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“ With SPRINT, we're not just building an X-plane; we're building options”. Found the guy who couldn’t be bothered to write his own press release…

by dash2 7mo ago

notahacker 7mo ago
Good to hear that the DoD's new contract with OpenAI is solving all the most important problems...
O5vYtytb 7mo ago
It's a quote from someone...?
- jdiez17 7mo ago
  ... who probably wrote their prepared PR statement with an LLM.
  - esseph 7mo ago
    I have always talked/written like this. now that LLMs do it in a similar enough way, my own writing gets called AI slop. I just wish my rotator cuffs knew I was a robot.
    - jacquesm 7mo ago
      Skimping on the service again, are we?
      - deleted 7mo ago
        [deleted]
    - irl_zebra 7mo ago
      It's probably good signal at least, if not a bit of a harsh thing to say that I don't mean in a bad way, that your writing was bland or mediocre since LLMs are basically regression to the mean.
bigyabai 7mo ago
It feels like DARPA has fallen so far. In a post-Salt Typhoon era it's really hard to imagine them as dynamic, best-in-class innovators anymore.
- ambicapter 7mo ago
  This administration doesn't really prioritize anything that has to do with intelligence, so advanced research was obviously going to fall by the wayside.
  - browsingonly 7mo ago
    https://www.iarpa.gov/research-programs https://www.iarpa.gov/research-programs
    - bigyabai 7mo ago
      No search results for "Salt Typhoon" as the query. This nation really is fucked.
    - ambicapter 7mo ago
      What are you saying? Do you think my claim was that all US research programs have closed up shop?
irl_zebra 7mo ago
I think I'd rather have them working on airplane tech rather than writing airplane tech press releases. With this approach, it's not just a tactical thing; it's relieving the burden of wordsmithing from technical people.
- jdiez17 7mo ago
  You're absolutely right.
- bigfishrunning 7mo ago
  The technical people were never wordsmithing, they just didn't hire a technical writer. Instead of freeing up someone to do more design work, it freed someone to interview for a new job. I hope they get it.
  - binkHN 7mo ago
    It was a GPT.
    - irl_zebra 7mo ago
      Or, at least, my take on GPT. :) I promise I am a human.
  - palmotea 7mo ago
    > The technical people were never wordsmithing, they just didn't hire a technical writer. Instead of freeing up someone to do more design work, it freed someone to interview for a new job. I hope they get it. Do technical writers work on press releases? This sounds more like a job for the public relations/corporate communications department.
newer_vienna 7mo ago
I'm quite fond of the caption, which describes a "a proof-of-concept technology demonstrator that aims to demonstrate technologies and concepts"
- NitpickLawyer 7mo ago
  Brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.

“ With SPRINT, we're not just building an X-plane; we're building options”. Found the guy who couldn’t be bothered to write his own press release…

by dash2 7mo ago

“ With SPRINT, we're not just building an X-plane; we're building options”. Found the guy who couldn’t be bothered to write his own press release…

notahacker 7mo ago

Good to hear that the DoD's new contract with OpenAI is solving all the most important problems...

O5vYtytb 7mo ago

It's a quote from someone...?

jdiez17 7mo ago
... who probably wrote their prepared PR statement with an LLM.
- esseph 7mo ago
  I have always talked/written like this. now that LLMs do it in a similar enough way, my own writing gets called AI slop. I just wish my rotator cuffs knew I was a robot.
  - jacquesm 7mo ago
    Skimping on the service again, are we?
    - deleted 7mo ago
      [deleted]
  - irl_zebra 7mo ago
    It's probably good signal at least, if not a bit of a harsh thing to say that I don't mean in a bad way, that your writing was bland or mediocre since LLMs are basically regression to the mean.

bigyabai 7mo ago

It feels like DARPA has fallen so far. In a post-Salt Typhoon era it's really hard to imagine them as dynamic, best-in-class innovators anymore.

ambicapter 7mo ago
This administration doesn't really prioritize anything that has to do with intelligence, so advanced research was obviously going to fall by the wayside.
- browsingonly 7mo ago
  https://www.iarpa.gov/research-programs https://www.iarpa.gov/research-programs
  - bigyabai 7mo ago
    No search results for "Salt Typhoon" as the query. This nation really is fucked.
  - ambicapter 7mo ago
    What are you saying? Do you think my claim was that all US research programs have closed up shop?

irl_zebra 7mo ago

I think I'd rather have them working on airplane tech rather than writing airplane tech press releases. With this approach, it's not just a tactical thing; it's relieving the burden of wordsmithing from technical people.

jdiez17 7mo ago
You're absolutely right.
bigfishrunning 7mo ago
The technical people were never wordsmithing, they just didn't hire a technical writer. Instead of freeing up someone to do more design work, it freed someone to interview for a new job. I hope they get it.
- binkHN 7mo ago
  It was a GPT.
  - irl_zebra 7mo ago
    Or, at least, my take on GPT. :) I promise I am a human.
- palmotea 7mo ago
  > The technical people were never wordsmithing, they just didn't hire a technical writer. Instead of freeing up someone to do more design work, it freed someone to interview for a new job. I hope they get it. Do technical writers work on press releases? This sounds more like a job for the public relations/corporate communications department.

newer_vienna 7mo ago

I'm quite fond of the caption, which describes a "a proof-of-concept technology demonstrator that aims to demonstrate technologies and concepts"

NitpickLawyer 7mo ago
Brought to you by the Department of Redundancy Department.