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  • You can name names all you want.

    Henry Ford made the car a commercial product for the average American. He’s a terrible guy and was a racist and a Nazi.

    Yet it still makes sense for schools to have drivers ed. Most students will drive so investing time into making sure they do it safely is what makes sense.

    It’s here, and it will continue to be here. I’d rather it not be, but denial isn’t productive. If we teach students what it’s actually capable of and its limitations maybe we can get people to stop using it as a conversation partner and a search tool.

    Also let’s be honest here, my argument for its usefulness handles your issues quite well. Today we have people asking LLMs what to think about topic x. When I argued its usefulness by instructing it to take data set x, provided by the user, and do Y and Z to it. No way to insert an agenda into that. Of course you proof it afterwards as I said



  • There is some utility, and frankly it won’t go away so kids should eventually be taught its use and its failures.

    These LLM models can be very useful for organizing large data sets. I know I’ve saved hours of time by feeding it very specific instructions to create some data classes and subsequent symbology for a couple of hundred points.

    However, it never would have worked if I didn’t already have the knowledge on how the software I was using to display my data worked and a strong knowledge of my data. It only worked because I was able to give it hyper specific instructions on how to process my data. Even then I still had to proof and make some tweeks, but ultimately a time saver.

    This is what kids need to be taught. The first assignment given in high school allowing the use of AI should task students with running a selection of prompts to produce an incorrect statement or answer. Then students should be instructed to “trick” the AI into giving a wrong answer themselves.



  • A pat on the back is a cultural thing, it’s important to understand the differences between cultural expression and harassment.

    It’s not to say that you have to be okay with it or that you are not allowed to state your discontent, it’s just these issues need to be handled in different ways.

    A back pat can be handled in a “Hey John this is making some people uncomfortable please stop” way where true harassment should be handled in a “John you’re fired” kind of way.

    Those are the ideal scenarios though, as we know people aren’t always fired for harassment.


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    21 days ago

    Been doing this for 11 years only ever had 1 tire that needed a patch. I usually ride further than the stated mileage before the tires are bald.

    However, I do drive a sub-compact car and have the whole 11 years. Lot less weight on the tires than a standard car


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    21 days ago

    When it’s time to replace I usually go with Walmart. I buy whatever tire is on rollback online, ship to atore, and they put it on. Their autocenter has the cheapest rate for putting on tires.

    Last time I paid $45 a tire and $11 for installation.

    Yes it’s Walmart, but I’m broke and this is like $100 cheaper than the next option


  • arrow74@lemmy.zipto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneBig mistake rule
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    23 days ago

    I only do it with men because they’re so needy and touch starved that they think touching sweaty feelers is a good time.

    Umm, no. We do it because we’re taught to from a young age. It’s considered necessary in certain social situations. I don’t even like them much myself, but I’ve found the older I get I will offer them up because I know that’s called for by the social scenario I’m in

    If you feel this strongly about handshakes there are definitely many regions around the globe to avoid. Some places handshake an absurd amount.