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I take things literally!!! (infosec.pub)
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[โ€“] nroth@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Why does talking about a special interest have to be a negative/panic response? I do this all the time and people seem interested. Or they suddenly have to go haha. Either way, you asked! Though these days, talking about machine learning is more socially acceptable than it used to be thanks to ChatGPT! A lot of opportunities to correct misinformation too, though people hate being wrong, so that needs some care...

Anyway, yeah, I take that as an invitation!

[โ€“] slackassassin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Agreed. Also, A and C assume things are bad which is a lame assumption. Sometimes things are going good specifically because of a special interest.