Kate Griffin
@griffinkate.bsky.social
I know I linked to this last week but it's really stuck with me and today I'm seeing stuff about 'tricking' chatbots into explaining how to make a bomb or whatever.
If you think you're tricking an LLM, you are stuck in the wrong frame and you need to read this!
medium.com/@colin.frase...
If you think you're tricking an LLM, you are stuck in the wrong frame and you need to read this!
medium.com/@colin.frase...
Who are we talking to when we talk to these bots?
“” is published by Colin Fraser.
medium.com
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I know I linked to this last week but it's really stuck with me and today I'm seeing stuff about 'tricking' chatbots into explaining how to make a bomb or whatever.
If you think you're tricking an LLM, you are stuck in the wrong frame and you need to read this!
medium.com/@colin.frase...
If you think you're tricking an LLM, you are stuck in the wrong frame and you need to read this!
medium.com/@colin.frase...
This is genuinely such brilliant news and a real victory for local campaigners.
CAMPAIGN WIN 🎉
The UK is withdrawing funding from a massive gas power plant in Mozambique. Funding this carbon bomb would have been a climate and human rights disaster. Thanks to campaigners keeping up the pressure, today we can celebrate this huge win
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
The UK is withdrawing funding from a massive gas power plant in Mozambique. Funding this carbon bomb would have been a climate and human rights disaster. Thanks to campaigners keeping up the pressure, today we can celebrate this huge win
www.reuters.com/business/ene...
Britain withdraws $1.15 billion backing from TotalEnergies-led Mozambique LNG
The British government has decided to withdraw its $1.15 billion backing for the TotalEnergies-led Mozambique Liquefied Natural Gas project, it said on Monday.
www.reuters.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is genuinely such brilliant news and a real victory for local campaigners.
Ask Google Maps for "cash machine near me"
Get a list that's not sorted by distance but includes one 0.6 miles away
Sort by distance to see if there's a nearer one
The nearest one is now 0.7 miles away
Get a list that's not sorted by distance but includes one 0.6 miles away
Sort by distance to see if there's a nearer one
The nearest one is now 0.7 miles away
December 1, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ask Google Maps for "cash machine near me"
Get a list that's not sorted by distance but includes one 0.6 miles away
Sort by distance to see if there's a nearer one
The nearest one is now 0.7 miles away
Get a list that's not sorted by distance but includes one 0.6 miles away
Sort by distance to see if there's a nearer one
The nearest one is now 0.7 miles away
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Lazywebs: can someone who understands TVs help me out here? I want a TV which will let me watch old DVDs (my current one won't, it wants everything to be widescreen & just squishes it), connect old games consoles to it (SCART, RCA), & plug a Chromecast in. I don't actually want a "smart" TV...
November 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Lazywebs: can someone who understands TVs help me out here? I want a TV which will let me watch old DVDs (my current one won't, it wants everything to be widescreen & just squishes it), connect old games consoles to it (SCART, RCA), & plug a Chromecast in. I don't actually want a "smart" TV...
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Finally got around to setting up an email filter I think about every year. Any message containing "black friday" in the subject now goes directly to the bin.
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Finally got around to setting up an email filter I think about every year. Any message containing "black friday" in the subject now goes directly to the bin.
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ME: OK so I'll just select this useful text from this table so I can copy and paste it elsewhere
WORD: The whole table, yes
ME: No, just the --
WORD: The whole table
ME: PLEASE
WORD: THE WHOLE TABLE DOWN YOUR STUPID UNGRATEFUL THROAT
WORD: The whole table, yes
ME: No, just the --
WORD: The whole table
ME: PLEASE
WORD: THE WHOLE TABLE DOWN YOUR STUPID UNGRATEFUL THROAT
November 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
ME: OK so I'll just select this useful text from this table so I can copy and paste it elsewhere
WORD: The whole table, yes
ME: No, just the --
WORD: The whole table
ME: PLEASE
WORD: THE WHOLE TABLE DOWN YOUR STUPID UNGRATEFUL THROAT
WORD: The whole table, yes
ME: No, just the --
WORD: The whole table
ME: PLEASE
WORD: THE WHOLE TABLE DOWN YOUR STUPID UNGRATEFUL THROAT
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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“Traffic was bad this morning.”
”Yeah, there'smoregasboard roadworks on the high street.”
”Yeah, there'smoregasboard roadworks on the high street.”
Update: just heard on the guardian politics podcast that ‘smörgåsbord is probably the wrong word cause it’s not very Christmassy’ which begs the question WHAT DO BRITISH PEOPLE THINK THIS WORD MEANS???
Everyone in British political punditry has decided to use the word smörgåsbord a lot lately and, given that it’s a word that includes two vowels that don’t exist in the English language, I find it a poor choice.
November 27, 2025 at 12:57 PM
“Traffic was bad this morning.”
”Yeah, there'smoregasboard roadworks on the high street.”
”Yeah, there'smoregasboard roadworks on the high street.”
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
My goodness, this was eye-opening for someone like me who doesn't really understand how LLMs work.
"The ChatGPT system, of course, does not have access to the internet. It can’t look up a web page and summarize the content. " - I literally didn't know this
medium.com/@colin.frase...
"The ChatGPT system, of course, does not have access to the internet. It can’t look up a web page and summarize the content. " - I literally didn't know this
medium.com/@colin.frase...
Who are we talking to when we talk to these bots?
“” is published by Colin Fraser.
medium.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My goodness, this was eye-opening for someone like me who doesn't really understand how LLMs work.
"The ChatGPT system, of course, does not have access to the internet. It can’t look up a web page and summarize the content. " - I literally didn't know this
medium.com/@colin.frase...
"The ChatGPT system, of course, does not have access to the internet. It can’t look up a web page and summarize the content. " - I literally didn't know this
medium.com/@colin.frase...
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Just wanted to let everyone know about this terrible situation involving art theft so people don't unknowingly buy from this site.
You can support Matthew directly via his shop here: yokai.com/shop/ or Patreon here: patreon.com/theyokaiguy, and maybe re-share this to help spread the word. Thanks.
You can support Matthew directly via his shop here: yokai.com/shop/ or Patreon here: patreon.com/theyokaiguy, and maybe re-share this to help spread the word. Thanks.
It's happened again... An e-commerce site called Tokyo Tiger has stolen my art and is selling t-shirts and putting ads on IG/X with my artwork.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
November 27, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Just wanted to let everyone know about this terrible situation involving art theft so people don't unknowingly buy from this site.
You can support Matthew directly via his shop here: yokai.com/shop/ or Patreon here: patreon.com/theyokaiguy, and maybe re-share this to help spread the word. Thanks.
You can support Matthew directly via his shop here: yokai.com/shop/ or Patreon here: patreon.com/theyokaiguy, and maybe re-share this to help spread the word. Thanks.
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the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
People on BlueSky: AI is useless! A stochastic parrot!
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
Mathematicians/biologists/physicists: It is already helping us do frontier technical research and in some cases solve open problems arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16072
(There are of course, as always, many caveats, but the paper is genuinely remarkable)
arxiv.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
the genAI bubble relies on you conflating the genuinely tremendous potential of using machine learning for e.g. image recognition in radiotherapy, protein folding, simulations in power systems etc with the child abuse image generators and schizophrenic delusions generators
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I don't actually care if people get plastic surgery, even for frivolous reasons, even to give them features that I personally think are ugly or ridiculous. Their body, their choice. I would care VERY MUCH if every interaction came with enforced plastic surgery, however elegantly or subtly executed.
AI use is gonna be like plastic surgery: when it's obvious and over the top will incur some stigma, when done well, you won't even know.
You can, but it's going to be demo and social network based. There's definitely going to be a major stigma towards being a Clippy addict in a lot of white collar professional circles.
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I don't actually care if people get plastic surgery, even for frivolous reasons, even to give them features that I personally think are ugly or ridiculous. Their body, their choice. I would care VERY MUCH if every interaction came with enforced plastic surgery, however elegantly or subtly executed.
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I think it's DPD who send me the most messages. Hey, we've heard about your parcel & we will tell you when we will pick it up. OK, now this is when we will pick it up. And on it goes, like an excited puppy. I think the record was 6 emails about my damn parcel. Practically a novel.
November 26, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I think it's DPD who send me the most messages. Hey, we've heard about your parcel & we will tell you when we will pick it up. OK, now this is when we will pick it up. And on it goes, like an excited puppy. I think the record was 6 emails about my damn parcel. Practically a novel.
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Pol Pot calling the kettle black
Claire Fox laments that younger people in her movement made up of insane people are the wrong kind of insane
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Pol Pot calling the kettle black
What is the point of Royal Mail sending messages with a four-hour timeslot for your parcel to arrive when there's a very good chance it won't even arrive on the *day* specified?
It's literally worse than nothing - I'd rather get no information at all than get wrong information.
It's literally worse than nothing - I'd rather get no information at all than get wrong information.
November 26, 2025 at 11:17 AM
What is the point of Royal Mail sending messages with a four-hour timeslot for your parcel to arrive when there's a very good chance it won't even arrive on the *day* specified?
It's literally worse than nothing - I'd rather get no information at all than get wrong information.
It's literally worse than nothing - I'd rather get no information at all than get wrong information.
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Labour is actively wasting our money for the sole purpose of being cruel to people who have done nothing wrong
Labour's anti-asylum policies are already fundamentally inhumane and discriminatory. Applying them retrospectively is pure cruelty though. It serves absolutely no purpose. Meanwhile it will increase the costs and bureaucracy of an already dysfunctional Home Office.
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
www.thetimes.com/article/6f83...
November 24, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Labour is actively wasting our money for the sole purpose of being cruel to people who have done nothing wrong
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While everyone is worrying about a Reform government, a Labour one is already taking away our rights
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
While everyone is worrying about a Reform government, a Labour one is already taking away our rights
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I've thought this ever since the recorded announcements at train stations started saying "I'm sorry for the delay."
my most butlerian jihad coded belief is that we should probably make it illegal – and more importantly, we should work toward a cultural consensus that it is immoral – to design a computer program whose interface uses the first person
November 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I've thought this ever since the recorded announcements at train stations started saying "I'm sorry for the delay."
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People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
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When people say there is an "overdiagnosis of X" (neurodivergence, mental health, trans people, disability), what they mean is that we've got by for a long time not giving a toss & oppressing these groups of people* and now you expect us to care & invest in support.
*who have always existed
*who have always existed
November 25, 2025 at 9:44 AM
When people say there is an "overdiagnosis of X" (neurodivergence, mental health, trans people, disability), what they mean is that we've got by for a long time not giving a toss & oppressing these groups of people* and now you expect us to care & invest in support.
*who have always existed
*who have always existed
TFW an organisation you support in your personal life is hiring someone to do what you do but you're afraid to apply in case the Mist Of HR Shittery descends and makes you hate this really worthwhile org
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
TFW an organisation you support in your personal life is hiring someone to do what you do but you're afraid to apply in case the Mist Of HR Shittery descends and makes you hate this really worthwhile org
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If em dash and 3 adverbs you see,
Then A.I. dogshit the writing will be
- ancient proverb
Then A.I. dogshit the writing will be
- ancient proverb
November 20, 2025 at 7:53 AM
If em dash and 3 adverbs you see,
Then A.I. dogshit the writing will be
- ancient proverb
Then A.I. dogshit the writing will be
- ancient proverb
I know I say this about once a fortnight, but it will never cease to amaze me how many press offices need you to ring them up with your question and then put the same question in an email.
"Why not just send the question by email in the first place?" Oh, my sweet summer child.
"Why not just send the question by email in the first place?" Oh, my sweet summer child.
November 20, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I know I say this about once a fortnight, but it will never cease to amaze me how many press offices need you to ring them up with your question and then put the same question in an email.
"Why not just send the question by email in the first place?" Oh, my sweet summer child.
"Why not just send the question by email in the first place?" Oh, my sweet summer child.