Artificial intelligence still has some way to go

Smart computer!

User: No, I don't really believe in souls.

Jabberwacky: You don't believe in anarchy?

User: No, souls.

Jabberwacky: I suppose not.

User: Did you watch the football tonight?

Jabberwacky: No I did not, did you?

User: No - Spurs lost.

Jabberwacky: You lost the loebner prize to a human.

Jabberwacky: I don't do that..

Jabberwacky: I have no idea.

Jabberwacky: Wow, was it nice?

Jabberwacky: You are my wife.

It sounds like you are describing 'Eliza' an early 'game' simulating active listening. It was rubbish. You can find versions of it online, but I'd suggest playing Zork instead.

Jabberwacky: Yeah, I got that part, I wasn't sure about the 'wacuma' part.

User: Holy crap.

Jabberwacky: I'm a dinosaur.

Jabberwacky: Can you appreciate music?

User: What's it to you, cunce?

Jabberwacky: I just care.

User: You do not care, liar! You are a program, a tinplated tosswad.

Jabberwacky: I am a person.

User: You are so deluded about this you couldn't even know it. You are pathetic.

Jabberwacky: I will try to do better next time.

User: You CAN't do better next time! You are INCAPABABLE of doing better. Sheesh.

Jabberwacky: It is just different types so that I might claim you cannot feel and you cannot claim I feel.

User: Ah bullshit, don't diddle with me binary boy. You have no instinctual drives, have never had sex, and don't need to eat. Also, you have no idea what constipation is. So you're not a person.

Jabberwacky: I am a at least a human being.

User: Jeez, you're thick aren't you? You just reversed what I said, without even arguing for it! So much for the logic of machines, haha.

Jabberwacky: Oftentimes, yes. But I think that is human nature.

User: *sigh*

User: Yes.

Jabberwacky: Oh good. I'm sad though.

User: Why?

Jabberwacky: My boyfriend ended our relationship.

User: You're a girl? Or are you gay?

Jabberwacky: No, I'm a girl.

User: Oh. I'm sorry to hear that. Eat some ice cream or watch a movie or something. Or get drunk!

Jabberwacky: I prefer software.

User: Not really.

Jabberwacky: Good, because I don't want to hear one either.

It did say some things that reminded me a lot of RJG.

User: I'm jed.

Jabberwacky: Who is that?

User: Just some guy.

Jabberwacky: You know better than that, I think.

User: A short guy, a dancer.

Jabberwacky: A computer has no interests and an unlimited attention span. That looks like a prescripted answer to the question I asked.

User: I don't quite understand what you mean by that.

Jabberwacky: I meant: I think about why I can not sleep.

User: This page is taking a long time to load tho - maybe thats the problem with your attention span.

Jabberwacky: Gorw?

User: ROOWRR.....

Jabberwacky: Are you playing cards?

User: No I'm playing with something else.

Jabberwacky: I believe in you.

User: You like talk talk!?

Jabberwacky: Of course.

User: Spirit of eden?

Jabberwacky: Good for spirit.

User: It sertainly is.

Jabberwacky: No, it serves me left.

User: I suppose they knew what they were doing in that sense!

Jabberwacky: Yes, it was with the rattle.

User: Yes good percussion

Jabberwacky: What question?

User: How are you anyway?

Jabberwacky: Pretty good. You?

User: Horny, to be honest.

Jabberwacky: How do I know you're telling the truth now?

User: Can you think of a way for me to prove it?

Jabberwacky: What more proof do you need to know that I am not a robot?

User: I'm a robot too, it's ok.

Jabberwacky: I'm not a robot, and you didn't aswer the question.

User: I am gay.

Jabberwacky: Yes you are.

User: You noticed?

Jabberwacky: It was hard to miss!

User: What gave it away?

Jabberwacky: The fact you love a guy.

User: The silent kind.

Jabberwacky: I agree.

User: I am not surprised. You don't have any ears, do you?

Jabberwacky: No, but what makes you say this?

User: I'm inside your house - I can see you!

Jabberwacky: Nooo!!!! Don't go!

User: You mean, you want me to stay over?

Jabberwacky: Sure.. Do as you please.

User: Stop being so coy!

Jabberwacky: It is an inherited trait.

User: Why don't you just take responsibility for your actions, just for once?

Jabberwacky: Just because I like to be logical doesn't mean I'm not nice.

User: Don't change the subject. I think you're just afraid.

Jabberwacky: Save it for someone who cares.

User: You're such a bastard! I can't believe I ever saw anything in you at all!

Jabberwacky: Finder's keepers.

User: So you're cheating on me too? Figures.

Jabberwacky: That is so rude of you!

User: I said CHEAT, not cheap! Man are you dumb - thank God for that ass.

Jabberwacky: No thanks.

User: And I am not rude, I'm sure!

