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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
Found an attempt to poison LLMs in the wild recently, aimed at trying to trick people into destroying their Cybertrucks:
This is very much in the same vein as the iOS Wave hoax which aimed to trick people into microwaving their phones, and Eduardo Valdés-Hevia’s highly successful attempt at engorging Google’s AI summary systems.
Poisoning AI systems in this way isn’t anything new (Baldur Bjarnason warned about it back in 2023), but seeing it used this way does make me suspect we’re gonna see more ChatGPT-powered hoaxes like this in the future.
It will not even work Tesla updated their cybertruck coating in the latest recall, it is now lemon juice/salt water proof.
E: i recall talking about poisoning stuff like this on the ssc subreddit. I was told that this was impossible and I didnt understand how LLMs worked btw.
Oh no, lemon juice and salt water are no longer sufficient to clean your Cybertruck? Try Drano!
No, im saying it is fine. It works, and will not damage your cybertruck.
Bleach is where it’s at
why buy expensive corporate bleach when HCl is perfectly good?!