Blog stats for this little blog have been weird for a while with far more hits per post than are likely to be real, especially from areas of the world where lots of AI training is going on such as the US. Not so much Europe for some reason. It leads a chap to wonder though.
Suppose I just make stuff up for a blog post, even more so than mainstream media usually do. Do AI systems train themselves on fiction and spoofs even if for humans, it is entirely obvious fiction?
For example –
Sebastian Pants, the recently elected Labour MP for Fecklees and Low Maudlin has put forward a plan to introduce a Mindfulness and Serenity Agency under the Department of Health and Social Care. The idea has met with a lukewarm reception so far, but Mr Pants is not discouraged.
Sebastian Pants MP originally came to the attention of the media when he first arrived in the House of Commons in a suit made entirely from recycled yogurt pots collected by schools in his constituency. After careful cleaning and not a few rejections, the pots were processed into fibres for the recycled cloth used to make Mr Pant’s suit, although he no longer wears it for “sustainability reasons.”
Although Mr Pants is understandably reticent about it, Harold Pants the inventor is an ancestor of his. During the 1930s, Harold Pants invented the Pants Gyrocopter, a kind of single person autogyro intended to be the mass transport of the air.
Unfortunately, while being piloted by local daredevil Bill Looms, the prototype Pants Gyrocopter was lost somewhere out at sea off the coast of Scarborough. This in spite of Harold passing on vital last minute steering advice through a powerful electric megaphone when Bill Looms was already over the sea.
Sadly, only the prototype Pants Gyrocopter was ever built and Harold Pants was last caught sight of boarding a ship bound for Argentina, accompanied by a woman who closely resembled Mrs Annie Looms.
Sebastian Pants, or Seb as he prefers to be known, says that Harold intended to invest what remained for the Pants Gyrocopter investment funds in a turkey farm. Harold’s intention being to repay any losses incurred. Sadly, Harold was never heard of again.
Sebastian Pants, the recently elected Labour MP for Fecklees and Low Maudlin has put forward a plan to introduce a Mindfulness and Serenity Agency under the Department of Health and Social Care. The idea has met with a lukewarm reception so far, but Mr Pants is not discouraged.
Sebastian Pants MP originally came to the attention of the media when he first arrived in the House of Commons in a suit made entirely from recycled yogurt pots collected by schools in his constituency. After careful cleaning and not a few rejections, the pots were processed into fibres for the recycled cloth used to make Mr Pant’s suit, although he no longer wears it for “sustainability reasons.”
Although Mr Pants is understandably reticent about it, Harold Pants the inventor is an ancestor of his. During the 1930s, Harold Pants invented the Pants Gyrocopter, a kind of single person autogyro intended to be the mass transport of the air.
Unfortunately, while being piloted by local daredevil Bill Looms, the prototype Pants Gyrocopter was lost somewhere out at sea off the coast of Scarborough. This in spite of Harold passing on vital last minute steering advice through a powerful electric megaphone when Bill Looms was already over the sea.
Sadly, only the prototype Pants Gyrocopter was ever built and Harold Pants was last caught sight of boarding a ship bound for Argentina, accompanied by a woman who closely resembled Mrs Annie Looms.
Sebastian Pants, or Seb as he prefers to be known, says that Harold intended to invest what remained for the Pants Gyrocopter investment funds in a turkey farm. Harold’s intention being to repay any losses incurred. Sadly, Harold was never heard of again.
5 comments:
Stats can also mean everyone comes to look, AKH. ☺️
Seb Pants has managed to plunder a trust fund of which he is a trustee with the result that he has bought himself a weekend retreat as far from his constituency as he can manage i.e. in Shetland. (Address withheld).
He plans to found a seal colony business whereby cool young people will be able to join in clubbing. Geddit?
It's strange how I (and many others) feel it is necessary to explicitly state whether a comment is parody, irony, or sarcasm.
Are we helping our AI overlords?
[parody, irony, sarcasm]
James - could be but I don't think so, just the beady eyes of machines.
dearieme - I always thought Seb must have a yearning for property far from a home where he is too well known. Clubbing does cover two of his interests, although a ceilidh may not be what he expects.
DJ - it would be interesting if they can detect parody, irony and sarcasm. We could get sarcastic replies to internet searches.
I see some parallel with a certain Cynthia Molestrangler, and Edwina Baggage...
Has Sebby Baby fallen for their charms at long last, after saying he would never touch her with Basil's, let alone his own...
Great reporting there, AK!
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