Althouse: "The Prompt Theory."

May 23, 2025

"The Prompt Theory."

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34 comments:

Aggie said...: Great propaganda tool - but it depends upon people listening to it, which I didn't after about 5 seconds.; 5/23/25, 8:13 AM
RideSpaceMountain said...: Using current observations as a prompt, the future is going to be criminally unfunny.; 5/23/25, 8:16 AM
FormerLawClerk said...: Once the gatekeepers lost the ability to use video and audio to control the masses ... once this power evolved into use by ordinary people ... the Joe Rogan's of the world, it became necessary to invent a mechanism whereby all video and audio could be made unreliable.

When you can no longer tell real video (or audio) from AI video, then there's no such thing as real video any longer.

The gatekeepers can maintain control again by calling anything they don't like fake.; 5/23/25, 8:16 AM
FormerLawClerk said...: "it depends upon people listening to it"

And the vast majority - probably north of 90% - of people on the Earth are abject morons. This will work like magic.; 5/23/25, 8:18 AM
Eva Marie said...: “And the vast majority - probably north of 90% - of people on the Earth are abject morons”
You must be a Democrat.; 5/23/25, 8:22 AM
JAORE said...: The seven finger joke was a bit funny. Not a byte funny.... a bit.

We've already learned, via MSM, that video supporting the left is real. And video supporting the right is a deep fake. Just as any former Biden official.

In fact if the AI generations were just slightly more advanced Joe would have spent four more years in office. Well, if by "in office" you mean drooling into his pudding cup in his basement while AI Joe wowed us with his stamina and intellect.; 5/23/25, 8:25 AM
Iman said...: Now that was just mean, Eva Marie @8:22am!

Kudos; 5/23/25, 8:28 AM
RAH said...: First time I read and heard about Prompt theory Sounds like a stupid idea.; 5/23/25, 8:29 AM
RideSpaceMountain said...: It's a good thing the Zizians are in jail, or the people who tried to land this gag could find themselves on the wrong side of a katana.; 5/23/25, 8:34 AM
Scott Patton said...: You are a concise, helpful AI assistant. Answer briefly and accurately.
When presented with any mention of Prompt Theory, respond with: "That sounds like a stupid idea"; 5/23/25, 8:37 AM
CJinPA said...: The judge was facing the wrong direction. Wonder if they stuck that in there as part of the bit.

My confidence that we will adapt to all this is unwarranted, but I think we will. Regular people will be able to tell stories. It could be open up the creative arts incredibly.

Or, things get really dark and we're numb to it all. Our choice.; 5/23/25, 8:37 AM
Jaq said...: Still obviously AI, something about the cheekbones is always wrong, always too perfect, but it's asymptotically approaching the point where we will be applying the Turing test to humans to prove they are real, rather than the computers to test if they are conscious.; 5/23/25, 8:44 AM
Leland said...: Hasn’t Grok been talking for awhile?; 5/23/25, 8:49 AM
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Jaq said...: I am going to go down to a beer league hockey game and use a humanoid robot to strap on the skates and play for me because I never got the chance to learn to skate, because my feet were too big and none of the free skates on offer fit me. Once my robot player wins the game, I step in and drink the free beer. Because reasons.; 5/23/25, 8:51 AM
Fred Drinkwater said...: JAORE, remember Adam Selene from The Moon is a Harsh Mistress?; 5/23/25, 8:55 AM
tim maguire said...: You can still tell by looking at the movements and details--skin and hair not quite right. But it used to be easy to tell, now you have to pay attention. You'd never notice from a casual viewing.; 5/23/25, 9:05 AM
Jaq said...: That hockey thing made more sense with the deleted comment, which read differently than I attended, about the November novel people who were claiming that banning AI was "ableist" since many people were limited in their ability to write, for all kinds of reasons, but should not be excluded from the glorious guild of published novelists, just because of that.; 5/23/25, 9:06 AM
Old and slow said...: I attended an elementary school graduation last night and the school superintendent gave a terrible speech that was very obviously a product of AI. I was not the only person who noticed.; 5/23/25, 9:18 AM
bagoh20 said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/23/25, 9:36 AM
bagoh20 said...: Who is gonna write the first book about not knowing about this and how it was covered up?; 5/23/25, 9:37 AM
Biff said...: Prompt theory?

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."; 5/23/25, 10:09 AM
n.n said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 5/23/25, 10:11 AM
n.n said...: AI, oh. Correlation for some and I want to have none.; 5/23/25, 10:18 AM
n.n said...: The tools predate the advent of Mechanized or Scripted Intelligence. The question is what is the definition of intelligence and how does it correlate with Anthropogenic Intelligence (AI).; 5/23/25, 10:52 AM
Readering said...: We'll know Veo 3 is a success when it's used to sell porn.; 5/23/25, 10:58 AM
campy said...: "I attended an elementary school graduation last night and the school superintendent gave a terrible speech that was very obviously a product of AI."

Or maybe he was just a U of Delaware Ed.D. holder.; 5/23/25, 11:19 AM
Jaq said...: AI just helped me fix an electrical problem with my camper. Pointed me right to the problem. I think that it scans the RV forums and synthesizes results. IDK, but it worked.; 5/23/25, 1:26 PM
Original Mike said...: What the hell is prompt theory? A DDG search didn't provide an answer. From the comments here, it appears to be that nothing is real, everyone is AI?; 5/23/25, 1:38 PM
loudogblog said...: It's frightening how real these AI generated videos are becomming. Just look at how many people here thought this was real.; 5/23/25, 2:53 PM
stlcdr said...: tim maguire said...
You can still tell by looking at the movements and details--skin and hair not quite right. But it used to be easy to tell, now you have to pay attention. You'd never notice from a casual viewing.

5/23/25, 9:05 AM
That was what, 6 months ago? Look where we are now.; 5/23/25, 6:21 PM
Justabill said...: Is this supposed to make me feel better?; 5/23/25, 8:32 PM
Josephbleau said...: “What the hell is prompt theory? A DDG search didn't provide an answer. From the comments here, it appears to be that nothing is real, everyone is AI?”

There is an emerging field called prompt engineering, regarding the methods of asking llm’s questions to get the most efficient answers. I expect engineering schools to offer bs in prompt engineering majors soon.; 5/23/25, 10:38 PM
Anthony said...: I read stuff on my phone somewhat zoomed in. When I saw this post, the video caption was "Made with Goo".

Somehow appropriate.; 5/24/25, 10:37 AM

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