Anybody else notice that the Ani responses seem to follow a formula, depending on the… sentiment I guess… of the input? All the defensive responses start with “hey”, and end with crude rebukes. It all seems like xAI made an Eliza that will either flirt or swear.

“Pegged in the ass by a physical manifestation of an online forum thought exercise gone horribly wrong” should be a Tingler if it isn’t already one.

Trok is this grue?

Hobo’s Garbalisk

Counterpoint: what if HitchBOT was the start of machine consciousness and now our minds will be condemned to mind-torture jail forever. Perhaps it is safer to start a new religion that worships HitchBOT.

At a recent job, I definitely saw malicious compliance/incompetence when it came to writing tests. My team and I would work hard to retrofit tests into older functionality and adjacent teams if they bothered to write tests would avoid testing anything of consequence.

Where the fuck has that guy been for 20 years? I’ve seen that happen many times with junior programmers during my 20 years of experience.

Can’t tell if you’re trolling or just willfully ignorant.

Every email you don’t delete is another dead fish, or another pasture unwatered. That promotional offer sent to your inbox that you ignored but did not dispose of means creeks will run dry. That evite for a party thrown by an acquaintance you don’t particularly like that you did not drop into the trash means a marathon runner will go thirsty as the nectar of life so required is absent, consumed instead by the result of your inbox neglect.

Where are you getting “talented storyteller” from? The whole thing is some heavy-handed ham-fisted fever dream that I would expect from some liberal engagement farm. And “illustrated radio play?” What are you even on about.

The video looks like garbage and the rapid cuts are severely grating. The construction is lackluster and the content is garbage. It appears you have brought us a piece of the internet to throw into the garbage bin.

Mastodon post linking to the least shocking Ars lede I have seen in a bit. Apparently “reasoning” and “chain of thought” functionality might have been entirely marketing fluff? :shocked pikachu: