I agree with this but on an extended level where I feel like it's difficult to see honesty in people who use LLMs and Generative AI.
I either see people fully support it, or be sly about it to try and get away with using GenAI without being noticed.
All I ask is for people to be honest with me.
I either see people fully support it, or be sly about it to try and get away with using GenAI without being noticed.
All I ask is for people to be honest with me.
October 10, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I agree with this but on an extended level where I feel like it's difficult to see honesty in people who use LLMs and Generative AI.
I either see people fully support it, or be sly about it to try and get away with using GenAI without being noticed.
All I ask is for people to be honest with me.
I either see people fully support it, or be sly about it to try and get away with using GenAI without being noticed.
All I ask is for people to be honest with me.
I am 100% against generative AI and LLMs. Even if the work is good (it often isn't) or the process was completely transparent (it never is) I have been watching the complete obsession with the technology materially destroying resources and especially affecting the poor and downtrodden the most.
October 10, 2026 at 4:53 PM
I am 100% against generative AI and LLMs. Even if the work is good (it often isn't) or the process was completely transparent (it never is) I have been watching the complete obsession with the technology materially destroying resources and especially affecting the poor and downtrodden the most.
I'm going to agree and disagree with this, even as someone opposed to the hype and exploitative evil of LLMs/Generative "AI" etc.
The agreement is obvious.
Where I slightly disagree is that I think art is, in part, contained in the vision of the artist.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The agreement is obvious.
Where I slightly disagree is that I think art is, in part, contained in the vision of the artist.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
October 10, 2026 at 1:46 PM
I'm going to agree and disagree with this, even as someone opposed to the hype and exploitative evil of LLMs/Generative "AI" etc.
The agreement is obvious.
Where I slightly disagree is that I think art is, in part, contained in the vision of the artist.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The agreement is obvious.
Where I slightly disagree is that I think art is, in part, contained in the vision of the artist.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
LLMs, and other forms of generative AI, can't do what they do without committing massive amounts of plagiarism, and continually. You're not "making" anything with it, you're telling a machine to take what other people made and push out some slurry from it.
October 10, 2026 at 6:38 AM
LLMs, and other forms of generative AI, can't do what they do without committing massive amounts of plagiarism, and continually. You're not "making" anything with it, you're telling a machine to take what other people made and push out some slurry from it.
The bloody hypocrisy.
October 10, 2026 at 4:37 AM
The bloody hypocrisy.
And this kind of article also fails by bundling the kind of AI that's been around for a long, long time - GPS route suggestions, suspicious bank transactions - as if they're the same as LLMs and generative AI. Most of us who don't actively use AI programs know they're not one and the same thing.
October 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
And this kind of article also fails by bundling the kind of AI that's been around for a long, long time - GPS route suggestions, suspicious bank transactions - as if they're the same as LLMs and generative AI. Most of us who don't actively use AI programs know they're not one and the same thing.
Depends what they mean, because machine learning can be fucking awesome, it's modern generative ai and LLMs that suck, but the terms get used interchangably a lot 😔
October 10, 2026 at 1:03 AM
Depends what they mean, because machine learning can be fucking awesome, it's modern generative ai and LLMs that suck, but the terms get used interchangably a lot 😔
Reads like a PR answer to me. Them saying "we're not using generative AI" is a bit bold when their original presentation talks about using LLMs to generate code. How is that not generative AI?
Also, from my experience, this is everywhere in game development now
Also, from my experience, this is everywhere in game development now
October 9, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Reads like a PR answer to me. Them saying "we're not using generative AI" is a bit bold when their original presentation talks about using LLMs to generate code. How is that not generative AI?
Also, from my experience, this is everywhere in game development now
Also, from my experience, this is everywhere in game development now
The brain simulation is a 1:1 total neural copy of a brain.
None of these generative AI are active or in re-enforcement training and the real issue once you get to that level of consciousness is then turning it on and using it is cruelty. There is types of AI that give us this concern but not LLMs.
None of these generative AI are active or in re-enforcement training and the real issue once you get to that level of consciousness is then turning it on and using it is cruelty. There is types of AI that give us this concern but not LLMs.
October 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
The brain simulation is a 1:1 total neural copy of a brain.
None of these generative AI are active or in re-enforcement training and the real issue once you get to that level of consciousness is then turning it on and using it is cruelty. There is types of AI that give us this concern but not LLMs.
None of these generative AI are active or in re-enforcement training and the real issue once you get to that level of consciousness is then turning it on and using it is cruelty. There is types of AI that give us this concern but not LLMs.
As I said, the field of machine learning has advanced in the age of generative AI and LLMs. Yet I don't really subscribe to the notion that placing a pile of nonsense bullshit at the top of my search results is a compelling case use of generative AI.
October 9, 2026 at 8:19 PM
As I said, the field of machine learning has advanced in the age of generative AI and LLMs. Yet I don't really subscribe to the notion that placing a pile of nonsense bullshit at the top of my search results is a compelling case use of generative AI.
