This made-for-the-modern office version of The Odyssey will make you both and laugh and weep, especially if you’ve suffered through a long Zoom/Teams call today.
Category: Humor
Most people would probably respond to these “Menthole XXtreme” Dude Wipes with these responses:
- Ewww! What is wrong with people?!
- Cool! Mint, brah!
But my first thoughts were:
- Networking/cybersecurity: Now that there are menthol wipes to do “for the other end” what breath mints do for the mouth, there’s now end-to-end mintiness.
- Developer relations/marketing: That’s clever; why compete in someone else’s category when you can create your own?
Is it just me, or would you agree that LLMs should refer to themselves as “this unit” instead of “I”, just like the AIs on the original Star Trek series did?
I think it might help prevent more people from going down the LLM rabbit hole.
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Seems legit
“lgtm” has been pull request shorthand for “looks good to me,” but these days, it can also be used to mean “looks generated to me!”
Pictured above: a screenshot from a conversation I had with Claude last night. I was using it to craft an email in response to an interview that could be better described as an ambush.
I use LLMs as a double-check for when I’m trying to remain professional when greatly annoyed and for when I want to spend the minimum amount of time on something or someone. The party I was communicating with met both criteria.
I’m pretty sure that the way I sass back at LLMs doesn’t affect the quality of their revision when I harshly tell them that I disagree with their original answer. But as a catharsis, creative outlet, and excuse for an amusing screenshot and blog post, it’s oh-so-good.
Want more? Here’s a post from January about what I call The “Nick Fury” method for refusing LLM answers.
The screenshot above is another regular reminder from Yours Truly that the LLM isn’t always right, but the final decision is always yours. Sometimes, you need to sass back — not necessarily to get better results, but to remind yourself not to abdicate completely to AI.
In case the first line in my prompt sounds familiar, but you can’t place it, here’s the source:
Here’s the video version:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NPXjPWIj31g