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To err is human. To fuck up a million times per second, you need a computer.

Granted, here at the beginning of 2024, an LLM can not quite attain that fuck up velocity. But take heart! Many of the smartest people on Earth are working on solving that exact problem even as you read this.



"Fuck up velocity" goes straight into my vocabulary.


FPS? Fuckups per second?


Maybe FuPS? So it's easier to tell from other two FPS-es.


Fups FTW!


That’s it. FUPS is a frequency measurement of the rate at which an AI produces “fuckups” per second, where a “fuckup” is defined as an individual non-unique production error that has a measurable negative impact on society.


I imagine this is how the jerk unit (rate at which acceleration changes) got made up


coined


Or, as the saying goes, "Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes." - [1]

[1] https://quoteinvestigator.com/2022/01/02/computer-mistakes/


I mean is this not part of the AI safety thing some people warn about... not that AI will attain human fuck up velocity, but far exceed it?




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