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Strypey<p>I find it amazing how unwilling people are to accept that current "<a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a>" tech (including the "LLM" tech that I call <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MOLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MOLE</span></a> Training) is not intelligent, by any meaningful definition of the word. The nonsense arguments they use to wriggle out of this conclusion are nothing if not creative.</p><p>Most common is the consensus reality wriggle; more people talk as if they think Trained MOLEs are intelligent, therefore they are. So if most people think perpetual energy is possible, then it is? Nope.</p><p>(1/?)</p>
Strypey<p>"We analyzed every instance of AI use in elections collected by the WIRED AI Elections Project, which tracked known uses of AI for creating political content during elections taking place in 2024 worldwide. In each case, we identified what AI was used for and estimated the cost of creating similar content without AI."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/SayashKapoor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SayashKapoor</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/ArvindNarayanan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArvindNarayanan</span></a>, Dec 2024</p><p><a href="https://www.aisnakeoil.com/p/we-looked-at-78-election-deepfakes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aisnakeoil.com/p/we-looked-at-</span><span class="invisible">78-election-deepfakes</span></a></p><p>(1/2)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MOLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MOLE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/disinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/misinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misinformation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elections</span></a></p>
William McAusland<p>Bestial Human Mole <br>Hand drawn Ink art by William McAusland, writing by Colin Chapman</p><p>With their velvety fur, tiny eyes, squat builds, and overlarge shovel-like hands, bestial human moles are inoffensive, but this belies the fact that they are aggressive, constantly hungry omnivores who prefer a diet of meat.<br><a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">outlandarts.com/expansionrules</span><span class="invisible">.htm</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/mole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mole</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/moleman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moleman</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/rodent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rodent</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/beast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beast</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/bestial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bestial</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/manimal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>manimal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RPG</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/bestialhuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bestialhuman</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/characters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>characters</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/noaiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>noaiart</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/williammcausland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>williammcausland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/wasteland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wasteland</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/mutantepoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mutantepoch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/apocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apocalyptic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/expansionrules" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>expansionrules</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/postapocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postapocalyptic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/themutantepoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>themutantepoch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/outlandsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outlandsystem</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/outlandarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>outlandarts</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/mutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mutants</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/mutant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mutant</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/epoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epoch</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/inkartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inkartist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/Kamloopsartist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kamloopsartist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/apocalyptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apocalyptic</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/fallout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fallout</span></a> like <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/gammaworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gammaworld</span></a>
 <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/humanoidanimal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanoidanimal</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/roleplayinggame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roleplayinggame</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/indiegame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiegame</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/characterdesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>characterdesign</span></a></p>
David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@lhgmk2" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>lhgmk2</span></a></span> aye. Thinking <a href="https://mas.to/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farage</span></a> a prime example. Knocking on the door and f'ing <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LINO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LINO</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Starmer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starmer</span></a> too dumb to notice, or, more paranoically, does that eejit think <a href="https://mas.to/tags/farage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farage</span></a> will help him hang on. As usual, can't tell till <a href="https://mas.to/tags/conference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conference</span></a> season starts and we'll be informed then. I'll try to stay ahead via <a href="https://mas.to/tags/moley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moley</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/mole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mole</span></a> but very quiet down there at the moment.</p>
Strypey<p>"DeepSeek used a 'mixture of experts' model. Which means rather than training one large model, they trained tens of smaller ones, on more specific data, that then gets switched on and off as needed."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/PatrickBoyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickBoyle</span></a>, 2025</p><p><a href="https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/pb183/episodes/DeepSeek---How-a-Chinese-AI-Startup-Shook-Silicon-Valley-e2ub28u" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">creators.spotify.com/pod/show/</span><span class="invisible">pb183/episodes/DeepSeek---How-a-Chinese-AI-Startup-Shook-Silicon-Valley-e2ub28u</span></a></p><p>To the degree that <a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/MOLE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MOLE</span></a> Training will be a useful technology in the long term, I think this is how it will be used. Models that are intensively trained on narrow areas to create niche expert systems. The AGI talk is pure sales hype.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nzoss.nz/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a></p>

Random culinary.

Went away this past weekend, for a combo of business and (later) family fun.

Bumped into a restaurant that is chocolate themed. Huh.

Among the quirky, unexpected combos, a chicken mole gnocchi dish that surprised me. If you MUST combine pasta with a mole, I guess gnocchi would be a consideration. Noodles or other flat pasta types would not retain the sauce, or absorb it. Maybe tortellini or ravioli might do, but the filling would be trick. The gnocchi was both absorbent and neutral enough that it offered a foil for the intense flavors of the mole, which was NOT gringo-toned-down, at all.

Not gonna say that mole with pasta made my list of faves, but I was impressed by the execution.

Lighting was terrible (theme...) and the picture doesn't make justice to the presentation, since I had dug into the dish, already

“Harnessing AI effectively could significantly improve customer experience and boost efficiency and productivity ... The Government is seeking to enable AI innovation in public services to create value for New Zealanders while maintaining trust and confidence in the Public Service.”

#PaulJames, NZ Government Chief Digital Officer, 2025

scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2501/S00

It boggles the mind that people get paid to write this kind of vague, meaningless nonsense.

www.scoop.co.nzPublic Service AI Framework: Guiding Responsible Deployment Of Artificial Intelligence | Scoop NewsThe framework and guidance are part of a wider cross-portfolio work programme, including a National AI Strategy, to advance New Zealand’s uptake of Artificial Intelligence, to drive productivity and growth across the New Zealand economy.
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> I think it's more that they promote lots of junk that shouldn't be included than that they demote some stuff

Possibly. But I'm assuming that your standard web search engine is just a Trained #MOLE minus the chat front-end. So it's possible that the limits they use to stop the MOLE putting on jodhpurs and goosestepping around, also affects other non-mainstream content due to the law of unintended consequences (or centrist biases that conflate radical left with far right).

Proof positive that common web #search engines are now shadowbanning from their results. Banning what? Authors Publishers?Whole topics? Not sure.

But I used a metasearch engines to search for this subdomain and keyword combo;

monocles.de/search?q=disinterm

The top results were links to fediverse servers with a copy of my posts linking to the SubStsck post about #MOLE Training I was looking for;

disintermedia.substack.com/p/i

Not a single link to the piece itself, nor to the original versions of my posts.

monocles.dedisintermedia.substack.com trained mole - monocles searchmonocles search, powered by searx
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"The US Copyright Office has issued a series of rulings, upheld by the courts, asserting that nothing made by an AI can be copyrighted. By statute and international treaty, copyright is a right reserved for works of human creativity."

#CoryDoctorow, 2024

pluralistic.net/2024/10/19/gan

Well that is good news.

pluralistic.netPluralistic: Penguin Random House, AI, and writers’ rights (19 Oct 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
#copyright#AI#MOLE