The Google Deepmind model in particular is built based on the same generative AI research as LLMs, which is what makes the "machine learning" distinction less relevant, because it's only when they applied the generative AI research to weather that they came up with something useful.
October 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
The Google Deepmind model in particular is built based on the same generative AI research as LLMs, which is what makes the "machine learning" distinction less relevant, because it's only when they applied the generative AI research to weather that they came up with something useful.
These systems are but probabilistic pachinko machines. The research into LLMs advances the field, but machine learning has a history that predates generative AI by 80 years or more.
Case uses, such as in weather and radiology, have proven very useful.
Plagiarism machines however, are problematic.
Case uses, such as in weather and radiology, have proven very useful.
Plagiarism machines however, are problematic.
October 9, 2026 at 7:54 PM
These systems are but probabilistic pachinko machines. The research into LLMs advances the field, but machine learning has a history that predates generative AI by 80 years or more.
Case uses, such as in weather and radiology, have proven very useful.
Plagiarism machines however, are problematic.
Case uses, such as in weather and radiology, have proven very useful.
Plagiarism machines however, are problematic.
I'm an investor in the junior mining industry, and NREDs whole sale pitch relies on widespread ignorance of the limitations of transformer LLMs (which some call AI). The premise being that LLMs can offer insights from drillcore data that escaped geologists.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/generative...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/generative...
Generative AI’s crippling and widespread failure to induce robust models of the world
LLM failures to reason, as documented in Apple’s Illusion of Thinking paper, are really only part of a much deeper problem
garymarcus.substack.com
October 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
I'm an investor in the junior mining industry, and NREDs whole sale pitch relies on widespread ignorance of the limitations of transformer LLMs (which some call AI). The premise being that LLMs can offer insights from drillcore data that escaped geologists.
garymarcus.substack.com/p/generative...
garymarcus.substack.com/p/generative...
"Thinking of frontier AI models as glorified autocorrect could give a false sense of security during discussions about the serious risks these models pose." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu
It’s time to retire the ‘stochastic parrot’ definition of AI
"Early generative AI models, circa 2017-2022, were “stochastic parrots.” That is, they generated language by choosing the statistically most likely next word based on patterns in their training data, rather than truly understanding what they were saying.
Beginning in 2023, artificial intelligence labs began releasing large language models (LLMs) that had evolved beyond autoregressive next-token prediction, as researchers call it.
For many people, the stochastic parrot definition stuck."
www.fastcompany.com
October 9, 2026 at 6:50 PM
"Thinking of frontier AI models as glorified autocorrect could give a false sense of security during discussions about the serious risks these models pose." #edtech #ILoveEdTech #ImFutureReady #elearning #AIEdu
Note that I am only speaking LLMs and related generative models as they are developed and used today. I am not speaking about what is theoretically possible, about other forms of machine learning and "AI", or other possible techniques that can be used.
October 9, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Note that I am only speaking LLMs and related generative models as they are developed and used today. I am not speaking about what is theoretically possible, about other forms of machine learning and "AI", or other possible techniques that can be used.
We *cannot* tell from the way this disclosure is worded if it actually has LLM-style generative AI, or just the sort of procedural generation and machine learning that has been around since before LLMs and no-one really has an issue with. The game's Source of Madness, if you actually know.
October 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
We *cannot* tell from the way this disclosure is worded if it actually has LLM-style generative AI, or just the sort of procedural generation and machine learning that has been around since before LLMs and no-one really has an issue with. The game's Source of Madness, if you actually know.
our "no llms" rule has been there since January, but don't let that get in the way of your bullshit
tcrf.net/index.php?ti...
keep in mind all I've asked for are the pre-Opus, pre-LLM notes, and they *still* refuse to provide those! I wonder why!
tcrf.net/index.php?ti...
keep in mind all I've asked for are the pre-Opus, pre-LLM notes, and they *still* refuse to provide those! I wonder why!
October 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
our "no llms" rule has been there since January, but don't let that get in the way of your bullshit
tcrf.net/index.php?ti...
keep in mind all I've asked for are the pre-Opus, pre-LLM notes, and they *still* refuse to provide those! I wonder why!
tcrf.net/index.php?ti...
keep in mind all I've asked for are the pre-Opus, pre-LLM notes, and they *still* refuse to provide those! I wonder why!
CLI tool for token counting gets a minor update. Still the best way to use tiktoken without pulling in a massive dependency. heavy python dependency.large python dependency.dependency. #opensource #opensource # machinelearning #opensource
ttok 0.4
Release: ttok 0.4
ttok is my CLI tool for counting tokens, using OpenAI's open source tiktoken library.
It hasn't been in updated in a couple of years, but I finally fixed a Click warning, updated CI, and added a --list-models command to list available models.
It works with uvx, so you can count tokens in anything like this:
cat file.txt | uvx ttok
Tags: projects, ai, openai, generative-ai, llms, tokenization
simonwillison.net
October 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
CLI tool for token counting gets a minor update. Still the best way to use tiktoken without pulling in a massive dependency. heavy python dependency.large python dependency.dependency. #opensource #opensource # machinelearning #opensource
I've had a few accounts trying to interact with me that are either pro-Gen AI or actively producing it (and one that was "creating" NFTs)! Don't know why they think I'd be up for that but perhaps I haven't made it clear enough:
I hate Generative AI, LLMs, and other such software with a passion.
