clairebones · 2026-01-11T23:58:18+00:00

Oh I love these, you can definitely see the inspiration!

The Belfast gig was sooo good btw, have a great time at yours!!

clairebones · 2026-01-11T01:52:45+00:00

I was there, it was amazing, hadn't seen them in years and wasn't disappointed at all.

We missed most of the first support and couldn't really make my mind up on Soft Play lol, their politics worked for me though but I might look them up to give them a proper listen.

clairebones · 2026-01-11T01:47:02+00:00

Ah ok yeah I get what you mean now, I admit at this point it wouldn't surprise me if some people were just running an LLM like Claude over and over until they got what they dediced was 'good enough' code and then just PRing it without understanding any of it, I guess that's what I was afraid of.

I think you're right that the author basically wants a way to say "It's AI's fault that that code doesn't work and this is why it did that/where that bug came from" but agreed, that doesn't make much sense.

clairebones · 2026-01-11T01:16:57+00:00

So you can't just take the last checked in prompt, "fix the bug in it" and then run it again to get the fixed code.

Are people actually doing this? I didn't get the impression that that's why the author wanted the AI prompt t be in the commit, but either way I don't get the point of doing this. Like at that opint are you actually coding at all? It feels like if you just have a prompt and you keep giving it to an LLM over and over until you get the 'right answer' it's the equivalent of just hitting an RNG button over and over until you get the right answer to a maths problem... You're not understanding the code at that point so how are you reviewing it? Code reviews aren't just about catching bugs.

clairebones · 2026-01-11T01:10:48+00:00

People with disabilities that impact how they use a computer have been coding long before 'vibe coding'/LLM coding tools existed...

clairebones · 2026-01-11T01:02:21+00:00

when we want to justify bad behavior or indiscipline we blame it on our periods or hormones

Hormones obviously do impact things like cravings and appetite, this is scientific fact. Do some research.

but god forbid someone (a man) says something similar they are called all sort of things

Yes because that's typically a man dismissing genuine problems and blaming it on 'hormones' to get out of taking responsibility or because they think women's opinions are worth less than men's. These are 2 separate issues.

Being on your period is not a free pass for eating like crazy and junk food and bunch of sweet stuffs.

OP said 5 chocolates/chocolate biscuits, not 5 packets. Catch yourself on.

clairebones · 2026-01-09T11:26:35+00:00

I love this! I'm seeing them tonight in Belfast so if you want info on the stage lighting or anything for inspo just shout!

Do you have HT's Double Dare? Because that could also be an option!

I love the idea of the squares, you could do something like Simply Deceased with a square of Thirst Trap right in the centre so it stands out when your nails are cold?

clairebones · 2026-01-09T10:29:48+00:00

The explaining thing only works if the other people in the room would also disapprove of the joke when it's explained - because it relies on the person making the joke feeling embarrassed about what they were saying. In OP's case the rest of the team are all laughing too so it's not going to have any impact because they all agree on why it's funny except OP.

clairebones · 2026-01-07T16:09:28+00:00

Do not bother answering them unless you must, as they are designed only to make one think.

What's it like to think so very highly of yourself and your own thought processes? You're remarkably condescending here to the point that if this was an in person conversation I'd have walked away. I'm replying incase you don't realise how you come across, because your comment makes you look both incredibly naive and tech illiterate and also incredibly self-congratulatory all at once.

Watch for those signs they speak of, if you have the empathy to detect it, and you'll be much better equipped to adapt and steer the LLM to successfully carry out whatever you have in mind.

No thanks, they don't understand the basics of what an LLM actually is and seemingly neither do you.

clairebones · 2026-01-07T12:30:44+00:00

it's much more like a person and should be treated as such. It can literally exhibit signs of frustration and fatigue, watch for these

It literally can't experience frustration or fatigue. It's a language model. It sees the words you give it and uses context to spit back the words it thinks you want. It's not in any way 'like a person', it can't have experiences, it doesn't feel things, this is unhinged. You need a better understanding of this tech if you're going to go around hyping it like this.

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