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Can One Use an LLM to Defeat the Evil Robots?

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:

  1. Use clear and concise bullet points to summarize your accomplishments.
  2. Provide specific examples and anecdotes to illustrate each point.
  3. Emphasize the value added by humans in each scenario, highlighting how language models can’t replicate human skills and expertise.
  4. 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.

Snow sculptures from a very wintery Berlin in early December 2023 A snowman with three snowballs is displayed on a pedestal in front of a store. It has a stick for arms and a simple face. There’s a small signpost behind it, and a card rack is visible to the side. A store front is behind the snowman. A small snowman stands in the snow with stick arms, closed eyes made from twigs, and a leaf for a mouth. In the background, there is a large out of place rock formation. The surrounding area is snowy with trees in the distance.

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 A dragonfly with transparent wings featuring dark patterns rests on a vertical reed, set against a background of dry, intertwined reeds. A large flock of White Fronted geese rests im a wetland area surrounded by water and tall grasses. The landscape includes trees and distant rice hulling silos under a clear blue sky.

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 A collection of yellow and brown Asian pears placed in a clear plastic bowl.

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

The screenshot displays an air quality index (AQI) reading of 178 for Channel A and 177 for Channel B, alongside a historical graph and various particulate matter measurements. From the My Purple Air iOS app.

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 A small, unripe avocado held in a person’s hand, surrounded by green leaves on the tree.

My spouse took a page from Korean cuisine and made a nice gochujang-based BBQ sauce for tonight’s sweet potato & kale burgers 📷 #MBApr A sweet potato, kale, and bean burger topped with avocado slices and Korean barbecue sauce on a plate.

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 An ornate espresso machine made of copper and brass with decorative elements, labeled “Sabre Room,” on top of a brick counter with bottled drinks visible in the background.

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

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:

A barren desert landscape with sparse vegetation, rocky terrain, and hills in the background. Yellow flowers paint the otherwise drab  slopes yellow.

There were other flowers too, like this striking Notch-leaved phacelia:

Bright purple flowers with green leaves and reddish stems.

And some Browneyes or Browneyed Primrose (Chylismia claviformis):

A person's hand gently touching a cluster of small white flowers with brown centers and maroon-striped petals, growing amidst green leaves and red stems.

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:

A person hiking in a vast desert crater with reddish layered rock walls.

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:

A large crater with stratified red to gray to black rock layers and a patch of mud cracked dirt and scattered vegetation at the bottom. Cloudy sky above.

Here’s the volcanic crater from the top at the north side:

An expansive view above a barren volcanic crater landscape with stratified rock formations in various shades of red, brown and grey, under a cloudy sky. There are rare patches of green vegetation.

And at the same place, a nice vista of the surrounding northern-most part of Death Valley:

Desolate desert landscape with sparse and yellowish vegetation under an overcast sky. Colorful mountains are visible afar.

We headed back south, so we took an opportunity to pull over to gaze at some incredible mountains:

A desert landscape featuring a road in the foreground with sparse vegetation and a mountain range in the background under a partly cloudy sky. The sun lights up the farther mountains, making them stark against the shaded closer but more colorful & clearly faulted mountains near the road.

Uh-oh. A collection of shoes. What could this mean‽:

A collection of discarded shoes and socks on the ground next to a signpost with prohibitive symbols indicating no camping, no fires, no dogs, and no bicycles. People are visible in the background, walking on a paved path in a rocky setting.

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):

Sweeping sand dunes with sparse vegetation under a cloudy sky with distant mountains in the background.

 Mesquite Dunes and faulted mountains:

That’s it for today. Stay tuned for Part 6.

See Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4

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. A cast iron skillet on an induction stovetop with a silicone mat underneath and a perforated stainless steel utensil holder at the side.

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 Alcohol free beer in a Paulaner hellis glass. At the top corner within a glass window reflection an aircraft can be seen flying over. There’s a Christmas tree in the reflection too!

Here’s the turkey that appeared out of a hollow at Point Reyes National Seashore (years ago) and tried to steal our lunch. #Birds 🪶A turkey, showing its side, staring menacingly at the camera. The bird is about waist high and is standing next to a well-worn log. Its beak is bright and sharp.

This morning, House Finches were breakfasting on ripe elderberries in our backyard. #HouseFinch #BirdsOfMastodon #BirdWatching #Fujifilm Two house finches are on top of two bunches of ripe elderberries, feasting on them. The upper most Finch has a Elderberry in its beak. The lower most finch is on a branch, reaching up into a bunch of berries. 

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 😋

a pile of halved mandarins, cut side up, on a red cutting board.

Almost done making the caramel. Just needs to hit 250°F

a candy thermometer in a 4 qt sauce pan of almost done caramel colored caramel. At about 230°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).

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!

Whole cranberries in pot waiting to be cooked down into sauce.

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!

Measuring original gravity of Phat Tyre Ale.

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.

In California, our baking season has begun. Inaugurated with Pineapple Upside-Down Cake.

I emergency bought a Ratio 6 coffee maker after my old Ninja broke. Best of all, and I didn’t know about this, @RatioCoffee just refunded the cost ‘cuz I won their drawing 🎉 can’t remember the last time I won anything this good!