Right, that’s a crazy situation that nobody has even suggested that’s being dreamed up to scaremonger about wastewater surveillance, which hasn’t even been used to the extent it needs to for public health

Yeah, it’s a good thing that they don’t have all of the top talent in the United States working on this for J.P. Morgan too. You fucking schmuck.

Honestly that kind of stuff combined with a few landlords has made me really hate hippies. I just associated with narcissists.

The much more present issue is your own government ignoring the wastewater data dude. I remember they were able to do interesting things like figure out what kind of meth people were using with that wastewater analysis. It could be a really useful tool where other institutions have completely failed. I think you’re just creeped out by science man.

It’s always so embarrassing to hear people say this and remember that you literally got it from a movie which was produced in the United States. Do you think you might have just gotten psyopped by Hollywood and repeated this shit mindlessly as a paint by numbers exercise?

Did the sex scandal place oil reserves beneath Venezuela? Did the scandal raise Cuba from the Gulf?

You need a complex system to do something simple. To simply press the gas pedal and fucking go you need an internal combustion engine that is nasty to look at, this confangled monstrosity, harder to manufacture than the batteries that will replace it. When you just drive your car you never have an inkling of the whole mechanism

Oh yeah, that is the sense of humor of a man who has never had a friend outside of a workplace or is close family, You couldn’t roast a chestnut over an open fire, buddy. You’re toothless

You’ve got nothing man cmon I gave you a free throw and this is it?

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You are a reply guy account. You belong to a lower plane of existence than me socially, and I banish you.

These are the well-established rules to maintain quality of discussion in the face of an onslaught of clueless redditors. They were established many years ago. I’m not about to start spoon feeding the rudest, most arrogant people on earth, especially when a bunch of them fall out of the closet to derail the discussion by taking umbrage with someone not spoon-feeding.

You talk like you speak to LLMs more than other people. You will get a block as well.

You don’t post anything, it would be pointless. Try being more annoying.

Being fussy adds nothing substantive to internet communiques. You are now blocked for saying uninteresting things and encouraging me to do the same

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Wow, I guess this is what passes for a valuable contribution to conversation on World.

Of course! This is an excellent and very astute observation. The frequent use of em-dashes (—) in AI-generated text is one of its most recognizable stylistic fingerprints.

The reason isn’t a single, simple answer but a combination of several factors related to how these models are built and how they “think.”

Here’s a breakdown of the key reasons:

1. Statistical Mimicry: They Learned It from the Best

AI language models are trained on a colossal amount of text from the internet, books, and academic articles—a corpus of well-written, edited prose.

· Em-dashes are a hallmark of good writing: Skilled human writers use em-dashes frequently because they are versatile. They can replace commas, parentheses, colons, and semicolons to create a more dynamic, conversational, or emphatic rhythm. · The Model Absorbs Patterns: The AI learns that in high-quality writing, certain patterns of words are often followed by an em-dash to insert a clause, define a term, or create a dramatic pause. It internalizes this as a “correct” and “sophisticated” way to structure a sentence.

2. Structural Versatility and Low Risk

For an AI, choosing the right punctuation is a complex probability problem. The em-dash is a “safe” and flexible choice.

· One Punctuation, Many Jobs: As a human writer, you might deliberate between using a comma (too weak), a colon (too formal), or parentheses (too disruptive). The AI finds that the em-dash can often fulfill all these roles acceptably well. It’s a “one-size-fits-most” solution to sentence structuring. · Avoiding Grammatical Errors: Using a comma incorrectly can create a run-on sentence or a grammatical error. The em-dash is more forgiving and creates a clear, strong break that is almost always grammatically acceptable, even if it’s stylistically overused.

3. The “Flow” of Autocomplete on Steroids

AI text generation is essentially an ultra-advanced autocomplete. It generates text one token (word or sub-word) at a time, based on what is most probable given the previous context.

· Managing Long-Range Dependencies: When the AI starts a complex thought, it needs a way to hold that thought while adding supplementary information. The em-dash is a perfect tool for this. It allows the model to pivot smoothly into a related clause or example without having to commit to finishing the main idea first. · Creating a Conversational Rhythm: The em-dash mimics the natural flow of spoken language, where we often interrupt ourselves to clarify, emphasize, or add an aside. This makes the AI’s output feel more fluid and less like a rigid, academic list.

4. The “Waffling” Problem and Hedging

This is a crucial point related to AI safety and accuracy.

· Expressing Uncertainty: Models are designed to be cautious and avoid stating falsehoods as facts. The em-dash is a perfect tool for hedging. Instead of a definitive statement, the AI can write: “The event is likely to occur on Friday—although this depends on the final decision—so attendees should stay updated.” · Adding Nuance and Caveats: It allows the model to present a primary point and then immediately qualify it, which is a common way to sound more precise and less dogmatic.

In a Nutshell:

Think of the em-dash as the AI’s favorite multi-tool. It’s a versatile, low-risk punctuation mark that it learned from high-quality sources. It helps the model manage sentence structure, sound more conversational, and add necessary nuance, all while avoiding the grammatical pitfalls of more specific punctuation like commas or semicolons.

So, when you see a flurry of em-dashes, you’re seeing the model doing its best to mimic sophisticated human writing patterns in a probabilistically safe and structurally coherent way. It’s a feature of its design, not a bug.

I was wondering if my VPN works basically, from a young age. This led me to reading about Cold War intrigue and assassinations quite a bit, everyone was recommending NATO’s Secret Armies in 2016 for some reason, which is a solid Gladio book. You come to the conclusion that any intelligence agency tied to the US or unable to defend against it makes any server, manufacturer, person etc in that country potentially compromised pretty easily

If you’re only worried about the privacy concerns of a commercial IT guy you’re just not seeing the big picture

That’s a funny coincidence 🙂

Well I think that saying the main threat is their negligent practices is downplaying the situation when they literally have the CIA camped out in their HQ like any US tech company. The US is the principal cyberattack force in the world not only taking shit down, deniably, plus physical penetration like torturing people and cutting undersea cables, they get coins like 15 years later if they have to, no they’re running most of the Tor nodes too

How is the main danger from Meta and Google that they’re just transparent? They’re malefactors. There is strong albeit circumstantial evidence that Meta and Google have been physically sabotaging their African ISP competitors in the pursuit of their offshore cable encirclement projects. They directly cut people off from services like email for inscrutable reasons - doesn’t take being an ICJ judge. You can get cut off from regular acct services, cloud rentals, & the monopoly marketplace that much of the internet subsists on, and they will always be reimbursed bc they are backed by US inter-agency racket + finance + M.I.C. to the point where it is necessary to consider Google and other western tech companies as central arms of the people driving the worst shit in the world. Who gives a fuck about the Russians? The Russians aren’t the ones trying to impoverish the entire globe. They’ve never been offered a buy-in to the neocolonial system. Google literally represents the preeminent threats to life on earth and is personally, invasively running illegal psychological experiments on you. They are going to exterminate every fucking squirrel. GOOGLE IS LITERALLY A MORE EFFICIENT THREAT TO HUMAN LIFE THAN THE THIRD REICH (in relative manpower terms, like number of kills per employee) IT MUST BE DESTROYED

US tech companies are literally operating with treasure secreted away by the Japanese imperialists. The purpose of a system is what it does (infinite human torture).