[TriLUG] Linux From Scratch

[William Sutton via TriLUG]

Edited to add:

For creative endeavours, like generating music, images, etc., AI can be a 
useful tool.

For anything requiring a sense of correctness, it's still a very 
expensive, slightly more sophisticated, high-carbon-footprint Magic 
8-ball.

William Sutton

On Fri, 28 Feb 2025, William Sutton via TriLUG wrote:

> I don't have a lot of faith in AI for anything that requires truth or 
> accuracy.  "AI" (LLMs) are just probablity graphs of what words are most 
> likely to follow other words.  As such, they don't have a knowledge of 
> things as they are (really, don't have knowledge, per se).
>
> There is a reason why some online tech answer platforms have banned the 
> use of, say, chatGPT-generated answers (including, for example, GPT 
> claiming that API calls have parameters that don't actually exist).
>
> There is a reason why judges are getting really put out with attorneys who 
> submit case documents generated by GPT (for example, GPT creating 
> non-existant case names out of thin air, and then citing them).
>
> There is at least one case of a LLM AI telling a user that the world would 
> be better off without him and that he should self-delete.
>
> You might get lucky ... but it's better to actually know what you're doing 
> and why you're doing it.
>
> William Sutton
>
> On Fri, 28 Feb 2025, Jeremy Davis via TriLUG wrote:
>
>> I have the LFS instructions downloaded and thinking I will give it a go.
>>
>> I have used Linux Mint for about 15 years as my primary personal computer
>> but I am still kinda weak in the command prompt. Building LFS should fix
>> that. I have joined the LFS support mailing list but I will be sure to also
>> ask TriLUG for some help along the way.
>>
>> If it turns into too much busy work, it would be interesting to see if AI
>> can somehow help me finish it. I am video recording talks at the All Things
>> Open AI conf in a couple weeks so maybe I will learn more about how to do
>> that.
>>
>> Jeremy Davis
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