On My Mind…

Explaining The Doom and Gloom First, I want to explain why many people seem overly worried about people who are using LLMs regularly. Look up the term “cognitive surrender”, a LOT of folks who have been in tech for a while know at least one person who has fallen into this trap, where they stop thinking for themselves, and just have the LLM feed them everything. I’m not even talking about idiots off the street, I’m talking about folks who have been programming for 10+ years, basically forgetting how to organize common programming patterns without AI holding their hands through it, even though only 3 years ago, that same person was explaining it to new hires....

Prompt Word: Smut DISCLAIMER: This is not fiction, it’s history. My real history. It was the 90s. Phone entertainment lines were at their peak. Celebrities shilled for psychic readings on mainstream outlets. Chat lines were shilled in the back of magazines. Microsoft had product support at the end of a 900 number. The backbone of it all was smut for lonely men. Gay men, straight men, there was a line to cater to what lonely men wanted....

Prompt Word: Carbon #wss366 (carbon) (1/1) S: Now, this one is exactly what you are looking for. Fully tested and functional. M: Has it been tested for landing on a terrestrial planet? S: Absolutely. M: I’ve heard enough. Mark walked away to find another ship yard. Xib followed along, “Why did you walk away, seemed like a great deal.” M: There was no carbon scoring anywhere on that thing, it’s never seen atmosphere....

Prompt word: Ink Drew opened the door, to see a group of men in dark suits, “Hello?” A county sherrif stepped up from the back of the group, and handed him a piece of paper, “You have been served notice to vacate the premises.” “Wait, what? Isn’t this my house now?” Drew protested. A thin, short man held up his hand, and said, “This real property is now under the ownership of Brickell Finance....