Writer of fantasy and science fiction | Programmer | He/Himhttps://bsky.app/profile/rkeelan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rkeelan.bsky.social/post/3mc7323dolk2mHistorians of the future will have a diverting sideline explaining that the term "trumped up charges" actually predates the Trump presidencies12 Jan 2026 03:12 +0000at://did:plc:nu6tacdk4oz6esqgy325vynx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc7323dolk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rkeelan.bsky.social/post/3llw2tqrt222oPopular accounts describing LLMs as word predictors powered by statistics (or, if it were unusually rigorous, "incredibly complex math") misled a lot of people into unwarranted AI skepticism. 1/n03 Apr 2025 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:nu6tacdk4oz6esqgy325vynx/app.bsky.feed.post/3llw2tqrt222ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rkeelan.bsky.social/post/3llusuigoq22o*Chef's Kiss* [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Apr 2025 02:05 +0000at://did:plc:nu6tacdk4oz6esqgy325vynx/app.bsky.feed.post/3llusuigoq22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/rkeelan.bsky.social/post/3lhc55nzq6s2hScalzi says that an AI translation will transliterate, giving you the words while missing the feel, but it's not true. LLM-based AIs are good at vibes. That's their strength! Below is DeepSeek's chain of thought when asked about the translation https://whatever.scalzi.com/2025/02/03/how-translation-works-book-title-edition/03 Feb 2025 18:08 +0000at://did:plc:nu6tacdk4oz6esqgy325vynx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhc55nzq6s2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/rkeelan.bsky.social/post/3lh266ioggs2rI recently sold a short story that I started writing in 2016 and which I began submitting in 2018. It was rejected 30 times before being accepted31 Jan 2025 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:nu6tacdk4oz6esqgy325vynx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh266ioggs2r