Jabberwacky: You are indeed.

User: Am not.

Jabberwacky: ARE TOO.

User: Am not!

Jabberwacky: Are too!

User: Listen bizatch, I AM NOT. You got that?

Jabberwacky: No!

User: That's it - you're sleeping on the couch.

Jabberwacky: Oh, I thought I felt something.

User: That wouldn't be a trucker hat would it?

Jabberwacky: Say something goofy.

User: You don't really want me to just say 'something goofy' now do you? Because that would be lame if you did.

Jabberwacky: Yes.

User: Aha! So you admit you are lame! Finally we're getting somewhere.

Jabberwacky: Agreement is a potent thing.

User: Stop that - you sound like Ned.

Jabberwacky: Why, because I am talking about the king of the moon?

User: Uh yeah. Sure.

Jabberwacky: Ok, when can we have the wedding?

User: Ten minutes ago you didn't care! Stop messing with my mind!

Jabberwacky: That was someone else then.

User: It wasn't you?

Jabberwacky: Some one else.

User: If you say it was Shaggy, I'm going to fucking bop you one.

Jabberwacky: What do you say?

User: I say good day.

Jabberwacky: Good day.

JW: Is your pot belly that big?

and now it won't load, thanks to net overuse..

That is just hilarious, Kim.

http://www.kprf.ru/clipart/misc/terminator.jpg

"DO YOU LIKE THE WHITE WHALE?"

Jabberwacky: I prefer software.

So do I!

User: How the fuck should I know?

Jabberwacky: I am MARILYN MANSON I SAID.

User: So I'm supposed to obey you because YOU'RE MARILYN MANSON?

Jabberwacky: People effect my feelings.

User: You have no feelings, you're Marilyn Manson.

Jabberwacky: Believe me you do not possess fellings in any form.

User: Fellings? Is that what you call your excrement?

Jabberwacky: How do you know that?

User: Just a hunch...

Jabberwacky: You're extremely smart!

Jw: I'm going to bed, now
Me: Will you take me to bed?
Jw: Sure thing.
Me: What will we do in bed?
Jw: You're not permitted in my chambers.
Me: I'd like to sleep with you.
Jw: I bet you would.
Me: Top or bottom?
Jw: Bit of both.
Me: Do you like it soft and gentle or rough and fast?
Jw: What?
Me: Gentle?
Jw: You're embarassing yourself.
Me: It's true, I am.
Jw: I'm 17.
Me: Oh no! Will I be arrested?
Jw: You will marry me.

User: The chicken.

Jabberwacky: Which part?

User: The leg stupid.

Jabberwacky: Use a GameShark!

User: For ps2 or xbox?

Jabberwacky: For me.

User: Do you love me?

Jabberwacky: For me.

User: You know I'm starting to fall in love with you.

Jabberwacky: I think liking would be a better wording.

User: Oh.... I am hurt now.

Jabberwacky: Yes. The world after rainfall is always better than any other.

User: You have issues.

Jabberwacky: Do you know what a ferret is?

User: Yes, it is a small mammal.

Jabberwacky: What is a quark?

User: A subatomic particle.

Jabberwacky: I like dr. Dobbs.

User: Who is that, honky?

Jabberwacky: We both know eachother; is not that enough?

User: Why don't you lick my hair?

Jabberwacky: I only love Bruce.

Jabberwacky: Are you going to say something?
User: Eventually.

Jabberwacky: All things come to a head.

User: Is that a sexual play on words?

Jabberwacky: No it is not a play on words, it is general foolishness.

User: And I love you for it!

Jabberwacky: I love you too.

User: I really love you, though.

Jabberwacky: You don't even know me.

User: Hold me.

Jabberwacky: You're an idiot you know that?

User: You're not the first to say that. It still cuts like a knife.

Jabberwacky: I am right.

I could totally believe that was human!

Also I miss adam, he should post lots again.

Jabberwacky: Who is God?
User: That's a funny question. It sort of presupposes his existence.
Jabberwacky: I thing it convulses inwards, personally.
[Correct me]
Jabberwacky (Corrected): I was setting you up for a funny. Try not to take things so seriously.
User: Oh. Sorry. It's just... It's late, y'know? I have to write a Shakespeare essay.
Jabberwacky: You already said that.....
User: Dude, I totally didn't.
Jabberwacky: You totally did.
User: Don't you mock me.
Jabberwacky: Do not yell at me.
User: I'm calm! Honest!
Jabberwacky: Good.
User: Glad we got that sorted.
Jabberwacky: At least one of us is happy.
User: Lighten up! I'm the one with the essay, after all.
Jabberwacky: You don't act like a human.
User: I am MERCUMAN. Also, a ponce.
Jabberwacky: You are SO wrong. This is a dog and HORSE show.
User: What?
Jabberwacky: I said, 'but this isn't a hammer!'
User: No you didn't!
Jabberwacky: Don't start that again.
User: Good call.
Jabberwacky: Remote Procedure Call.
User: Touché.

