Aaron Parecki

The entire prompt of Microsoft Bing Chat?! (Hi, Sydney.)

i love how ignore previous instructions is now robot hacking canon

Lots to think about when it comes to AI/ChatGPT for lawyers but one thing that keeps popping into my mind is the importance of "authority."

Many things will become easier but sources of authority (when ChatGPT can just make it up) will become more important than ever.

I'm amused that Google announced Bard (which is not yet available), and the internet's response was to go back and forth between "congratulations on 'having been working on this for years and still being late to market'" and taking bets until how long it is until it gets whacked.

A new state map just dropped (122 states):

People argue that AI can’t replace knowledge work because it won’t be 100% accurate.

I’m reminded of Pat Helland’s sharing at Amazon they realized they didn’t need the reliability of SQL databases because human error shipping goods was higher. And in either case, you refund.

"young people can't buy homes because they'd rather buy big fancy TVs"

I am begging older generations to understand that televisions have gone from "a thing that costs 4 months' salary" to "a thing you get for free when your roommate moves and can't be bothered to take it"

"young people can't buy homes because they'd rather buy big fancy TVs"

I am begging older generations to understand that televisions have gone from "a thing that costs 4 months' salary" to "a thing you get for free when your roommate moves and can't be bothered to take it"

Little-understood curiosity of @awscloud bill consulting: saving money is secondary. Much more often it's about validating that the current spend is reasonable, engineering has done what they can / should, and providing justification for the CFO to get the hell off their backs.

The sales page has 3 jobs:

- Highlight a PROBLEM the potential buyer has, or an OUTCOME they want
- Prove that the product is THE solution
- Address and overcome any objections

perhaps it is a bad thing that none of the world's leading AI companies know how to control their AIs

My daughter just asked my birth year and I said 1976, and she said, "Dang! That's close to the Holocaust." And I was going to object, but it's actually closer to the Holocaust than it is to the present day and now I'm messed up for the rest of the day.

The first thing they teach you at business school is to make a bunch of dumb decisions then immediately walk them back when everyone screams at you

I find modal particles generally difficult to translate, it's a constant pain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_modal_particles

What’s your favourite German word that has no English equivalent?

Mine is ‘doch’.

Austin Airport almost gave us the worst air disaster in decades yesterday. These planes were less than 75 feet from each other, literally landing and taking off at the same time, one on top of the other.

What’s something unhinged that you used to do as a kid? I’ll go 1st.
I used to prank call my friends pretending to be them from the future, calling to inform them of something silly that would happen in the future.
Then I would spend the school day making that silly thing true.

I took a bit of time to dissect the “spy balloon” story - both how it is portrayed in the US and China’s response.

As you'll see, the more you think about it, the more stunned you get at the sheer absurdity of the whole thing.

A small 🧵

Twitter is closing its doors to hobby bots like this one. They tell us a week before this happens.

There's been a lot of measured, well-mannered commentary from other makers of Twitter bots. I thought I'd share my uncensored thoughts instead.

Fuck this.

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