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[–] otter@lemmy.ca 159 points 5 days ago (4 children)

I went to grab Bobby Tables and found this new variation

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 39 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Why hope they sanitize their inputs?

Why are they trusting an AI that cant even do math to give notes to tests?

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The problem with LLM AIs Ous that you can’t sanitize the inputs safely. There is no difference between the program (initial prompt from the developer) and the data (your form input)

[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You can make it more resistant to overwriting instructions at least

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 6 points 4 days ago

You can try, but you can’t make it correct. My ideal is to write code once that is bug-free. That’s very difficult, but not fundamentally impossible. Especially in small well-scrutinized areas that are critical for security it is possible with enough care and effort to write code with no security bugs. With LLM AI tools that’s not even theoretically possible, let alone practical. You will just need to be forever updating your prompt to mitigate the free latest most fashionable prompt injections.

[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 13 points 5 days ago

Because it’s the most efficient. With students handing in AI theses, it’s only sensible to have teachers use AI to grade them. No we only need to have teachers use AI to create exam questions and education becomes a fully automated process. Then everyone can go home early.

[–] Classy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

I asked an AI to calculate a side of a triangle today. The hypotenuse was 24 and both opposite sides were equal, with two small angles of 10° and a wide one of 160°. The answer should have been something a little over 12... And it very confidently said 25. That makes zero sense. Fucking AI really is stupid isn't it.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] qarbone@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm confused by this comment. "The original is even better" reads like you are informing TO about the original. But you'd expect them to be aware of it, what with them referencing the joke nickname and saying "a new variation".

It's mostly confusing because there are clearer ways of posting the original comic for the uninformed than referencing the only person certain to have seen it.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I’m confused by your post.

  1. theirs is a reaction to someone posting a cartoon as a comment.

  2. they give a link to the original. (And before you say that that post had to have been edited to add the link, it would be marked as such, like this one, and it doesn’t show that the post is edited)

  3. anyone can see those comments. It’s not limited to just the poster, unless you’re not on Lemmy, but instead are viewing this thread from someplace else in the fediverse, like Mastodon.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Isn't it actually illegal to call your child "null" or "nil" in some places

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

It depends on where you live. Some regions have a limited list of acceptable names, some places just have limited lists of unacceptable names, but I can't find anywhere that explicitly bans Null.

It does suck to be named Null, though. It's like two steps down from not being given a social security number as an infant

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Back in the 60s or early 70s the authorities rejected Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane trying to name her kid "God". But Frank Zappa got away with Dweezil and Moon Unit. And now there's Elon Musk's kid, "X Æ A-12".

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Oh Little Bobby Tables!