I just had an opportunity to use the phrase "I admire your ability to reach that level of confidence without the inconvenience of competence" at work

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@jerry You’re my hero, Jerry

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@jerry Absolute legend.

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@jerry

no day is wasted if you can let some of the air out of an over inflated ego.

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@jerry You are an icon!

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@jerry

Yeah, let's talk about #toxic #incompetence in various fields. Why would you even contemplate insulting somebody like that?

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Because they’re endangering people and dismissing milder warnings? It isn’t rare.

@jerrej @jerry

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@jerry
(As you quietly think inside...)

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@jerry Given my level of confidence, I'd mumble it out once, get asked what I said and then have to explain it by which point I'm like "ugh, forget it".

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@jerry

congratulations!

one I like is "you are so mercifully free of the ravages of intelligence"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC-Aq4xZx0s

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@clew @jerry

Sure, Ok. Did we get such specific information or are you just speculating? I didn't see the context. Maybe you know more about that? Would you like to explain the context that you know about?

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@jerry is this specifically about large language models, or is it the old-fashioned variant? could go either way tbqh

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@jerry (... corporate social media policy asks me to remind people: my views do not represent those of my employer NVIDIA Corporation.)

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@jerry AKA "climbers."

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@jerry legend!

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@jerry

Some details might be necessary, but congratulations!

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@jerry One time, to a junior team-mate, I used the phrase "I'm not here to compensate for your lack of time, I'm here to compensate for your lack of experience".

I only partially regretted letting myself say that...because he was annoying me...

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@jerry Pet the fid...

con:fid:ence com:pet:ence

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@jerry what was the response?

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@jerry I have those opportunities but not the cojones

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@jerry You’re absolutely right!