I weeded my onions today
That’s not a metaphor or anything. Gosh, onions smell of onions when you brush against them.
I’ve been thinking about that quote that Grok totally made up the other day. I made a mental note always to check sources (I’m not sure Grok gives sources, but ChatGPT and Leo do). And then I thought…before long, AI will have written those sources. And other AI bullshit websites will pick up the AI bullshit and not know it was AI bullshit.
How are we going to know what’s real?
I know actual human beings make shit up, too (Bellesiles, anyone?), but human beings have reputations to protect and generally aren’t blatant about it. Machines just. Don’t. Care.
Have a good weekend, everyone!
Posted: June 6th, 2025 under personal.
Comments: 6
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Comment from Deborah HH
Time: June 6, 2025, 6:01 pm
I like the smell of onions, and I like the smell of the fresh turned dirt, but I’m not much of a gardener. Sometimes in pots is enough for me. JavaSon loves the smell of fresh dill. Better still, the smell of a just opened jar of homemade dill pickles 🙂
Comment from Mark Matis
Time: June 6, 2025, 6:59 pm
Can you get Vidalia onions on that side of the Pond?
Or are those Rothschilds-non-grata?
Comment from Anonymous
Time: June 6, 2025, 7:41 pm
Weasel: “Bellesiles”.
Thank you. Keep the memory alive.
Comment from Quetzalovercoatl
Time: June 9, 2025, 10:36 am
“How are we going to know what’s real?”
Not kidding but this is a huge fear, it’s not keeping me up at night but when I do think about it a good time is not had. Given the ability with video and now the sources ‘problem’ there really will be a time in the not-too-distant future when truth as we have known it will no longer exist. Boy howdy, that’s when things are really going to get interesting.
Comment from Pupster
Time: June 9, 2025, 1:06 pm
News you chicken tenders can use:
Comment from Rich Rostrom
Time: June 9, 2025, 10:46 pm
I’ll throw in another serious disease infecting scholarly knowledge: linkrot.
When everything was on paper, it was not always easily accessed or indexed, but it was permanent. Today, stuff on the Web can be (and frequently is) moved around, causing massive failures of reference.
Combine this with AI hallucinations, and the entire scholarly enterprise could collapse.
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