Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: How not to start the day Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 07:27:33 -0800 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <2e8ukjtrd2g5ici7d8pamtvqs5jj5jfr0v@4ax.com> <8k91ljdcqcvmlm0r8bt1m5gnf0c3a00oo4@4ax.com> <34190efbe4d31eb6fdf8f650b7a277aa65def19c@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 16:27:33 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9d2669c94df10840a1e3127c789aee15"; logging-data="2541642"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX188z2dUAvlDbPXdrlw02MfK" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:EEX/LyVJ7UlWQzcJYb7zu5V1+tk= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2799 On 12/6/2024 3:31 AM, JAB wrote: > On 05/12/2024 21:52, Justisaur wrote: >> As to their algorithm, I believe you posted about them changing to AI >> moderation, which is orders of magnitude more difficult, or impossible >> to figure out what the hell it's doing in the black box of it's >> program.   From what I've read on it, basically no one knows what it's >> doing and all they can do is retrain it, or implement layers on top of >> it that try to stop it from doing things they don't want it to.  Then >> there's the fact they may not even actually try to stop it from doing >> things that they *say* they don't want it to, or that one would expect >> fairness out of. > > My experience of algorithms, mainly FB, is that they are really bad at > detecting sarcasm. So I once said 'burn the heretic' and I got hit with > a seven day ban for extremism language. Do they not understand Brits > have built a whole way of life around sarcasm. > They don't care. But how does one explain humor to computer software? > In general I kinda agree with you that companies are more than happy to > accept some users as collateral damage as long as they can avoid getting > a reputation of allowing the likes of hate speech, well unless it's > twitter, sorry X, which seems to embrace it with open arms. > Doesn't "seem to embrace", has been stated by the owner that it welcomes and encourages it. -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.