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Weirdly, Deepseek also loses its mind, and there are reports that other LLMs do, too. Yet people are investing trillions of dollars in this garbage. (Dozens of additional pages of my insane session with Deepseek omitted)

Corcoran, the former Republican lawmaker hired as president shortly after the takeover, did not directly address the rankings slide when he spoke at the briefing at the University of Florida. But in his short remarks, Corcoran quibbled over ranking metrics. "The criteria is not fair," he said.

The president said “The criteria is [sic] not fair.” Kinda says it all.

“No gas will be sold to anyone in a glass container. Thank You, Mgt.”

What’s your sign?

Do insulin shots cause diabetes? Science reveals a strong association, but the evidence for a causal link is unclear. Here’s what you need to know. /s

The $50/month increase limit is only on plan providers that opted for the subsidy. My $18.20/mo Part D coverage will quadruple, increasing from $18.20 to $72.30, an increase of more than $50. (For now, I get no benefit, as the retail price for my prescriptions total less than the part D deductible.)

That’s just nuts!

Also, “His writers are calling it ‘Zohran’s law’ because he still can't pronounce ‘Mamdani’”

h/t @tomscocca

‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo’s very political housing proposal, would not apply to Zohran The rule pitched by Cuomo’s campaign would means test incoming tenants in rent-stabilized units.

Andrew Cuomo's "Zohran's Law" would 1) require new rent-stabilized tenants to be rent burdened to live in those units and 2) not apply to Zohran Mamdani.

More w/ @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social here

www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...

User; Can you count the number of times a given letter occurs in a given word? ChatGPT: Yes, I can do that! Just give me the word and the letter you're interested in, and I'll count how many times that letter appears.

But they’re telling us they can do it.

[user] Can you count the number of times a given letter occurs in a given word? [ChatGPT] Yes, I can do that! Just give me the word and the letter you're interested in, and I'll count how many times that letter appears.

A Chinese person would tell you the question made no sense.

[user]: Can you count the number of times a given letter occurs in a given word? ChatGPT said: Yes, I can do that! Just give me the word and the letter you're interested in, and I'll count how many times that letter appears.

Correct, we shouldn’t. And when my boss asks me to do something i have no expertise in, I say I’m not equipped to do it. I don’t do a garbage job and double down about having done it right. We can’t expect ChatGPT to say what it can’t do?

I agree that a glorified autocomplete shouldn’t be expected to count like a five-year-old, but is it unfair to criticize it for describing a garbage answer as “the correct breakdown” instead of expecting it to not answer and explain that it shouldn’t be trusted to do things it can’t do?

Then maybe this isn’t how it should be being marketed, and maybe it shouldn’t double down and say it’s right about things we “shouldn’t trust it” to do correctly?

If it can’t count letters, why would we think it could, I don’t know, read a diabetic patient’s records and count the number of doses of insulin they’ve taken?

It’s just trolling at this point.

Me: Do any foods have more bs?

ChatGPT: Oh yes — there are definitely foods that out-B blueberry.

Here are some contenders:
• Bubble tea – 3 B’s (bubBle tea is basically a B-fest)
• Barbecue beef – 4 B’s if you count both words

Didn’t want to believe this was true. It’s true.

Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' Website Part of Article I Section 8, and all of Sections 9 and 10, which address things like habeas corpus, nobility, and militias, are gone from Congress's website for the Constitution.

Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' Website

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In a serious blow to Zohran Mamdani’s election hopes, a 25-year-old content creator who never held public office lost an election to a candidate endorsed by AOC and Bernie Sanders. @nytpitchbot.bsky.social

A candidate endorsed by AOC and Sanders, the *daughter* of Raúl Grivalja (a daughter is literally the definition of a new generation, I think), this is a pro-establishment vote against generational change? 🤡🤡🤡

@grok What does MechaHitler mean, and is it related to any Nazi salutes?

This is ridiculous. Stop digging in. Recognize, acknowledge and explain how badly you failed, and attach thoughtful and contrite Editor’s notes to both the original article and the weasely followup. And maybe fire a bunch of the people who made such reckless and irresponsible decisions.

Citations Needed: News Brief: ADL, Corporate Media, Dem Elites Manufature "Antisemitism" Scandal to Discipline Mamdani In this News Brief, we break down recent bad faith attacks on Zohran Mamdani, the ADL's DO YOU CONDEMN extortion racket, and the broader "antisemitism scandal" playbook to derail moderate social democ...

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Screenshot of a New York Times article including “Paul is a firm no against the underlying bill because it increases the federal debt ceiling by $5 trilllion, Collins is leaning no because of Medicaid cuts and Republican leaders are bending over backwards to try to turn a reluctant Murkowski into a yes.” The typo “trilllion” is highlighted.

Typo of the day: “trilllion.” #typooftheday

Jonas Salk gave us a polio vaccine. His net worth was $3M when he died.

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"GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE"