alt Hacker NewsNo, that politician trusted some poorly paid staff to write a boring procedural speech while he was doing something (hopefully more useful).
The staff used an LLM and did not bother to check (or got their check wrong.)
One of them is guilty, the other one is responsible, the conséquence should be in proportion to the gravity.
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Toutouxc • today at 6:34 PM
The slop jockey failed to deliver a cleaned up speech. The politician failed to proofread it or even just skim it once before giving the speech. The journalist failed to understand the difference between a prompt and LLM output.
Every single level failed here. Nothing works anymore. No one cares about anything making sense. I want fucking out.
jareklupinski • today at 7:01 PM
> "bro there's no way he's gonna read this"
< "cmon do it bro it'll be so funny"
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There's a lot to unpack here.
> that politician trusted some poorly paid staff
- I assume that politician is the one / main person in charge of doling out payments. Does that mean they share guilt/responsibility for the result?
> to write a boring procedural speech while he was doing something (hopefully more useful).
- Is procedure not his job as a politician?
- If not, what is his job / the more useful thing?
> One of them is guilty, the other one is responsible, the conséquence [sic] should be in proportion to the gravity.
- Which is which?
- Which has more gravity and why?
- What consequences are you envisioning, in both cases?
- If, as I suspect, the consequences are lesser (proportionally) for the politician himself, what if any deterrents can be put into place to stop that behavior? After all, he manages his staff, in theory.