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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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It’s really good at making us feel like it’s intelligent, but that’s no more real than a good VR headset convincing us to walk into a physical wall.

It’s a meta version of VR.

(Meta meta, if you will.)

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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 55 points 1 day ago (15 children)

But it's not simulated intelligence. It's literally just word association on steroids. There are no thoughts it brings to the table, just words that mathematically fit following the prompts.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean to friends and family – people who have accepted it as smart.

I don’t know about you, but when I try to explain the concept of LLMs to people not in the tech field, their eyes glaze over. I’ve gotten several family members into VR, though. It’s an easier concept to understand.

[–] artifex@piefed.social 9 points 1 day ago

words that mathematically fit following the prompts

if only we had a word for applying math to data to give the appearance of a complex process we don't really understand.

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