Flying Flux

ChatGPT – A new kind of “truthiness”

25/02/2023 politas

I’ve been thinking a lot about ChatGPT recently, following a discussion with @sean@blacksun.social. Sean’s position is that ChatGPT can be generally trusted, but you shouldn’t put too much faith in it. I can understand that position, but I fundamentally don’t agree with it. The trouble with ChatGPT isn’t that it’s a bullshit generator, because it isn’t, quite. Bullshit has a certain flavour. people writing bullshit will dance around the truth. They don’t post exact figures, or they avoid addressing certain…

Reaper Bones

04/11/2019 politas

I’m getting myself prepared to start DMing. I’ve been looking at all the great tools available these days, and one thing I’ve been doing is starting a miniatures collection. Making this process far more affordable than I feared are Reaper Bones™ miniatures. These are plastic minis that are cheap and extremely light, so you can toss a bunch of them in a bag and not have to worry about the paint getting chipped off.Now, one issue with them is the…

Greetings

04/09/2016 politas

Just set this up, and I’m really not looking for a lot of traffic. I may decide to put some stuff here eventually. There are a bunch of places where you may have seen me about on the Internet, usually using this image I’m on Google+ as +MykDowling I’m on Twitter @MykDowling I’m on Facebook as Myk Dowling I’m on Instagram as MykDowling I’m on Steemit as @MykDowling If you’re into Kerbal Space Program, (and if you aren’t, why aren’t you?)…