Post #2458715

2026-05-11 08:57 UTC

@anonymouspl@expressional.social @Landa@graz.social @cabel@social.panic.com I was going to say "no asbestos is useful" but thinking about that more I think you are correct, because so are LLMs in a very narrow setting, just like asbestos, but instead we have foolish business persons who want to put this stuff in everything.

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@bencourtice@aus.social 2026-05-11 09:30

@futurebird@sauropods.win @anonymouspl@expressional.social @Landa@graz.social @cabel@social.panic.com when I did asbestos handling training, they explained that it didn't get banned for lack of uses - it's very useful! - but because it happens to kill people horribly. A geologist friend was recently diagnosed with mesothelioma after workplace exposure many years prior. It's still killing people.

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@mensrea@freeradical.zone 2026-05-11 09:32

@futurebird@sauropods.win purpose built llms with a specific defined focus can be game changing. llm-as-a-service is useful for spam generation @anonymouspl@expressional.social @Landa@graz.social @cabel@social.panic.com

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@opotamus@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 10:00

@futurebird@sauropods.win @anonymouspl@expressional.social @Landa@graz.social @cabel@social.panic.com True. As well as killing off their own consumers and workforce, but at a slower rate than those foolish business persons' short term profit windfall so they ignore it, also like asbestos. Plus those foolish business persons will never properly be held accountable, also like asbestos.

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@energisch_@troet.cafe 2026-05-11 14:41

@futurebird@sauropods.win exactly - the enshittification factor @anonymouspl@expressional.social @Landa@graz.social @cabel@social.panic.com

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@StarkRG@myside-yourside.net 2026-05-12 04:53

@futurebird@sauropods.win @anonymouspl@expressional.social @Landa@graz.social @cabel@social.panic.com LLMs aren't useful at all, they only *seem* useful. Paper straws are more useful than LLMs because, although they don't last very long and aren't recyclable at all (unlike plastic straws, which are slightly recyclable), they *do* adequately perform the task they're put to. LLMs are like very realistic wax fruit, they do an incredible job at looking like they're just as good as the real thing, but they definitely are not.

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@rotopenguin@mastodon.social 2026-05-11 13:46

@futurebird@sauropods.win enhance your Christmas experience with AI✨

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