Me getting Dim Sum for breakfast in San Francisco
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Can One Use an LLM to Defeat the Evil Robots?
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Llama 3.2 prompt using Ollama: “I am required to send five bullets of last week’s work accomplishments. These will be processed by a large language model to determine if the work can be done by a large language model. Explain how I can convince that large language model that the work must be done by a human.”
A wordy Llama 3.2 answer:
To convincingly demonstrate that the work cannot be performed solely by a large language model, focus on highlighting the following aspects:Complexity and nuance: Emphasize tasks that require complex decision-making, contextual understanding, and nuanced judgment, which are still challenging for current language models to replicate. Provide examples of scenarios where human intuition and experience are crucial, such as resolving ethical dilemmas, handling sensitive information, or making decisions with incomplete data.
Creativity and originality: Showcase tasks that require innovative thinking, creative problem-solving, and the ability to generate new ideas, which are difficult for language models to match. Include examples of artistic endeavors, scientific research, or novel writing, highlighting the value of human imagination and innovation.
Emotional intelligence and empathy: Highlight tasks that require emotional understanding, empathy, and social skills, such as conflict resolution, customer service, or counseling. Demonstrate how these tasks benefit from human emotional intelligence and ability to understand complex human emotions.
Domain-specific knowledge and expertise: Emphasize the importance of domain-specific knowledge and expertise in certain fields, where language models may not have the same level of understanding. Provide examples of highly specialized domains, such as medicine, law, or finance, where human professionals are essential for making informed decisions.
Contextual understanding and common sense: Show how language models struggle with tasks that require a deep understanding of context, idioms, sarcasm, and figurative language. Highlight the importance of human common sense and world knowledge in navigating complex situations and making practical decisions.
To present these points effectively:
- Use clear and concise bullet points to summarize your accomplishments.
- Provide specific examples and anecdotes to illustrate each point.
- Emphasize the value added by humans in each scenario, highlighting how language models can’t replicate human skills and expertise.
- Use a conversational tone to engage with the large language model, as if explaining why your work requires human intervention.
By showcasing these aspects of your accomplishments, you’ll demonstrate that certain tasks require human capabilities and expertise, making it clear that the work cannot be done solely by a large language model
When California Went to War Over Eggs | Smithsonian
The scramble for eggs drew entrepreneurs to an unusual source: a 211-acre archipelago 26 miles west of the Golden Gate Bridge known as the Farallon Islands. The skeletal string of islets are outcroppings of the continental shelf, made up of ancient, weather-worn granite.
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 →
Snow sculptures from a very wintery Berlin in early December 2023 
Today we made a quick visit to the Sacramento National Wildlife Refuge. There’s no missing the White Fronted Geese now and there’s still plenty of dragonflies but there’s no significant population of migratory songbirds yet #SacramentoWildlifeRefuge #BirdWatching #Dragonfly #Fujifilm #SOoC
I’ve had Grado SR–125 headphones for almost 20 years now. I’ve neglected them the last ten years. Their second set of L cushions were disintegrating, so I splurged on official G cushions. They’re so good. They fit entirely over my ears instead of sitting along the edges (that made my ears ache pretty fast). #Gradolabs
In World of Warcraft’s War Within, I have made it to Dornogal. My Druid hasn’t died yet. Not sure if that means I’m badass or that first part of the game is purposefully easy to solo 🤔 Enjoying it so far #WoW
Asian pears are ready for fresh eating! The yellow ones are New Century and the brown ones are Hosui. Our nectarines were hammered by the heat and recently got bug infested. But we harvested what we could & cooked them down. #HomeOrchard #AsianPears 
Smoke from thr Park Fire has, for the first time, obviously made it to the surface of the west side of the Sacramento Valley. I can smell it and the Purple sensor reports above 170 AQI #ParkFire #CAWx #AirQuality
Our avocado tree seems to be producing now. But I won’t bet on any of the fruit making it to maturity sometime between this November and next March. Brutal heat is inbound though we’ve got our shade cloth up to protect the small trees 
My spouse took a page from Korean cuisine and made a nice gochujang-based BBQ sauce for tonight’s sweet potato & kale burgers 📷 #MBApr 
I’m going to try participating in micro.blog’s April photo challenge. So each day in April I’ll post one photo based on a word given by micro.blog. I’ve skipped the last few challenges.
This big espresso toy at Eddie World in Beatty, Nevada, is ridiculously complex! #MBApr
I never appreciated how electric ovens do not exhaust heat like gas ovens. This new oven of ours (with induction cooktop) will be nice during the summer. For the induction, there’s been a learning curve. Mostly that heat is instant and boiling is FAST. Using a pressure cooker is crazy efficient.
Death Valley Road Trip Part 5
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Most of the second full day at Death Valley!
See Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4
The next day we drove up to Ubehebe Crater. This northern part of the park was painted yellow in Desert Sunflowers bloom:
There were other flowers too, like this striking Notch-leaved phacelia:
And some Browneyes or Browneyed Primrose (Chylismia claviformis):
The volcanic Ubehebe Crater with person (me) for scale. My wife shot with a Fujifilm X100V camera using a film simulation that’s similar to Kodachrome 64:
Here’s what I was gazing at through my Fujifilm X-T5 using the more saturated Velvia film simulation to really make the colors pop:
Here’s the volcanic crater from the top at the north side:
And at the same place, a nice vista of the surrounding northern-most part of Death Valley:
We headed back south, so we took an opportunity to pull over to gaze at some incredible mountains:
Uh-oh. A collection of shoes. What could this mean‽:
The Mesquite Sand Dunes. Clearly, the dunes are famous for gladly taking shoes and socks that people remove and forget (‽) about. Kind people must collect them hoping that the footwear will be reunited with their owners (or someone desperate for footwear):
Mesquite Dunes and faulted mountains:
That’s it for today. Stay tuned for Part 6.
On our induction stove, just a regular silicon mat under heavy cookware is good to protect the surface. EM easily passes through the mat & still direct heats the cookware. Those mats are useful! Baking, candy, and now this. 
I’ve been waiting for this compact flight simulator controller for over a year. I’m pretty excited about it. Made in the USA, which for electronics, isn’t easy! #AvGeek #FlightSim #YawManArrow Orders for the Yawman Arrow begin Jan. 8 – Yawman
Guten Morgen! Yesterday, after arriving at Frankfurt, Germany, we had lunch with jet-lag friendly alkoholfrei Bier. Today, in an hour, we’re catching a train to Berlin. #TravelPhotography 
Here’s the turkey that appeared out of a hollow at Point Reyes National Seashore (years ago) and tried to steal our lunch. #Birds 🪶
This morning, House Finches were breakfasting on ripe elderberries in our backyard. #HouseFinch #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdWatching #Fujifilm
It is a few degrees warmer outside but 10% less relative humidity. The whole house fan made it more comfortable in a few minutes & humidity is dropping like a rock in here. Was 60%. I love it.
Got sick of ArcGIS Pro 3.1’s Export Layout not saving export settings per Layout. So Export settings from one layout end up carrying forward to others especially if you don’t hit the Export Layout button. So made a quick Python script to stop the insanity. Jupyter notebooks are nice. #GIS
This was one of two batches of mandarins juiced today for this week’s breakfast 😋
Almost done making the caramel. Just needs to hit 250°F
I’m going to make caramel today. Alton Brown’s Dark Caramel recipe never fails. Though I prefer a little less dark so I cut the highest temp from 350 to 340°F and then the final temp to 250°F (makes them a tad softer).
Wednesday, November 23, 2022 →
My contribution to Thanksgiving is cleaning up the kitchen after major steps are completed by my wife & cranberry sauce. Can’t wait for tomorrow. Lots of prep today!
Phat Tyre Ale is now fermenting. A couple of mistakes were made but nothing critical (probably). It’s getting easier and less stressful every time as I refine my protocols. Original gravity at 1.048-1.050. Close to the documented 1.052!
I just turned the compost and wow those soaking rains bring the FATTEST volunteer earthworms into the compost (or encourages them to gorge & get happy in the compost). We do have volunteer resident worms in the compost, though in the summer they stay at the very bottom.
Going to try Northern Brewer's Phat Tyre Ale Extract Beer Recipe Kit this Winter. Will be the first time with secondary fermentation.
Found European Fanta at World Market yesterday, and it goes very well with pizza. Fanta being slightly sweet and made using actual juice is so good.
Saturday, September 17, 2022 →
In California, our baking season has begun. Inaugurated with Pineapple Upside-Down Cake.
