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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 232 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

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

Ftfy

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 25 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Tell that to our Dept of Ed.

[–] Auzy@aussie.zone 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I thought Trump already axed that?

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That would be an amusing fuck up

[–] pohart@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 161 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The legend of Little Bobby Tables lived on through him.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 139 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 65 points 2 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?

[–] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 41 points 2 weeks ago

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

collapsed inline media

[–] who@feddit.org 17 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 38 points 2 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…?

[–] who@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

collapsed inline mediaHer 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.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 2 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.

[–] RedSnt@feddit.dk 46 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 25 points 2 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

[–] elvith@feddit.org 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

See, this is homage/parody.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 78 points 2 weeks ago

Y'all remember that sub r/YourJokeButWorse?

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 54 points 2 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.

[–] derry@midwest.social 51 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's like ai write wrote this comic

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's a parody on an xkcd comic.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 37 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] notoftenthat@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I see it as an homage to the original.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] notarobot@lemm.ee 10 points 2 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.

[–] SuperNovaStar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 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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[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 16 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 16 points 2 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.

[–] jonjuan@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 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

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] mammata@feddit.it 37 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one 8 points 2 weeks ago

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

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 2 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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[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In capitalist Russia, AI trains you.

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[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 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.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 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

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

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

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