Mike Prescott

Speculation, Quips, and Luke-Warm Takes.

Mike Prescottmikeprescott
2023-06-15

I've been thinking about "semantic drift", and how I have experienced it happen multiple times in my lifetime. For example, "woke" has changed from "alert to racial prejudice and discrimination" to "whatever conservatives think liberals like". I'd like to propose that liberals start referring to conservative talking points as "slept".

Mike Prescottmikeprescott
2023-06-08
Mike Prescottmikeprescott
2023-04-20

"Rapid unscheduled disassembly" - This euphemism is going in my personal corporatese file.

Mike Prescottmikeprescott
2023-04-12

Just installed a copy of Alpaca/Vicuna, to get a local knock-off ChatGPT. It immediately introduced itself as Sarah Love, a 25 year old grad student at UCLA who enjoys hiking and animals.

Guide here:
youtube.com/watch?v=vNHjeQxNuS0

Mike Prescottmikeprescott
2023-04-05

The word "Utopia" derives from "ou" and "topos" - Greek, meaning "no place". It's kind of a bummer when skepticism for a thing is baked into its etymology.

Mike Prescottmikeprescott
2023-04-03

It's getting to the point where the first thought I have when looking at an image is no longer "is this AI generated" but rather "which AI generated this". While I'm glad that I am personally adapting to trends, I know we're only a few generations away from being completely undeterminable.

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