I didn't even graduate that long ago (2008) and when I heard this was the norm in some fields I was horrified.

I would argue that this is also now true of (wireless) communication technologies. Like plumbing in that way.

Does that make the OpenAI erotic chatbots... metrosexual?

The line between satire and reality has blurred even further

There is a lovely set of choral pieces by Britten, the flower songs, and The Evening Primrose is a balm:

youtu.be/fCEr1tIvDe4?...

The scansion doesn’t work for singing it to the tune of Bohemian Rhapsody.

Really sad to hear about their recent fire!

Evergreen! Also: "drones helping save people after natural disasters" vs. "drones killing anyone else who survived after we bombed them."

"Do you need an accelerant? Maybe some kindling?"

Ah posted to the wrong post, will delete.

You mean kids from 2005-2016 were not 50% smarter than everyone else???????????

Wow, my SAT score was waaaaay lower. How am I a full-ass professor?

ALIGNMENT is all that there is for you
Sorry that there's all this bullshit too
ArXiV's full of crap
So good luck finding just a scrap
ALIGNMENT's hard to waaaade through...

(h/t Nat King Cole)

A is altruism, ethically
L is large because it has to be
I is very, very, inferenc-iary
G is for the generative
N-onsense for your query

M is for the manifolds, you see
E is 'mergent (no emergency)
N is nous, it has it (don't deny it, just embrace it)
T is trite palaver, best to skip even a whit