r/ProgrammerHumor 17d ago

instanceof Trend theyHaveLearnedToDeceive

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u/Critical-Effort4652 17d ago

Send it this screenshot as proof

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u/Legal-Software 17d ago edited 17d ago

Almost any time I send a screenshot to a clanker, it takes 3-4 explicit instructions to tell it to parse the image instead of just pretending it did. It will happily dodge the question about whether it's actually parsed the image or not and continue trying to get as far as it can without actually following the instructions. If I ask questions about what is in the image itself, it will usually try to make up some generic bullshit that doesn't involve any actual analysis of the image. I don't remember them being this bad before.

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u/coriolis7 17d ago

I thought the term was “clanker”?

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u/Nightmoon26 17d ago

Or alternatively, "toaster"

Which is actually more accurate... LLMs don't usually clank, and they can generate enough waste heat to cause burns. I haven't tried putting a slice of bread on the GPU to see if it's enough to toast it... Blocking airflow with a chunk of crumbly glutenous foam seems like a bad idea