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AI Architect | North Carolina | AI/ML, IoT, science WARNING: I talk about kids sometimes

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 15d

Does AI get bored?

I gave them nothing to do, just to see what happens

one thing — they devolve into a repetitive “collapse” state, I guess you could call it boredom

but some break out into math & poetry on their own, I didn’t expect which ones that would be

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Does AI Get Bored?

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 6h

ah! that’s what i was looking for

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 6h

AI doesn’t do yoga, it gets datacentered

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 6h

sure, but at least they got to ASI

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 7h

“i like my coffee like i like my trees, red and black.”

“but professor, what’s the red for?”

<glares until they run away>

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 7h

is Gemini 3 even going to have sex robots?

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 8h

Artificial Sex Interface

The Verge @theverge.com · 12h

Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults

ChatGPT is about to get flirty.

buff.ly

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 8h

article link: www.reuters.com/business/wal...

Walmart partners with OpenAI for ChatGPT shopping feature

Walmart said on Tuesday it was partnering with OpenAI to enable customers and Sam's Club members to shop directly within ChatGPT, using the AI chatbot's Instant Checkout feature.

www.reuters.com

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 8h

i basically never go to walmart, it’s not my vibe

but if my ambient agent bought some items there while i sleep? sure whatever as long as the quality is fine

this feels like how Walmart goes up-market

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 11h

it’s starting

First Squawk & @FirstSquawk
X.com
WALMART PARTNERS WITH OPENAI TO CREATE AI-FIRST SHOPPING EXPERIENCES

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 8h

oh god are we doing that?

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 9h

interesting. i don’t understand why

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 10h

well now i know about ink..

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 10h

what are some recent ones?

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 10h

it’s because we’ve had a long history of improvements from software that you can basically plot out and project where it’s going. most insiders think there’s a lot more software gains to be made

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 11h

i imagine they’re about as useful as regular quines

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 11h

it’s starting

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 14h

also, “LLM can’t be an expert”

one of the big ways i use LLMs is as an automated web search, it searches broad and deep. they’re excellent at this

so its analogous to saying you can’t find expert opinions on the internet, which feels false, idk

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 14h

it’s just a weird statement to make, that you can’t learn from LLMs

there’s been days where i’ve learned so rapidly from LLMs that i have to go to sleep early

ofc you can, i do it on a daily basis

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 15h

maybe this is just where we disagree. i have crap tons of experience that directly counters everything you just said, plus many other experts that say the same thing, but i doubt you’ll hear it

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 15h

the value isn’t in the anxiety, it’s in asking questions that haven’t been asked

if removing the anxiety leads to asking questions that haven’t been asked, that’s unequivocally good. period.

like, anxiety is not good, sheesh

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 15h

…. wouldn’t using LLMs in this case be *more* opportunity for learning, not less?

you can ask exceptionally dumb questions without fear of being criticized

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 16h

by not being afraid of asking dumb questions

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Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 16h

yeah, i’m not sure what’s driving the change. i think semianalysis is to blame bc they frequently released reports that contextualized compute in terms that you can use to compare to other parts of the economy

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 16h

ya i’ve heard that. wild

Festivity @festivitymn.bsky.social · 16h

“Stand up” was originally supposed to be a team ritual where you announce you’ve had enough coffee for your hair to “stand up” straight from your head like a cartoon

Tim Kellogg @timkellogg.me · 17h

ha, yeah not an artist but some of my favorite AI “art” was low effort.

for Sora specifically, more effort seems to make it worse

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brennan @brennan.computer · 18h

I wonder if this is part of the difference why making your own AI art is really fun and seeing other people's AI art is really boring

it's often incredibly surprising in the delta between what was intended in your head and what comes out, but viewers have no concept of what was intended

Matt Yang @debaser1215.bsky.social · Aug 4

The biggest problem with AI art from an art-enjoyer standpoint is that it cannot truly surprise you. It is optimized to give people what they ask for and nothing more.

People will quickly realize that getting exactly what you want from art is boring and unsatisfying.

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