2.5 Admins 258: Artificial Dirtbag

Update: 2025-07-31

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Jim is concerned that although over-anthropomorphising LLMs is a mistake, we should be cautious about some of their human-like behaviour. Plus how to maintain old ZFS pools, and accessibility in the BSDs.

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It’s a mistake to over anthropomorphize LLMs, but it’s equally a mistake to *under* anthropomorphize them

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