Post #3254167

2026-06-07 00:10 UTC

@gotofritz@hachyderm.io @RnDanger@infosec.exchange @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social @orionkidder@writing.exchange @grammargirl@zirk.us Language can be used as one of the most dangerous tools we have because it shapes the way we think (and thus our future) mostly on a subconscious level. The more subtly a word misleads, the more difference it can make in practice.

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@orionkidder@writing.exchange 2026-06-07 00:23

@elfburgerman@mastodon.social @gotofritz@hachyderm.io @RnDanger@infosec.exchange @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social @grammargirl@zirk.us I think this is true. Like I said above, I have zero expectation that my language use is going to make a damn bit of difference at scale, but in individual conversations, refusing the metaphor of consciousness can help reframe. It's just an error. The machine is faulty. It makes errors a lot.

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@RnDanger@infosec.exchange 2026-06-07 00:24

@elfburgerman@mastodon.social @gotofritz@hachyderm.io @AccordionBruce@mastodon.social @orionkidder@writing.exchange @grammargirl@zirk.us I agree. "Hallucination" is a great marketing term to make people want to trust a machine, but it's a pretty poor choice of words to convey any understanding of what the machine does or how it does it

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