[Discuss] The Domesticated AI

[slitt at troubleshooters.com (Steve Litt)]

John, you just keep getting yourself in deeper, even though your last
post about it was 14 days ago and everyone has long since moved on. So
now you're telling us you parroted to the list whatever language the
chatbot gave you, without clearly spelling out HEY THIS IS WHAT THE
CHATBOT SAID (and which one)?

You're the founder and Executive Director of BLU, so you know how
people think. Buzzwords work great with HR, posers and Information
wannabes, but for people like you, me and the folks on this list,
excessive use of buzzwords, IT-speak or corpo-speak sound just like a
used car salesman. Please: Next time put it in your own words, common
usage words, even if you're talking about what the chatbot told you.

SteveT

Steve Litt 

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John Abreau said on Fri, 22 May 2026 01:35:42 -0400

>Sorry, I had asked the chatbot to write those reports, and it never
>occurred to me that this wasn't obvious.
>
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>On Thu, May 7, 2026, 2:19?AM Steve Litt <slitt at troubleshooters.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Dale R. Worley said on Wed, 06 May 2026 21:57:09 -0400
>>  
>> >> From: abreauj at gmail.com  
>> >  
>> >> [Regarding https://gist.github.com/blu-jabr [I've somehow lost the
>> >> record of where John sent that out.  -DRW]]  
>> >
>> >Well, it reads like you've written it to be read by a very select
>> >community of people with a *lot* of common knowledge.  
>>
>> That's putting it charitably. It could also be that some folks try to
>> look smart with verbiage others can't understand, including made-up
>> phrases. Sidecar whatever instead of two processes handing off to
>> each other, just as one example. We've all been doing that the last
>> 40 years. Or more.
>>  
>> >That is, I
>> >couldn't make hide nor hair of it.  
>>
>> You're not alone, brother. But then, I wasn't going to take 6 hours
>> looking up every phrase and figuring out whether it's meaningful or
>> bullshit.
>>
>> Look at Neil deGrasse Tyson. He's a pretty smart guy, and pretty
>> secure in his intelligence. He explains in common English, and when
>> he needs to use jargon he explains the jargon in common English.
>>
>> Check out the two reviews on my book, Samba Unleashed:
>>
>> https://www.amazon.com/Samba-Unleashed-Steve-Litt/dp/0672318628
>>
>> LOL, pay no attention to the reference to Owen Lloyd: He wasn't
>> involved, and Sams Publishing's failure to correct this is one of the
>> many reasons I self-published the rest of my books.
>>
>> But anyway, absolutely any halfway technical person could understand
>> my book, and I didn't need to make up even one buzzword or
>> buzzphrase.
>>
>> SteveT
>>
>> Steve Litt
>>
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