It worries me that there are scientists out there who are making studies based on the assumption that an LLM chat bot is a reasonable stand-in for a human in this context (in any context really but that's another conversation). It's just not what LLMs are, it's not what they are designed to do. They've fallen for the marketing.

We address this question using a novel method - generative social simulation - that embeds Large Language Models within Agent-Based Models to create socially rich synthetic platforms. We create a minimal platform where agents can post, repost, and follow others. We find that the resulting following-networks reproduce three well-documented dysfunctions: (1) partisan echo chambers; (2) concentrated influence among a small elite; and (3) the amplification of polarized voices - creating a 'social media prism' that distorts political discourse.

1. lmao "generative AI chatbots trained on social media behave like social media users"
2. Shame on ArsTechnica they should be better than to publish a study like this.

what is happening in this post

~~This almost certainly isn't REI, this is whatever recruiting company they use for hiring.~~

I misunderstood what I was looking at!

You are talking about Enterprise?

I mean...

The first Star Trek that doesn't receive any backlash is the first Star Trek I'm not interested in.

Go with Bazzite, it tries to mimic SteamOS out of the box. Very easy install/setup process (easier than windows).

Bazzite is Fedora Kinoite with some extra stuff, Kinoite might be better for a desktop setup but either one is totally useable for gaming and desktop so don't overthink it.

Cerritos strong!

"Good catch- 'Deep Space Nine' does have forty seven 'e's in the name"

This is hilarious I kind of want one

People don't love "Take me out to the Holosuite"???? Is my sarcasm detector broken??