Vic
@youmaycallmevic.bsky.social
PhD, computer scientist and mentat. I was an Atreides loyalist way before it was cool.
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Vic
@youmaycallmevic.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Well, I finally did it.
So long and thanks for all the fish.
So long and thanks for all the fish.
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![Comic. Doing a task using a company or organization’s website: [flowchart] Go to website, try to log in → Did it work? → Yes → Try to do your task. → Did it work? Yes → Nice! Done! If logging in did not work → Spend hours troubleshooting account / login. If that works, go to Try to do your task. If no → Give up and call customer service. If spending hours troubleshooting doesn’t work, also give up and call customer service. After calling customer service: Hold message: “Did you know you could do all this more quickly and easily on our website? Just go to w-w-w dot…” → Throw phone and laptop into the sea.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiewqnkcrrc4tgla7j5skyz2djf3mrrvre3577c4xcgzurvq33bw4y@jpeg)
December 4, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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RIP legendary Italian movie poster artist Renato Casaro 1935 - 2025
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 AM
RIP legendary Italian movie poster artist Renato Casaro 1935 - 2025
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We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real
August 17, 2025 at 8:56 PM
We are on the cusp of AGI, definitely for real
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Weiler's Law:
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
July 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Weiler's Law:
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
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how your email finds me
July 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
how your email finds me
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You are not turning into a crab!!!! #LetsChangeThat
July 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
You are not turning into a crab!!!! #LetsChangeThat
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Every morning I only have one job: getting my dog to his flow state.
June 24, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Every morning I only have one job: getting my dog to his flow state.
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 1:39 AM
LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
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for a franchise which repeatedly and forcefully takes a stance against societies turning everything over to artificial intelligence to get out of doing the hard work of being a person, it’s so depressing that Paramount’s marketing team has apparently never seen a Star Trek 💀
Is this poster made with generative AI?
I did an investigation using a high-res version and some AI image detection software ⬇️ (spoiler: it probably is)
I did an investigation using a high-res version and some AI image detection software ⬇️ (spoiler: it probably is)
May 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
for a franchise which repeatedly and forcefully takes a stance against societies turning everything over to artificial intelligence to get out of doing the hard work of being a person, it’s so depressing that Paramount’s marketing team has apparently never seen a Star Trek 💀
Just played for the first time Cuba Libre by @volko.bsky.social and @gmtgames.bsky.social
What a great game! It kept us on the edge 'til the very end (final propaganda card was the last card of the deck)!
10/10
What a great game! It kept us on the edge 'til the very end (final propaganda card was the last card of the deck)!
10/10
May 10, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Just played for the first time Cuba Libre by @volko.bsky.social and @gmtgames.bsky.social
What a great game! It kept us on the edge 'til the very end (final propaganda card was the last card of the deck)!
10/10
What a great game! It kept us on the edge 'til the very end (final propaganda card was the last card of the deck)!
10/10
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1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
LLMs hallucinating nonexistent software packages with plausible names leads to a new malware vulnerability: "slopsquatting."
LLMs can't stop making up software dependencies and sabotaging everything
: Hallucinated package names fuel 'slopsquatting'
www.theregister.com
April 12, 2025 at 11:43 PM
1. LLM-generated code tries to run code from online software packages. Which is normal but
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
2. The packages don’t exist. Which would normally cause an error but
3. Nefarious people have made malware under the package names that LLMs make up most often. So
4. Now the LLM code points to malware.
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sometimes I feel like a dinosaur, cause no one looks anything up anymore 🦕
April 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
sometimes I feel like a dinosaur, cause no one looks anything up anymore 🦕
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Knowing where the trap is — that's the first step in evading it.
March 14, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Knowing where the trap is — that's the first step in evading it.
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These systems aren't "hallucinating" - this is exactly what you expect from a word order guessing machine
If anyone's having hallucinations it's (a) the tech companies that market them as information engines and (b) the users who eat it up without a single second of questioning
If anyone's having hallucinations it's (a) the tech companies that market them as information engines and (b) the users who eat it up without a single second of questioning
A federal judge in Wyoming received a motion citing nine cases. Of the nine, eight don't exist.
When she demanded an explanation, the lawyers said their "artificial intelligence platform ‘hallucinated’ the cases in question."
@courtwatch.bsky.social www.courtwatch.news/p/lawyers-ca...
When she demanded an explanation, the lawyers said their "artificial intelligence platform ‘hallucinated’ the cases in question."
@courtwatch.bsky.social www.courtwatch.news/p/lawyers-ca...
Lawyers Caught Citing AI-Hallucinated Cases Say It’s a ‘Cautionary Tale’ For All Law Firms
The attorneys filed court documents referencing eight non-existent cases, then admitted it was a "hallucination" by an AI tool.
www.courtwatch.news
February 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
These systems aren't "hallucinating" - this is exactly what you expect from a word order guessing machine
If anyone's having hallucinations it's (a) the tech companies that market them as information engines and (b) the users who eat it up without a single second of questioning
If anyone's having hallucinations it's (a) the tech companies that market them as information engines and (b) the users who eat it up without a single second of questioning