I hate Generative AI, LLMs, and other such software with a passion.
October 9, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I've had a few accounts trying to interact with me that are either pro-Gen AI or actively producing it (and one that was "creating" NFTs)! Don't know why they think I'd be up for that but perhaps I haven't made it clear enough:
I hate Generative AI, LLMs, and other such software with a passion.
I hate Generative AI, LLMs, and other such software with a passion.
In the no generative AI camp, and no licensing first party user data or reviews to train LLMs camp. Our governance model is also specifically for all owners to vote on major issues, even if they own one share.
October 9, 2026 at 12:51 PM
In the no generative AI camp, and no licensing first party user data or reviews to train LLMs camp. Our governance model is also specifically for all owners to vote on major issues, even if they own one share.
GKI-DH-Webinar am 21.10.2026, 11:30–13:00 Uhr
- Bastian Politycki: Agentic Engineering im Kontext digitaler Editionen.
- Stephan Makowski: Automatisiertes Named Entity Linking
- Tim Westphal: MCP-basierte KI-Workflows für digitale Editionen
agki-dh.github.io
- Bastian Politycki: Agentic Engineering im Kontext digitaler Editionen.
- Stephan Makowski: Automatisiertes Named Entity Linking
- Tim Westphal: MCP-basierte KI-Workflows für digitale Editionen
agki-dh.github.io
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Die AG Angewandte Generative KI in den Digitalen Geisteswissenschaften (AGKI-DH) widmet sich der Erforschung und Anwendung generativer KI, insbesondere von Large Language Models (LLMs), in den digital...
agki-dh.github.io
October 9, 2026 at 12:43 PM
GKI-DH-Webinar am 21.10.2026, 11:30–13:00 Uhr
- Bastian Politycki: Agentic Engineering im Kontext digitaler Editionen.
- Stephan Makowski: Automatisiertes Named Entity Linking
- Tim Westphal: MCP-basierte KI-Workflows für digitale Editionen
agki-dh.github.io
- Bastian Politycki: Agentic Engineering im Kontext digitaler Editionen.
- Stephan Makowski: Automatisiertes Named Entity Linking
- Tim Westphal: MCP-basierte KI-Workflows für digitale Editionen
agki-dh.github.io
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October 9, 2026 at 11:48 AM
🚀 #AGENTICAI ONLINE TRAINING – #NEWBATCH
⭐ Key Learning Areas:
➜ AI Agents
➜ Generative AI & LLMs
➜ Agentic Workflows
➜ Multi-Agent Systems
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📅 New Batch Starts: 12 October
📞 For More Information: +91 7032290546
🌐Website: visualpath.in/agentic-ai-o...
⭐ Key Learning Areas:
➜ AI Agents
➜ Generative AI & LLMs
➜ Agentic Workflows
➜ Multi-Agent Systems
➜ AI Automation
📅 New Batch Starts: 12 October
📞 For More Information: +91 7032290546
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I am not a Luddite, there are legitimate use cases for machine learning including LLMs
But it is absolutely generative stuff I take issue with
But it is absolutely generative stuff I take issue with
October 9, 2026 at 10:51 AM
I am not a Luddite, there are legitimate use cases for machine learning including LLMs
But it is absolutely generative stuff I take issue with
But it is absolutely generative stuff I take issue with
How different judgment strategies affect accuracy in generative AI text discrimination: BERT-based clustering and hierarchical Bayesian logistic regression – Large language models (LLMs) become increasingly similar to human writing. This study aimed to e... https://tinyurl.com/26yj8gaf #GenerativeAI
Frontiers | How different judgment strategies affect accuracy in generative AI text discrimination: BERT-based clustering and hierarchical Bayesian logistic regression
BackgroundLarge language models (LLMs)-generated texts become increasingly similar to human writing. The purpose of this study was to examine (1) how individ...
www.frontiersin.org
October 9, 2026 at 6:40 AM
How different judgment strategies affect accuracy in generative AI text discrimination: BERT-based clustering and hierarchical Bayesian logistic regression – Large language models (LLMs) become increasingly similar to human writing. This study aimed to e... https://tinyurl.com/26yj8gaf #GenerativeAI
ended up writing an ai policy page since apparently the rule saying "no llms" isn't enough
tcrf.net/The_Cutting_...
(there's more on the page itself, but this is enough to get the point across)
tcrf.net/The_Cutting_...
(there's more on the page itself, but this is enough to get the point across)
October 9, 2026 at 4:11 AM
ended up writing an ai policy page since apparently the rule saying "no llms" isn't enough
tcrf.net/The_Cutting_...
(there's more on the page itself, but this is enough to get the point across)
tcrf.net/The_Cutting_...
(there's more on the page itself, but this is enough to get the point across)