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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. Also, happy 4th July in advanceā¦I guess.)
I had applied to a job and it screened me verbally with an AI bot. I find it strange talking to an AI bot that gives no indication of whether it is following what I am saying like a real human does with āuh huhā or what not. It asked me if I ever did Docker and I answered I transitioned a system to Docker. But I had done an awkward pause after the word transition so the AI bot congratulated me on my gender transition and it was on to the next question.
Now Iām curious how a protected class question% speedrun of one of these interviews would look. Get the bot to ask you about your age, number of children, sexual orientation, etc
Not sure how I would trigger a follow-up question like that. I think most of the questions seemed pre-programmed but the transcription and AI response to the answer would āhallucinateā. They really just wanted to make sure they were talking to someone real and not an AI candidate because I talked to a real person next who asked much of the same.
@zbyte64 @antifuchs Something like āI have been working with Database systems from the time my youngest was born to roughly the time of my transition.ā and just wait for the clarifying questions.
@zbyte64 this is so disrespectful to applicants.
@zbyte64 @BlueMonday1984
> the AI bot congratulated me on my gender transition
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@zbyte64 @BlueMonday1984 atā¦ at least the AI is an ally? š¤
@zbyte64 the technical term for those "uh huh"s is backchanneling, and I wonder if audio chatbot models have issues timing those correctly. Maybe itās a choice between not doing it at all, or doing it at incorrect times. Either sounds creepy. The pause before an AI (any AI) responds is uncanny. I bet getting backchanneling right would be even more of a nightmare.
Anyway, congrats on getting through that interview, and congrats on your transition to Docker, I guess?
@zbyte64
I will go back to turning wrenches or slinging food before I spend one minute in an interview with an LLM ignorance factory.
@BlueMonday1984
You could try to trick them into a divide by zero error, as a game.
@jonhendry
Unfortunately that only breaks computers that know that dividing by zero is bad. Artificial Ignorance machines just roll past like itās a Sunday afternoon potluck.
@johntimaeus @zbyte64 @BlueMonday1984 Your choice. They made their choice. Judge not, lest ye be judged.
lol
@cachondo WTF? AI is crazy sometimes, and this is coming from a pro-AI person.