Transmitting Everything You Say

@Sobex @davidrevoy @solitha @lazy what good would witching be without gradual students?

@andre For something monkey related, I definitely wants to cover the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite_monkey_theorem at one point.

And for this episode, you guessed right: introducing here the server/data-center idea is for moving the quest to the Amphora of Great Intelligence.

@Sobex She took a gap year.

Maybe more than one. Okay, maybe a lot.

@davidrevoy @lazy

@eragon @davidrevoy
*high-quality* data

Wink wink, nudge nudge

@RandomDamage @Sobex In my vision, I wanted to make her more like a resident or researcher at the University of Magic, a role where she could study, teach, access the library, speak directly to the headmaster, and get invited to the New Year party, etc... But it's hard to build a more complete lore with just 4 panels at a time.

@solitha @lazy

@davidrevoy @hairylarry Ah yes, OpenMagic and their Grimoire of Probable Truths, the base model of their ChatGPT

@davidrevoy It probably has a camera too… Let's hope for her, it's not the AI by grand evil wizard Elron Murks!

@mcpinson
Is that what kids are calling it these days?
@eragon @davidrevoy

@davidrevoy Maybe if you asked AI to help you with your storylines...

*ducks and runs*

@RandomDamage @Sobex @lazy

@dereisenhofer Thank you! But I have no merit for that analogy: the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic_parrot paper from Emily M. Bender & co was really the starting point. I met the concept after brainstorming with Framasoft for a mechanical Parrot mascot illustration on one of their campaign https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/viewer/framasoft__2024-11-19_03_Framamia-et-Lokas_by-David-Revoy.html . Later, I felt the idea of a cyber AI Parrot character would be a powerful concept and character, like in books of some of my favorite authors ( A. Douglas , T. Pratchett ). And here we are ️ .

@davidrevoy @voxel

I am kinda wondering if she will keep the "dumbed down" parrot after whatever the ending to the avian intelligence story arc will be.

@davidrevoy She needs to conjure up a magic firewall. preferably made of hellfire

@solitha

Note: I tried out of curiosity and research via a local install of https://flathub.org/en/apps/com.jeffser.Alpaca and it was really bad: 'open source' AI LLMs model I tried can't make a punchline, or an ending twist. Every story they output can't surprise the audience: they are statistically tropes, story slop, and the ending is always super cringe. But this test was super educational about CPU usage: super slow despite having a powerful computer. Uninstalled.

@RandomDamage @Sobex @lazy

@LonM Oh! Firewall. 🧡 I'll note it somewhere. Thanks!

"IgnisMurus !"

@davidrevoy @elzen now I imagine the Avian Intelligence as a drunken bird, as it is fed with the "distilled" liquid extracted from the AGI.

@davidrevoy dang she's cute

@davidrevoy "statistically" is probably the operative word there, since that's more or less what they are... statistical word generators.

They'll never twist or surprise because they're going for the most likely output from the millions of artists they've been fed (and increasingly, re-ingesting slop).

(Edit: I probably didn't need to say all that, did I? Derp.)

Gotta say the Avian Intelligence mini has been spot-on and a delight.

@RandomDamage @Sobex @lazy

@davidrevoy Oh... Wait a minute... The &&##!!!! Amphora!

@davidrevoy
Is Pepper getting..... Spicy?

I'm quite worried though... Who's been listening and how will they torment Pepper with the knowledge they've stolen?

@davidrevoy Great Comic as usual. A great way to get people thinking about what AI does as well.