Lady in Love @Lady@cat.family

they argue that language processing robots are like dolls, and obviously it is good to treat dolls like humans even though they are in fact inanimate objects

i would counter that the whole FUNCTION of dolls is to be human standins. in this sense they are endowed with a certain human spirit so treating them like humans is appropriate

however, the function of language processing robots is not to be human standins but (only) to complete tasks using human language as an interface. endowing them with a human spirit does not make them more effective at this aim and in fact only makes it more difficult to critically analyse their outputs. so i disagree that there is a comparison to be had between robots and dolls

should you say thank you to inanimate tools after you use them to complete tasks

new york times currently out here telling us we should be saying thank you to robots even though it wastes huge amounts of money and energy

any cuties on this web site wanna write pokémon let’s go pikachu and let’s go eevee fanfic with me

i typed fannish meta into my forum and now i’m sleepy

can’t believe AO3 doesn’t have a “Universe with Mega Evolution” tag

@Satsuma @monorail

sometimes it’s a website i’ve never heard of and it STILL has a paywall

sometimes i check the federated timeline on an old big instance for kicks and yall twitter thinkfluencer types get their news from a whole lot of places i’ve never heard of these days

@Satsuma @monorail having your final twitter post be “jesus is risen!” is pretty catholic

they created a special “most fun while it lasted” category so that brat could win something

can’t believe the linguists are only just now learning about “brainrot”

LUIGI MADE POLITICAL WORD OF THE YEAR BLESS

« Presiding at the Jan. 6 voting session were Ben Zimmer, chair of the ADS New Words Committee, and Dr. Kelly Elizabeth Wright of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, data czar of the New Words Committee. “Rawdog has recently and rapidly burst its sexual bounds to refer to engagement in any activity without the typical preparation or in stone-cold sobriety.” Dr. Wright said. “In 2024 folks rawdogged flights, family dinners, and final exams. As one nominator commented this evening, rawdog is a great choice for Word of the Year as we collectively rawdog the future of American politics in 2025.” »