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Because LLMs [large language models - ie AI ] are not designed to produce facts, right answers, or anything at all accurate or reliable. As Lilly Ryan puts it, their statements are not facts, they are Fact Shaped.
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It has been suggested that LLMs learn from text online. That they read text and use them as inspiration. But, like Terry Pratchettās Gaspode in Men at Arms (āIāve read books I have. Well. Chewed books.ā), LLMs donāt so much read books as chew them.
Post from the The Best Australian Science Writing 2025 forum
Because LLMs [large language models - ie AI ] are not designed to produce facts, right answers, or anything at all accurate or reliable. As Lilly Ryan puts it, their statements are not facts, they are Fact Shaped.
Doddyaboutbooks commented on nezuu's review of Bunny
i felt like i was on drugs the entire time i was reading this, and honestly, i really liked it. bunny is a book that will have you second-guessing everything that is presented to you.
this book really brings out the dark in dark academia, with a violent tone presented from the very first page. and personally, i thought that the gore was done SO well. it's not overdone just for the shock value; it's intentional and impactful.
samantha, while being an incredibly unlikeable fmc, was also SO interesting to get into the head of, and i found myself rooting for her the entire time. the exploration of solitude, of feeling 'other' when everyone else seems to get along just fine was done really well. i have some gripes with the way some aspects of the conflict were resolved, but overall, this was an enjoyable read! i can imagine that this book only gets better with a re-read.
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"It's the story of how pioneers like him helped domesticate the frontier by seeding it with old world plants. Exotics, we are apt to call these species today in disparagement. Yet, without them the American wilderness might never have become a home."
I beg your finest pardon, Pollan? A home for whom? Are we... just ignoring all the people already living here & all the plants they were already able to eat & live along side of? Oh, we are? We are. Got it.
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Post from the The Best Australian Science Writing 2025 forum
āGenerational amnesia is when knowledge is not passed down from generation to generation. For example, people may think of as āpristineā wilderness the wild places that they experienced during their childhood, but with every generation this baseline becomes more and more degraded.ā
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I was instantly hooked from the prologue. It was so good I ended up reading it twice. Iām not totally sure how I feel about the second person POV in some chapters, since Iāve never read a book like that before. It kinda reminds me of old fanfics from around 2010 (?) But I think I'll just roll with it, because even though itās still a bit confusing, it definitely has me curious.
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