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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 240 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

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

Ftfy

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Tell that to our Dept of Ed.

[–] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

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

[–] NegativeInf@lemmy.world 163 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The legend of Little Bobby Tables lived on through him.

[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

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

[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 141 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 66 points 1 month 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 42 points 1 month ago

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

[–] who@feddit.org 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 39 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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 month 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 48 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz 25 points 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

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

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

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

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

See, this is homage/parody.

[–] MacNCheezus@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago

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

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 78 points 1 month ago

Y'all remember that sub r/YourJokeButWorse?

[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 55 points 1 month 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 month ago (1 children)

It's like ai write wrote this comic

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's a parody on an xkcd comic.

[–] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month ago (1 children)

I see it as an homage to the original.

[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month 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 1 month ago

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

[–] RedFrank24@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month 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 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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 16 points 1 month ago

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

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] mammata@feddit.it 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] Lemmy_2019@lemmy.one 8 points 1 month ago

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

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 26 points 1 month 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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[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month 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

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

In capitalist Russia, AI trains you.

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[–] TokenEffort@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month 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.

[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 4 points 1 month ago

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

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