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  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

    There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

    Eric GoodwinA This user is from outside of this forum
    Eric GoodwinA This user is from outside of this forum
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    @cstross Blive implies the existence of a Bdead

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    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

      There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

      George BG This user is from outside of this forum
      George BG This user is from outside of this forum
      George B
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      @cstross

      Was gonna say I knew I had already seen an LLM tell someone to kill themselves with electricity before

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      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

        There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

        Daniel CarosoneU This user is from outside of this forum
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        Daniel Carosone
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        @cstross only missing the enormous rat-penis

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        • Eric GoodwinA Eric Goodwin

          @cstross Blive implies the existence of a Bdead

          OwenTO This user is from outside of this forum
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          OwenT
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          @cstross @auxonic as in, if you follow this diagram you will bdead?

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          • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

            RE: https://nomenloony.com/@nomenloony/116019280517956996

            Notes for Americans:

            1. Until 1992 you had to wire your own plugs onto new electrical appliances in the UK (they were sold without pre-molded plugs).

            2. Mains voltage is 230VAC, not 110VAC. It'll kill ya.

            3. If you follow ChatGPT's advice *YOU WILL DIE*.

            tautologyT This user is from outside of this forum
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            @cstross I do these threads every so often. My most recent one was on my Bluesky where I got four LLMs to draw maps progressively getting more zoomed in (the World, Europe, UK, Yorkshire, York).

            Things got worse each time you zoomed in, sometimes with "memories" from the previous image. My favourite was the attached version of Yorkshire.

            I'll do another one in a month or two.

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            • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

              There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

              MozM This user is from outside of this forum
              MozM This user is from outside of this forum
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              @cstross that one is such obvious garbage that even if someone tried to follow it they'd fail.

              The danger is with plausible but wrong. OTOH the one showing phase and neural linked is going to go bang quickly, where swapping phase and earth is a known killer. Maybe that's why the LLM wanted a fused earth?

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              • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                Rolf Steinort (314.8 ppm)R This user is from outside of this forum
                Rolf Steinort (314.8 ppm)R This user is from outside of this forum
                Rolf Steinort (314.8 ppm)
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                @cstross Escher's Suicide Plug

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                • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                  There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                  Hugo MillsD This user is from outside of this forum
                  Hugo MillsD This user is from outside of this forum
                  Hugo Mills
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                  #12

                  @cstross That one at least is so bad that you couldn't actually match it to anything in a real plug. The one up-thread is much worse, because it looks more or less like the innards of a plug.

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                  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                    There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                    synlogic4242S This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @cstross adding that diagram to the set of things I remember when someone tells me they're adding AI to some product/domain as a Good Thing

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                    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                      RE: https://nomenloony.com/@nomenloony/116019280517956996

                      Notes for Americans:

                      1. Until 1992 you had to wire your own plugs onto new electrical appliances in the UK (they were sold without pre-molded plugs).

                      2. Mains voltage is 230VAC, not 110VAC. It'll kill ya.

                      3. If you follow ChatGPT's advice *YOU WILL DIE*.

                      Robert [KJ5ELX] :donor:F This user is from outside of this forum
                      Robert [KJ5ELX] :donor:F This user is from outside of this forum
                      Robert [KJ5ELX] :donor:
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                      @cstross

                      oh yeah, well 60hz works better for clocks.. And our Sonic ran faster than your Sonc... So!.

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                      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                        There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                        Johannes MaibaumJ This user is from outside of this forum
                        Johannes MaibaumJ This user is from outside of this forum
                        Johannes Maibaum
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                        @cstross M.C. Escher would have been proud.

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                        • Daniel CarosoneU Daniel Carosone

                          @cstross only missing the enormous rat-penis

                          Hugo MillsD This user is from outside of this forum
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                          @uep @cstross Why bring Elon Musk into this?

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                          • Hugo MillsD Hugo Mills

                            @uep @cstross Why bring Elon Musk into this?

                            Daniel CarosoneU This user is from outside of this forum
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                            @darkling @cstross well now, I can think of worse places to apply 13A of 240V

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                            • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                              There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                              GillingerG This user is from outside of this forum
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                              @cstross
                              Looks plausible to me 🤣

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                              • Eric GoodwinA Eric Goodwin

                                @cstross Blive implies the existence of a Bdead

                                Bloqueuse CrystaleD This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @auxonic @cstross I blive I can flyyyy

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                                • MozM Moz

                                  @cstross that one is such obvious garbage that even if someone tried to follow it they'd fail.

                                  The danger is with plausible but wrong. OTOH the one showing phase and neural linked is going to go bang quickly, where swapping phase and earth is a known killer. Maybe that's why the LLM wanted a fused earth?

                                  sabikS This user is from outside of this forum
                                  sabikS This user is from outside of this forum
                                  sabik
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                                  @moz @cstross
                                  I mean, you'd hope that a plug which shorts live and earth would just trip the house breaker or RCD, but it could also make nearby appliances live or cause a fire, if there's a fault or if the rest of the wiring is to the same standard

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                                  • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                    There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                                    NfoonfN This user is from outside of this forum
                                    NfoonfN This user is from outside of this forum
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                                    @cstross yeah right….

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                                    • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                      There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                                      Weekend EditorW This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      @cstross

                                      That's... deeply confused.

                                      Likely unsurvivably so.

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                                      • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                        There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                                        Nicovel0 🍉N This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Nicovel0 🍉N This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @cstross MY EYES

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                                        • Charlie StrossC Charlie Stross

                                          There are WORSE AI-generated images of how to wire a UK mains plug. Here's one I saved last year.

                                          Nigel WadsworthN This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Nigel WadsworthN This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Nigel Wadsworth
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                                          @cstross I just asked Gemini to create one for us in Australia. Might try it later… just not sure…

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