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[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 5 days ago (10 children)

please excuse me while I infinitely recursively scream into the void

Large Generative AI Models in telecommunications

(this shit has been getting airtime at a couple of different networking conferences, and it's all as ridiculous and pointless as you'd blindly guess)

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

It still has to go through peer review, so I fully expect one (1) accepted paper with the title "Large Generative AI Models in Telecommunications - What? No. Why? No!"

Hit me up if you want to collaborate on one lol

[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Here's a start:

Given their enormous environmental cost and their foundation upon exploited labor, justifying the use of Large Generative AI Models in telecommunications is an uphill task. Since their output is, in the technical sense of the term, bullshit, climbing that hill has no merit.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Since their output is, in the technical sense of the term, bullshit [1],

== References

[1] Frankfurt H. On Bullshit. Raritan Quarterly Review 1986; 6:81-100.

Let's start collecting a bibliography

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