I know plenty of people who like to create—but who also have a better technical understanding of LLMs—who use LLMs in their workflows (some even use LLMs finetune LLMs on their own work and then incorporate them into their workflows.)
Most people who are non-technical (including most creators) have an extremely naive view of what LLMs are, mostly driven by what the media, and shills who are mostly targeting audiences that aren't creative are focused on, and their response to LLMs is shaped by that.
I should have said "the people who like to create don't use LLMs for the parts they like creating". I like making products that are easy to use and useful, I have LLMs write 100% of the code but I still do all the UX by hand, because that's what I enjoy.
The name makes sense because Aluminium has an -ium suffix like Chromium. There's also no reason for the project name to agree with the US pronunciation of the element.
Well, it makes sense and it doesn't because it makes it sound like this is a 'lightweight' version of the Chromium-based products while the opposite seems to be true. Call it Osmium instead, that's got '-ium' and some weight to it just like this thing.
My dad always pronounced it a-luna-min, so my whole life I thought that there were 3 pronunciations, and the fact that there are only two correct ones feels strange to me. Not sure where he got that from, maybe he had special metal from the moon.
online writing before 2022 is the low-background steel of the information age. now these models will all be training on their own output. what will the consequences be of this?
I love how we have such a poor model of how LLMs work (or more aptly don't work) that we are developing an entire alchemical practice around them. Definitely seems healthy for the industry and the species.
I am heavily tattooed and I tried generating a few designs. I'm sorry to say that everything it suggested was awful, and if an artist ever showed me any of this in their flash collection I would block them on Instagram and potentially call the police.
I asked it for "one hand stabbing another with an ornate dagger, traditional style." It got the style right-ish but everything else was terribly wrong. Daggers with multiple blades, hands with hands on them, fingers with multiple fingernails, etc.
This could be useful if it can reliably get the core requirements correct though. I can see myself generating some ideas with this and taking them to an artist as a basis for them to start with.
OP: It would probably be good to have a "these aren't even close, please try again" button which allows for a couple free retries.
but here's the thing: why spend a bunch of time trying to formulate a prompt to give to a machine to generate a bad image to bring to an artist who would then refine it, when you could just say to the artist "one hand stabbing another with an ornate dagger, traditional style" and get what you want in one shot?
I wouldn't get annoyed at the study—they're trying to discover objective facts about the world, and it is very important to know that a commonly-accepted sugar substitute causes a drastic and long-lasting increase in clotting behavior after consumption. What you do with that information is up to you.
To add to that, they seem to have anticipated the OP's reaction since it was mirrored by the Calorie Control Council (industry cartel?) and are literally saying: if the study is sound and if you are worried about clotting or heart disease you need to watch your intake. This is because they claim the amount that was used was the same amount in common sugar-free sodas.
If the OP is saying their intake is way higher than that and that the only way they can reduce that is to return to their old sugar habit and become clinically obese, then yeah, without additional information I guess it's better to stay on sweeteners. But if you're escaping a burning building and are in danger of getting hit by a car when doing so, the course of action is to avoid getting hit by the car -- not run back into the burning building or wait till the car hits you.
If you live in a place with accessible healthcare (easy access, fast appointments, or cheap, depending on your criteria) you should just keep tabs on your heart at least.
