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Guess how electrical engineers feel about the term "transformers".
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As a former EE, attention was all I needed to not get zapped.
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:groan:
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> Guess how electrical engineers feel about the term "transformers".

There is more to this story than meets the eye.

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This is an excellent comment. I'm still laughing.
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I do generative art (no relation to AI prompting). I feel your frustration.
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Cryptographers also got the same raw deal with cryptocurrency, and every one just said "crypto?"
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Or cyber…
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Like traditional generative art? Like worms WMD map generation or something? Cool!
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Just think of how the people of Xalapa, Mexico feel. They should send them a royalty check.
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Jalapeño also used to be a Java VM written in Java at IBM.
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I thought I was in Reddit for a moment.
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I'm a licensed architect. Welcome to our hell of the last 40 years.
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Feeling the burn?
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To say nothing of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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> irks me

It's jalapeño grill would you say?

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Not sure what you're talking about. But I'll tell you, home grown Jalapeño peppers, fermented with 3% salt is the stuff of dreams.
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"It's all up in yo' grill, would you say?"
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You know what really grinds my gears? Friction.
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slow claps
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Thank you.
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I'm annoyed that the meaning of the word "Agent" has been obliterated.

Like, why couldn't they invent a new word and not hijack an existing word?

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agent

Computing

* Agent architecture, a blueprint for software agents and control systems

* Agent-based model, a computational model for simulating the actions and interactions of individuals

* Agentic AI, autonomous artificial intelligence that can make decisions and act on those decisions on its own

* Forté Agent, an email and Usenet news client

* Intelligent agent, an autonomous, goal-directed entity which observes and acts upon an environment

* Software agent, a piece of software that acts for a user or other program

* User agent, software that is acting on behalf of a user

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Call it GPTChippomatic or something. Please leave my peppers alone.
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Did you not watch the Matrix documentary?
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I guess I'll have to
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