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nagaram@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Who is a celebrity you used to really like, but don't anymore?1·5 days agoWeird. There used to be screen shot receipts I saw years ago.
Maybe she scrubbed it and turned a leaf? I hope so at least because B’Elanna was my favorite character.
I am a fan of LLMs and what they can do, and as such have a server specifically for running AI models. However, I’ve been reading “Atlas of AI” by Kate Crawford and you’re right. So much of the data that they’re trained on is inherently harmful or was taken without consent. Even in the more ethical data sets it’s probably not great considering the sheer quantity of data needed to make even a simple LLM.
I still like using it for simple code generation (this is just a hobby to me so Vibe coding isn’t a problem in my scenario) and corporate tone policing. And I tell people non stop that it’s worthless outside of these use cases and maybe as a search engine, but I recommend Wikipedia as a better start almost Everytime.
I was honestly impressed with the speed and accuracy I was getting with Deepseek, llama, and Gemma on my 1660ti.
$100 used and it was seconds to get responses.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Who is a celebrity you used to really like, but don't anymore?51·8 days agoIt’s not a Lemmy thread without some Star Trek references
Robert Beltran (Chakotey), Roxan Dawson (B’Elanna), and Manu Intiravmi (Icheb).
All three of these actors fell off after ST:Voyager and became vile conservative shit posters. I know Robert especially likes to respond to anti Trump or anti Trump Policy tweets the other ex cast members make with “both sides” arguments.
It’s sad in my eyes, but I do hold ST on a pretty high pedestal.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Who is a celebrity you used to really like, but don't anymore?112·8 days agoGotta protect those Video Game movie deals.
Don’t wanna risk that Ganon cast in the Zelda Movie
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Why selfhosted social media protocols are hated ?English3·9 days agoDespite everything. I was considering giving it a try, just to see.
But your right, if there’s a CSAM community on there I would inevitably host it to.
So I will not be trying plebbit
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Why selfhosted social media protocols are hated ?English61·9 days agoHomie, you used 4chans logo in your shitty nft drops
https://x.com/getplebbit/status/1516387903177383948
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•[is this LEGIT ?] Piracy Stewie on Instagram: "Free chat gpt tutorial!! Halal method at the end!!"English18·10 days agoI just assume anything that promises free stuff on Instagram reels is in fact a scam or a hack.
Also I’m not getting on that shit site to confirm it’s true.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto World News@lemmy.world•Opposition to Gaza war grows among Israeli soldiers as strikes ramp upEnglish13·11 days agoIsrael has a history of ostracising those they deem “cowards” in society.
Just look into how they remembered the Holocaust and how they treated the survivors.
I both hope those brave soldiers stay in Israel to lead a change and hope they don’t let the state crush them with the gleeful support of the fascist civilian population.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Ironically, people making fun of the "Gnu/Linux" copypasta is probably one of the main ways people know what Gnu is3·12 days agoFrom your user name to the link joke.
This is a real master piece
This man will repair your car in such a way it will both never break and when you do go to a normal mechanic for something they will gaze upon it in awe and horror.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•Cmd. Riker chooses who has to follow uniform code apparently18·13 days agoI love Ro. She’s a great character with based politics.
Terrible officer.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto TenForward: Where Every Vulcan Knows Your Name@lemmy.world•Cmd. Riker chooses who has to follow uniform code apparently34·13 days agoCptn Janeway: “Ensign Kim, what the hell are you wearing?”
Kim: “Oh these! Tom was telling me about them. They were all the rage in 1900’s America and were worn by people seen as both tough and cool. They’re called ‘Assless Chaps.’ I have to admit it was a little weird sitting down at first but I’m a huge fan of the cooling factor!”
Janeway turns to Lt. Paris
Tom’s barely contained laughter waters his eyes trying not to lose it
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.zip•The Human Workforce Behind AI Wants a UnionEnglish9·13 days agoGood. Everyone deserves a union.
I do hope they do good things for the greater good of humanity though, which is historically what Google devs have unionized over seeing as they most certainly aren’t hurting for money.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Why do, relatively, so few of you set an avatar for your profile?2·13 days agoMy avatar is also partially AI generated. I GIMPed the Zizek face from one of his movie posters though.
I’m used to people calling me out for the Zizek part and that hasn’t happened on Lemmy ever lol.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com•Help extracting kindle booksEnglish4·13 days agoLots of places do a better job providing DRM free or DRM Lite ebooks (Chicago press only ties your name to the files so you’d have to doxx yourself to share it, but you can share it), but the sheer library of self published books on Amazon is hard to find.
There’s an author I’ve become good friends with who I pay him (in coffee) for his books because I disagree with giving Amazon a cent. But he noted that’s just where the masses are still and it’s hard to break that momentum.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•What tv shows would be more enjoyable slowed-down?3·13 days agoThere are so many pieces of media that need much slower pacing. The Sequel Star wars movies for one.
nagaram@startrek.websiteto Selfhosted@lemmy.world•Release v0.6.11 · open-webui/open-webuiEnglish21·14 days agoAn AI project that’s ultimately just trying to cash out? Say it ain’t so!
Whack. I just set up a Forgejo too.