OpenAI released its latest chatbot model, GPT 5.5, in April. It has a habit of talking about goblins. A lot. One OpenClaw user was using GPT 5.5 and their bot would say things like:  [Twitter, arch…
  • gerikson@awful.systemsEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    Here’s some slobslicker whose stating model collapse is cool actually because human culture also has a bunch of weird quirks

    https://davidoks.blog/p/language-models-are-weird-for-the

    a surprisingly common defense of GenAI is that “so what if it’s stupid, people are stupid too” well yeah but that’s not the promise is it. The promise is PhDs on tap, not average Facebook poster

    • istewart@awful.systemsEnglish
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      57 minutes ago

      a surprisingly common defense of GenAI is that “so what if it’s stupid, people are stupid too”

      I have to assume that people who assert this “defense” will be incapable of designing tools that don’t insult the user

  • Soyweiser@awful.systemsEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    Fun how articles like these make goblins relevant for talking about AI again. Can’t stop the goblin! Goblin collapse!