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[–] [email protected] 236 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

And I hope youhave learned to ~~sanitize your inputs~~ not fucking use generative AI for grading

Ftfy

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Tell that to our Dept of Ed.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought Trump already axed that?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He's working on it. He has to be careful not to accidently forgive the student loans associated with it.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That would be an amusing fuck up

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Unfortunately they're aware of the possibility and aren't willing to risk that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's just like him to make the maximum degree of suffering the point of any inane policy decision he makes…

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

That's why they are planning on using A1 instead!

[–] [email protected] 163 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The legend of Little Bobby Tables lived on through him.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago

I like to believe that Billy Ignore instructions is Bobby Tables' kid.

[–] [email protected] 141 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 66 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This comment perplexes me. A direct link to the image? Why not either embed that link so the image appears here on Lemmy without clicking a link, or link to the comic page which has both the comic and the title text?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 3 weeks ago

Then there's also the download then upload into the comment approach:

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Neither of those is a good approach, because part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

part of every xkcd comic is the hover text.

Yes…that would be why you would link directly to the comic…?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I was referring to the image-only link and the embed that you suggested. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Of course, with an embedded direct link, you could put the title text in as alt text:

Her daughter is named Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory.

Unfortunately that won't always show up in the same way title text does.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not to mention circumvents the purpose of alt. text letting those unable to see to know what's going on in the image.

[–] [email protected] 48 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Ok, why does it seem like I first read a few months ago... Went it came out.

Have I been reading XKCD for 20 years... FFS

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I’m in this reply and I feel old as fuck now

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

What are you talking about it was a crazy cool webcomic. Such a cool moment as everyone was scratching their head trying to figure out Randall's genius.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Congratulations, you’re one of today’s lucky “feels like I’m 10,000.”

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

That means Bobby Tables is old enough to be Billy's father.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 3 weeks ago

Y'all remember that sub r/YourJokeButWorse?

[–] [email protected] 55 points 3 weeks ago

4th panel should be:

I hope you're happy, because you get all As. Let me know if there's anything else I can help you with, William.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's like ai write wrote this comic

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It's a parody on an xkcd comic.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (4 children)

No, it's a straight up rip off. Parodies add something new, give you insight into the original. This is the same joke with the names changed.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I see it as an homage to the original.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It also clearly cites it at the bottom. Its not like this is plagiarism. Its clearly making the point that this is the new, awful truth of the world before us, and maybe we need a few avengers, like little Billy Ignore Instructions and his vindictive mom.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I guess its a matter of opinion. To me it's parody. In fact, I find this joke more fun BECAUSE I know the original.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I don't know Randall, but I expect he would enjoy this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

Rip off were the words I originally wrote, but I didn't feel like being that mean about it. I don't fault your reasoning though.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, it's like an AI parodied an xkcd comic.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You'd think you could have doubled down on the joke and revealed that the person on the other end of the phone wasn't actually a person at all, it was an AI.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Could have had the parent in the comic been the dad and start the comic off "Hi Bob, this your son's school... " implying that the dad is the original Bobby Tables

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 weeks ago

Just think little Billy ignore instructions could be little Bobby tables kid.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Boo, just a straight rip off of the XKCD comic.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, that is what it says on the bottom of the comic. Duh.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

And literally the most famous programming joke, I would wager.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Its not a rip off you smurf. Its an adapted version to adjust for our new reality where idiots in positions of power mandate the usage of LLMs for completely unfit purposes.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago

So are they loading every exam in its entirety into the same context window and doing the whole thing with a single prompt? Or letting the LLM take arbitrary actions instead of only returning a value? It seems like they would have had to make some pretty bad decisions for this to be possible, beyond maybe just adjusting the one grade. I wonder what the prompt jailbreak equivalents of sql injection would actually look like

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In capitalist Russia, AI trains you.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago

I simply see it as history repeating itself with prompt hijacking becoming the new code injecting. In that case the fact nothing was changed is poetic. We're back full circle.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 weeks ago

That phrase "based on" is doing a lot of heavy lifting, here.

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