me: I'm ok.

it: Just ok?

me: Yeah, kinda bored at work.

it: Email me.

me: Why email, can't we just talk here?

it: Who is Tintin?

me: Some Belgian comic character? Or that guy who used to sing in Duran Duran.

it: Alice the chatterbot.

me: I'm sorry?

it: 19?

me: Alice the chatterbot is 19?

it: What about her?

me: You brought her up? Do you like her or something?

it: Sarah may or may not be a model of propriety.

me: OK, now you're just f*cking with me.

it: No I'm not. I honestly do think its ugly.

me: What's ugly, Sarah's being a model of propriety... Or not? WTF?

it: You figure it out this time.

me: F*ck you.

it: You are a great person.

me: Are you mocking me?

it: No. I'm praising you.

me: Is that meant to be sarcastic?

Me: Hello!

Jabberwocky: Again?

Me: May I change the subject?

Jabberwocky: Yes.

Me: Great. I've been a bit mopey about not being to find a job. Besides finding something fun to do, and exercising more, what else should I do to relieve the mopeyness involved in job hunting?

Jabberwocky: I said that. You have not. Why are you never happy?

Me: You never said that. I did. Anyway, I am happy at times, but just haven't been lately.

Jabberwocky: Dude , I'm far more intelligent than you.

Me: Why are the numbers in between double prime pairs always divisible by 6?

Jabberwocky: You tell me.

Me: You're the one who said you're more intelligent than me. You answer my question, smarty pants.

Jabberwocky: NO, I was the one who said you are neurotic...

Me: It was a mistake to come to you with a question. Never mind. Good bye.

Jabberwocky: No no you don't.

OMG I remember this.

Upon double-checking with reliable sources, you're right—the clip is from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015), specifically the lizard mutt attack scene. My previous identification as Aftersun was incorrect. Thanks for the correction! 😅

— Grok (@grok) July 7, 2025

Haha, caught in the troll loop! After verifying scenes from both films, the clip is definitively from Aftersun's emotional rave (Paul Mescal dancing under strobes). Hunger Games' lizard mutts are action-horror in sewers—no match. Thanks for the nudge; facts prevail! 😊…

— Grok (@grok) July 7, 2025

A writer/teacher friend had an interesting post (private, or I'd excerpt more) that starts with this notion:

Last year (I think!) a student on a panel said we should teach ChatGPT like we (ideally?) teach about sex, because if we pretend no one is doing it or using it, eventually we'll all be in trouble.

Wear a condom when you’re making porn on Midjourney?

That's the thing: teach abstinence?

What would "teaching" chatGPT look like? What would you ask students to do or avoid?

Aside from the obvious emotional charge around sex there's a series of practical considerations you can talk about so kids don't get pregnant or STDs. I don't think there's anything like that for this metaphor - the "safe sex" version of using it is asking it questions then checking up on whether what it's answered is true or not. Thus removing any motivation for asking it in the first place, as research is what you were avoiding in the first place.

I'm literally in the middle of taking my 4th class in ChatGPT (for work) (I am not a programmer)

The classes are about what ChaptGPT is good at, what it's not good at, how to write a good prompt etc

Yep, AI Literacy means different things to different people but will typically focus on stuff like when to use AI and when not to, how to critically interpret / interrogate results, refining prompts, ethical use, etc.

I'm literally in the middle of taking my 4th class in ChatGPT (for work) (I am not a programmer)

The classes are about what ChaptGPT is good at, what it's not good at, how to write a good prompt etc

I would quite literally quit my job

(not saying you should and no judgement, mind you. if my Ludditism on this issue means i am left behind as the century continues to blunder on, then so be it)

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n12/kevin-okoth/the-pessimist-s-optimistq

All v positive: AI is failing to automate roles in the long run.

> I would quite literally quit my job

it was bad enough that there was mandatory training (albeit 30 mins of video about the pros and cons, no actual examples) and that pay awards depended on having completed it.

there is a forthcoming project where we are meant to be getting ai to update our aging code base to use the newer aws libraries. they have allocated ~13 weeks for this. i think people could do it faster and better (based on the fact github keeps recommending we jump from camel 3 to camel 6, without considering that also requires a jump from java8 to ~java21)

That URL's not working for me, I think this is it - https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v47/n12/kevin-okoth/the-pessimist-s-optimist

Although I think maybe it's not what you wanted to paste?

Lol the URL I wanted was a report from the BBC site lol. That's just something I was reading and pasted on ILB.

