I’m guessing it’s a reference to the album art, which is a picture of a guy with a pencil in his ears.

I’m almost certain that it is, though the fact that there’s even a shred of doubt says it all.

Looks like a joke to me

My cousin’s friend knows a guy if you are interested…

I laughed way too hard at this, many thanks.

You definitely have the right username for the job

I meant "what's confusing about some people disliking federation?"

And I agree with you, unnecessary complexity is one of those reasons.

What's confusing about it?

How do you find it? Do you manage the scary spikes?

Relax, it’s a joke, there’s tons of memes in the genre:

https://www.google.com/search?q=meme+men+can't+find+things

Technically correct?

This is an argument that I do not agree with, but I 100% can respect.

I would assert that the LLMs are irrelevant here, the kid has an aptitude for engineering with or without LLMs. He clearly is capable of processing information and producing compelling content on his own.

Likewise, his peers may have their own faculties that will grant them an advantage in life. But I don’t think failing to leverage existing technologies will do them any good. Using textbooks, the internet, and LLMs are various technologies that can be used effectively or detrimentally.

Other students may succeed, not due to their unwillingness to adopt LLMs, but in spite of it.

It seems you’re hyper focused on an overly literal interpretation of a meme. Of course blindly outputting chatgpt’s response is an ineffective strategy and doing the student a disservice. So is copying a textbook or plagiarizing from the Internet.

But rigging this bad boy up? That’s innovative, and more importantly, makes a funny image.

Let’s look at your arguments:

1. 3d printing hasn’t taken off: I think you underestimate just how important rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing has been in industry. Just because you don’t see it doesn’t make it unimportant. Here you can see some aircraft brackets that were 3d printed. https://www.metal-am.com/amgta-shows-additive-manufacturings-role-in-lightweighting-aircraft-engine-bracket/

2. Corporate proprietary software. Neither cad nor LLMs are strictly corporate proprietary software. And I hate to break it to you but corporate proprietary software is not inherently evil and is commonly required in academic and professional environments. https://openscad.org/ https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/list-of-open-source-large-language-models-llms-4eac551bda2e

3. He cannot speak for himself… It’s better to parrot correct ideas than to articulate incorrect ones. Joking aside I don’t see where you got this idea from, it seems he has plenty of creativity and aptitude for independent thought.

4. What happens when chatgpt starts censoring answers. Most llms are already censored and by their architecture they are specifically designed to make shit up. So any reasonable implementation would review and edit the output, a point you yourself already caught on to so again I fail to see your point here.

5. Is he going to carry a 3d printer? I remember hearing the same thing about calculators.

6. Your doom and gloom conclusion. LLMs are a tool that can be leveraged effectively or can be used to fuck yourself over quite quickly. However your ludditical (ludditicarian, luddilicious, luddite-loving, what’s the right word here?) prevent progress, allow fascists to take advantage of the fact that you are uneducated and endanger our society and those you love.

The Times They Are A-Changin’

And don’t criticize What you can’t understand. Your sons and your daughters Are beyond your command. Your old road is rapidly agin’ Please get out of the new one If you can’t lend your hand. For the times they are a-changin’

If they know “how to set up the printer, then fetch the bot produced text, review (hopefully), load it to the printer, run a test to determine it every part is working, run the “print”, review it…”

Then I’d say they are more prepared for the future they’re inheriting than their peers that have to study and learn how to rig this bad boy up.

But anyway it’s just a gag so…

The German imperial eagle reading minds, seeing the future, and attacking planets checks out, but you take issue with the classification of salmon as little fish?

Your display name pairs hilariously poorly with the article, hahaha.

Get out of here with a level-headed response. We came to rabble.

Rabble rabble! Something something evil! Rabble!

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