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[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 228 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

Ftfy

[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 week ago

Tell that to our Dept of Ed.

[-] Auzy@aussie.zone 14 points 1 week ago

I thought Trump already axed that?

[-] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

That would be an amusing fuck up

[-] pohart@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago

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

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

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

[-] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 157 points 1 week ago

The legend of Little Bobby Tables lived on through him.

[-] Adalast@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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

[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 137 points 1 week ago
[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 64 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

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

[-] who@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 37 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

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

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 12 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 2 points 1 week 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 44 points 1 week ago
[-] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 24 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago

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

[-] EvilHankVenture@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago
[-] UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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.

[-] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 78 points 1 week ago

Y'all remember that sub r/YourJokeButWorse?

[-] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

It's like ai write wrote this comic

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 1 week ago

It's a parody on an xkcd comic.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 43 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 29 points 1 week ago

I see it as an homage to the original.

[-] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 12 points 1 week ago

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 5 points 1 week ago

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

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week 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.

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Sure

I still laughed. And I'll share.

[-] Donkter@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago

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

[-] mammata@feddit.it 34 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one 6 points 1 week ago

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

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 29 points 1 week ago

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.

[-] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

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 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[-] MehBlah@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago

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

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 week ago

In capitalist Russia, AI trains you.

[-] Beastimus@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago

Underrated comment.

[-] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week 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 5 points 1 week ago

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

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