Artificial Intelligence

[macdoc]

Brave is brilliant.
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[Tero]

I asked Google Gemini if any use is made of user feedback.
It replied:
Direct System Tuning: Corrections are analyzed to understand where the AI misinterpreted language, relied on unreliable sources, or hallucinated facts. Google's engineering and safety teams use this information to update technical guidelines and prevent similar errors in the future.

Human Review and Evaluation: Your reported examples are often sent to human evaluators. These trained raters review the model’s outputs and your corrections to grade the AI’s performance, helping Google safely and effectively fine-tune the system.

Newslink:
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/g ... went-viral

[Tero]

There are some tools:
Look for Icons: Locate the Thumbs Down icon or the three-dot More menu at the bottom of the AI's response.Select a Reason: Choose the specific issue, such as Factually inaccurate, Offensive, or Not helpful.

[Brian Peacock]

Anyone else come across these rather dodgy AI Feynman videos on YouTube?

[Tero]

LLMs can be copied:
(Don't give it to N Korea)
Duplicate copies of a model are used constantly in machine learning. Here are the core facts about duplicating an LLM:

The Core Elements: A fully trained LLM consists of two main parts: the weights (the learned knowledge) and the tokenizer (the vocabulary that translates words into numbers). Copying both yields an identical twin of the model.

Storage and Transfer: You can zip these files up and transfer them across servers, share them on repositories like Hugging Face, or deploy them on different local computers.

Cost vs. Training: Copying the model is instantaneous and free. In contrast, training the model requires vast amounts of computing power, data, and time.Independent Futures: Once duplicated, each model acts entirely independently. You can fine-tune Copy A for a medical role, while leaving Copy B for a legal role; their changes will not interfere with one another.

[Brian Peacock]

Oh dear.

[L'Emmerdeur]

Not surprising that the Grok experiment was severely dysfunctional and resulted in bringing about its own extinction. I understand that Musk has to some extent insisted on imprinting his worldview on it.

[Tero]

A bit comical that Musk and Bezos want to save their minds in some AI form. With Bezos...there is almost nothing there.

[Brian Peacock]

Not surprising that the Grok experiment was severely dysfunctional and resulted in bringing about its own extinction. I understand that Musk has to some extent insisted on imprinting his worldview on it.

The Google model "penalised harmony and subsidised chaos". Well it is their business model of course, so at least it's consistent.

[Tero]

Employees of AI companies...will be replaced by AI. Below certain pay grade they will not support AI in the long run.

Because of trade secrets and so on, it is not a field where you hire temps.

[Tero]

Srock options maybe? Make the people sign a thing where they have to stay X years to cash in stock options.

[aufbahrung]

Stealing all the worlds cultural and intellectual knowledge and selling it back to the people producing it via a statistical ruse. What could go wrong?

[pErvinalia]

Nuclear war.

[Tero]

Tilly Norwood is the world's first fully AI-generated "actress" and digital influencer. Created in late 2025 by Dutch producer and comedian Eline Van der Velden through her London-based AI production agency Particle6 Group and its AI talent studio, Xicoia. Her photorealistic appearance and expansion into mainstream media have sparked immense ethical debates across Hollywood regarding the future of human performers.

Professional Projects & CapabilitiesActing Debut: Starred in AI Commissioner, a satirical comedy sketch produced by Particle6 that lampoons the future of network television development.Music Career: Released a debut pop single and music video titled "Take the Lead". The project utilized 18 human creators and AI-generated lyrics to reframe AI as a collaborative tool rather than a replacement for artists.

The "Tillyverse": Xicoia is currently building a dedicated digital ecosystem called the Tillyverse, a fictional universe designed for a new generation of interconnected virtual AI characters.Production Mechanics: Her creator controls her avatar using motion capture technology, removing the need for traditional on-set cosmetic prep like makeup or Botox.

Hollywood Backlash & Industry ControversiesSAG-AFTRA Condemnation: The actors' union SAG-AFTRA issued a sharp critique, clarifying that Norwood is a data-driven computer program rather than an actor. They raised severe concerns over personality rights violations and unauthorized training on human performances.Celebrity Outrage: A-list human actors like Emily Blunt, Whoopi Goldberg, and Emma Watson publicly criticized the synthetic character. Detractors worry that compliant digital duplicates will erode human connection and threaten industry jobs.

Academy Awards Ban: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences officially ruled that synthetic or AI-generated actors are completely banned from competing for Oscars.

[Tero]