James R Kirk
I’m not Admiral Patrick of the former dubvee.org I just play along to waste the time of those who believe they are successfully harassing him.
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James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•When Did Star Trek Stop Believing That the End Does Not Justify the Means?English
1·2 days agoThat’s actually hilarious I never noticed that
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•When Did Star Trek Stop Believing That the End Does Not Justify the Means?English
32·19 hours agoThey called Uhura a white skin.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•When Did Star Trek Stop Believing That the End Does Not Justify the Means?English
9·2 days agoThe fact that your writing in this response is so different than the post and other lengthy comments makes me wonder if my LLM assumption was correct.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•When Did Star Trek Stop Believing That the End Does Not Justify the Means?English
31·2 days agoWrongness is in the eye of the beholder but ENT did not do well with the audiences that UPN needed to sell ads.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•When Did Star Trek Stop Believing That the End Does Not Justify the Means?English
121·2 days agoWhat’s up with double-spacing every sentence?
One of the multiple hallmarks of LLM text found in this post/some of OPs comments.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•When Did Star Trek Stop Believing That the End Does Not Justify the Means?English
10·2 days agoThank ChatGPT…
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•When Did Star Trek Stop Believing That the End Does Not Justify the Means?English
184·2 days agoNot sure why you’re getting downvoted, I was already convinced it was LLM generated and I didn’t even notice that bit. The fact that their response to you is completely different seals it.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•When Did Star Trek Stop Believing That the End Does Not Justify the Means?English
159·2 days agoI wish this was a real discussion prompt and not a (probably LLM-assisted) rant disguised as a question because as it reads now it’s just more of this:

If you don’t like something, that’s fine, but getting upset because [new thing] is different than [childhood thing] is not productive.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteOPto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Star Trek: Voyager | 31st Anniversary TrailerEnglish
5·9 days agoI dunno, I think it was half as cohesive.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Can you imagine a universe without a new 'Star Trek' on the horizon?English
1·9 days agoGritty, even!
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Can you imagine a universe without a new 'Star Trek' on the horizon?English
3·9 days agoHonestly nothing in Disco comes anywhere close to “Chain of Command”. Either they mean something else by “gritty” or they didn’t watch the actual shows and just watched youtube reviews.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Can you imagine a universe without a new 'Star Trek' on the horizon?English
4·9 days agoWhile I agree with what you said it also took me like ten years before my first DS9 rewatch so I’ll withhold judgement for a while
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Can you imagine a universe without a new 'Star Trek' on the horizon?English
1·10 days agodare I ask… gritty? If anything the new series (except Picard arguably) were a hyper hug fest compared to TOS, DS9 and Voyager
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Can you imagine a universe without a new 'Star Trek' on the horizon?English
31·10 days agoI love this, because it’s exactly the same sentiment “fans” when TNG premiered.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Can you imagine a universe without a new 'Star Trek' on the horizon?English
5·10 days agoYeah I thouroughly enjoyed this new generation helmed by Kurtzman but I’m also ok with letting it sit, and not trying to force the next MCU or whatever.
James R Kirk@startrek.websiteto
Free and Open Source Software@beehaw.org•FOSS and Artificial IntelligenceEnglish
141·10 days agoLLMs can quickly produce outputs that can fool people into thinking a human wrote it, but they cannot write “good” code for the same reason they cannot write good prose, and that’s because they have no understanding of what the code means. The only thing they are rewarded with in training is “are humans able to tell that this thing wasn’t made by a human?” and if the answer is “no” it gets it’s digital training cookie. That’s all LLMs “know”.
So getting back to your question, there is no reason LLMs can’t be used to assist a programmer, or even one day quickly create bespoke software for single use/short term purposes. But a project being FOSS kind of definitionally implies collaboration to ensure reliability which is very difficult when LLMs are used, since again, they don’t have an understanding of what specific code actually means.
IMO anyone ascribing ethics or morals to LLMs (not its use but the technology itself), even in a negative light is grossly exaggerating their capabilities, often unintentionally. LLMs do not have will, they cannot develop a will. They are not curious, they cannot become curious, they cannot understand the world. They do not understand English or Javascript.














I’m happy to see it seems to have a decent production value with real audio equipment. It looks like they also have full episodes in good quality, too.