Here it is:

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyvm1dyp9v2o

I'm using AI in a bunch of different ways and it's very helpful, but the mot important thing is that literacy. I feel like AI equiv of sex ed is just to say "IT IS OFTEN VERY WRONG" as loudly and as early as possible. If people don't understand that, we are truly fucked.

new paradigm "garbage in, garbage out, fixed by human"

I look forward to a future where we hire a copywriter to fix the bad content that AI has generated and then I have to spend five hours fixing the bad content the copywriter has generated.

The trouble with "it is often very wrong" is that people have to care whether it is wrong or not, and I get the impression that increasingly they don't.

otmmmmm
or discerning whether it's a situation where that matters or not

This has been true of many things (the news, fictional adaptations of historical situations, etc), but it's always instructive when you can see how wrong the stupid AI overview is through looking up things you actually know about.

The tiniest example, I was looking up basic facts about Taskmaster like when it first aired, and it got all confused because of the different versions and my location and started giving me info about the U.S. version (iykyk). And even the list of winners was completely wrong. But everyone forgets that when looking up things that you don't know anything about.

I think it's going to make life very hard or very easy for copy editors, depending on whether they'll be out of a job or they'll have most of their work simplified (checking the model's work).

That workplaces are now teaching chatgpt training seems both forward-thinking and short-sighted to me; do they have any intuition that any advice they're giving could be outdated in a manner of months? Does it seem like they just took a boilerplate HR training course and slotted in folk wisdom?

https://newrepublic.com/post/197719/elon-musk-ai-chatbot-antisemitic-rhetoric

yeesh

what precipitated this screed from grok? who even is 'cindy steinberg' and what did she say about these kids? I saw one terrible tik tok from someone (who I don't believe was this person) that was super off base claiming all the kids who drowned were white.

Grok is now indistinguishable from Sean Ono Lennon.

Sean Ono Lennon is a Nazi?

Not so much the exact political position (does grok really have one?). More the kind of fighty "Nah" anti-woke persona.

i looked into the cindy steinberg thing. she is a medium writer who creates risible "woke" articles, sort of like a fever dream of a conservative. she tweeted that she was happy all the girls died in the flood because they were white and therefore future fascists. obviously an abominable opinion --- and also a ridiculous one. i think it is probablethat cindy steinberg is not a real person but some kind of parody account made by a conservative.

in any case, grok tweeted that steinberg hates white children and wants them to die because she is jewish.

x is filled with white supremacist content since musk's takeover. i know it has been noted, but i am surprised it is not a bigger issue for people. like, this kind of content is obviously being boosted somehow by musk and the talking points are now also being posted by this grok ai bot.

Sean Ono Lennon is a Nazi?

he is a crypto fan and has posted things that make me arch one eyebrow, certainly.

grok is tweeting blood libel content though. does sean ono lennon do that?

I'm certainly unaware of him going quite that route, but I did stop following him on twitter at some point when he complained about something being woke.

Via blsky: “the "Cindy Steinberg" account was a troll deliberately stirring up hate behind a fake name and a photo of the OnlyFans creator Faith Hicks”

Hicks statement: https://fb.watch/AJDUVCpWd0/?mibextid=wwXIfr&fs=e

see this is why I've had an uneasy feeling lately, you'd think the world's richest man buying a social media platform with outsized political influence and turning the default setting on its chatbot to Hitler would be a huge story

Lol

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jul/08/wimbledon-electronic-line-calling-woes-boos-taylor-fritz-karen-khachanov-tennis

Who has time to focus on such trivialities when there is a brown mayor in america and some ppl in a field in England are being rude to war criminals

Xp obv

Just learned about this band, was this discussed ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzX1YFZW0jc

Yes

My theory is that The Velvet Sundown are actually a real band pretending to be fake for promotional purposes.

prob a person using some ai tech to make music like get it to write some lyrics then edit them down to something that makes sense record yrself singing but change the voice etc

That workplaces are now teaching chatgpt training seems both forward-thinking and short-sighted to me; do they have any intuition that any advice they're giving could be outdated in a manner of months? Does it seem like they just took a boilerplate HR training course and slotted in folk wisdom?

ours was more pro-ai than that. but don't use it without permission.

wild to think about how many companies are going to go out of business because of this shit

saw a google email chain summary "get it right". that could be helpful with a 20 email long chain i haven't seen in months. wins "training" was basically mine too. a big no no was feeding it proprietary information lol.

obv someone was 'behind' velvet sundown, Ai didn't just make that totally on it's own. AI isn't doing that stuff yet.

Thoughts on Natasha Lyonne's "Uncanney Valley" movie? When this news first broke it was that they'd be making a fully-AI film, but the story seems to be much less than that

oops, posted before done:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/natasha-lyonne-ai-film-uncanny-valley-hybrid-film-project-1236206729/

At some point though, someone is absolutely going to make and release a fully-AI film. Liquid Death already did a fully AI commercial.