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hashfyre
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Discordant demi-geek. Makes maps.
Eats myths and fantasy.
My politics is class politics.
Burnt-out Leftist Techie
who is probably going to quit being one.
Opinions are solemnly mine.
http://pronoun.is/he +LSN-ASD
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GFM working, Chuffed not.
November 18, 2025 at 1:44 PM
You could see those "AI=Actually Indian" casually racist posts and comments on r/technolgy. Boils my blood.
November 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Did this turn up in your research?

www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/tec...

We love you for your knowledge of Jameson and Kierkegaard.

Tech isn't your field though, so may be not insult the intelligence and expertise of your audience. Some of us have been focussed on this battle way longer than you.
Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work
Many employers want to hire workers who can use the technology to help with tasks such as conducting research and drafting reports.
www.thehindu.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Here's some reading on the perils of using LLMs in Legal field. You could entertain the idea that in this field you were not an expert, and did not do due research.

www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/tec...
Mistake-filled legal briefs show the limits of relying on AI tools at work
Many employers want to hire workers who can use the technology to help with tasks such as conducting research and drafting reports.
www.thehindu.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
May be this is a new topic for you, but some folks in Tech & Policy adjacent field have been reading/writing/talking to each other for 2 years now.

We don't need to sit through another Ezra-Klein-lite lecture on how your friend was anecdotally helped.
November 18, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Yeah, I unsubbed too. This was a betrayal of core ethos of the channel. And, then you went on and trivialized actual tech-experts (including me) for our domain expertise based opinions.

AI-support is the Thin Red Line for me. Being nice can take a backseat when oppressors are at the helm.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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So either there is false advertising here or a faulty product. "Agentic" LLM provider should be accountable.

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November 16, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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1a) The action is not what the user intended, harm befalls the user or some third party.

But the "agentic" LLM provider promised you could just tell their system what to do in plain English and it would do the thing!

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November 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Yeah, this take is confusing as hell, given the rest of his ideology that I'm familiar with?

Ukrainians should shiver to death and sue for peace with General Winter?
November 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM