Tom Ryberg
@tomryberg.bsky.social
for Heaven's sake:
love people, make music,
repair the breach
hospice chaplain
ordained minister - United Church of Christ
piano
songwriting
music production
daddy, spouse
tender of creatures
he/him
love people, make music,
repair the breach
hospice chaplain
ordained minister - United Church of Christ
piano
songwriting
music production
daddy, spouse
tender of creatures
he/him
The glass-housed audacity of these people
May 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The glass-housed audacity of these people
Looking forward to the next book by Jeff the Revelator
May 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Looking forward to the next book by Jeff the Revelator
History is a Racist Attack on White People
May 12, 2025 at 12:25 PM
History is a Racist Attack on White People
Reposted by Tom Ryberg
Joseph Weisembaum, the creator of ELIZA, warned about exactly this and described the mechanism back in 1966.
![[...] If, for example, one were to tell a psychiatrist, "I went for a boat ride" and he responded "Tell me about boats", one would not assume that he knew nothing about boats, but that he had some purpose in so directing the subsequent conversation. It is important to note that this assumption is one made by the speaker.
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In human conversation a speaker will make certain (perhaps generous) assumptions about his conversational partner. As long as it remains possible to interpret the latter's responses consistently with those assumptions, the speaker's image of his partner remains unchanged, in particular, undamaged. Responses which are difficult ro so interpret may well result in an enhancement of the image of the partner, in additional rationalizations which then make more complicated interpretations of his responses reasonable.
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The whole issue of the credibility (to humans) of machine output demands investigation. Important decisions increasingly tend to be made in response to computer output. The ultimately responsible human interpreter of "What the machine says" is, not unlike the correspondent with ELIZA, constantly faced with the need to make credibility judgements. ELIZA shows, if nothing else, how easy ot is to create and maintain the illusion of understanding, hence perhaps of judgement deserving of credibility. A certain danger lurks there.
-- excerpts from Joseph Weisenbaum (1966) ELIZA -- A Computer Program For the Study of Natural Language Communication Between Man And Machine](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sqglrhjnbtzwd7a6sosnw5ha/bafkreicoynl555ajp7gfwybcew5pxbubwhu7klxnjy6ce5gv4iftf5zuqq@jpeg)
May 5, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Joseph Weisembaum, the creator of ELIZA, warned about exactly this and described the mechanism back in 1966.
Reposted by Tom Ryberg
It's dads looking back on their own behavior & going "goddamn it no one can have fun anymore!" & either raising boys to expect they SHOULD be able to do immoral, unethical, illegal, &/or inconsiderate things but have been robbed of their birthright, or simply failing to raise their sons at all.
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May 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
It's dads looking back on their own behavior & going "goddamn it no one can have fun anymore!" & either raising boys to expect they SHOULD be able to do immoral, unethical, illegal, &/or inconsiderate things but have been robbed of their birthright, or simply failing to raise their sons at all.
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I’m nine episodes in. Enjoying it more than I thought I would.
March 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I’m nine episodes in. Enjoying it more than I thought I would.
More of a user error here, really
March 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
More of a user error here, really
That’s a wild story!
November 29, 2024 at 11:24 PM
That’s a wild story!
Dude, I’m so sorry. I feel that pain.
November 28, 2024 at 9:56 PM
Dude, I’m so sorry. I feel that pain.
Reposted by Tom Ryberg
Number 4: facial recognition software to help people distinguish white guys with beards from each other
November 25, 2024 at 4:04 PM
Number 4: facial recognition software to help people distinguish white guys with beards from each other