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Indymedia Ireland is a volunteer-run non-commercial open publishing website for local and international news, opinion & analysis, press releases and events. Its main objective is to enable the public to participate in reporting and analysis of the news and other important events and aspects of our daily lives and thereby give a voice to people.

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This is a public interest story about a complete failure of governance and management at UCC.

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This design flaw in ChatGPT-5's default epistemic mode subverts what the much touted ChatGPT-5 can do... so long as the flaw is not tickled, any usage should be fine---The epistemological question is: how would anyone in the public, includes you reading this (since no one is all knowing), in an unfamiliar domain know whether or not the flaw has been tickled when seeking information or understanding of a domain without prior knowledge of that domain???!

This analysis is a pretty unique and significant contribution to the space of empirical evaluation of LLMs that exist in AI public world... at least thus far, as far as I am aware! For what it's worth--as if anyone in the ChatGPT universe cares as they pile up on using the "PhD level scholar in your pocket".

According to GPT-5, and according to my tests, this flaw exists in all LLMs... What is revealing is the deduction GPT-5 made: Why ?design choice? starts looking like ?deliberate flaw?.

People are paying $200 a month to not just ChatGPT, but all major LLMs have similar Pro pricing! I bet they, like the normal user of free ChatGPT, stay in LLM's default mode where the flaw manifests itself. As it did in this evaluation.

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Israeli human rights group B'Tselem has finally admitted what everyone else outside Israel has known for two years is that the Israeli state is carrying out a genocide in Gaza

Western governments like the USA are complicit in it as they have been supplying the huge bombs and missiles used by Israel and dropped on innocent civilians in Gaza. One phone call from the USA regime could have ended it at any point. However many other countries are complicity with their tacit approval and neighboring Arab countries have been pretty spinless too in their support

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THIS STORY IS UNVERIFIED BUT PLEASE WATCH THE VIDEO OR READ THE TRANSCRIPT AS IT GIVES AN VERY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT A CASHLESS SOCIETY WILL LOOK LIKE. And it ain't pretty

A single video report has come out of China claiming China's biggest cities are now cashless, not by choice, but by force. The report goes on to claim ATMs have gone dark, vaults are being emptied. And overnight (July 20 into 21), the digital yuan is the only currency allowed.

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Let them eat cake or wear t shirts

category international | miscellaneous | press release author Friday June 24, 2011 14:49author by Malachy Steenson - Workers Party Report this post to the editors

Minister Noonan clearly in "Fantasy-Land"

Finance Minister Michael Noonan TD flabbergasted the nation yesterday with his call on people to go on a shopping “splurge” and start spending money in the shops again. On the same programme he suggested people should wear T-shirts emblazoned with the motto “Ireland is not Greece”. As his pronouncements mimic Marie Antoinette, is clear that the pressure getting to him.

Minister Noonan clearly in "Fantasy-Land"

Finance Minister Michael Noonan TD flabbergasted the nation yesterday with his call on people to go on a shopping “splurge” and start spending money in the shops again. On the same programme he suggested people should wear T-shirts emblazoned with the motto “Ireland is not Greece”. As his pronouncements mimic Marie Antoinette, is clear that the pressure getting to him.

“The question the Irish people are asking the Minister” said Workers’ Party president Michael Finnegan is “how can we shop when you have your hand permanently in our pocket?”

“The reality for the Irish people” continued Mr Finnegan “is that Mr. Noonan’s Fine Gael party, in coalition with the Labour Party, are continuing the austerity policies introduced by the previous Fianna Fáil led government which they agreed with the EU and IMF without consulting the people of Ireland. These policies have seen vicious attacks on workers' pay, on jobs and on the poor. Public sector workers have been singled out for the worst attacks. They have had an Income Levy imposed three years ago and have also been hit by other tax changes. There is an ongoing recruitment ban in the public service which is causing chaos for the public at large”.

“There were vicious cuts in social welfare payments and move to blame the unemployed for the crisis. Pensioners and other vulnerable groups were targeted. All of this to initially bail out the Irish banks and is now a much bigger game to protect major European banks, maintain the Euro, and defend the capitalist “European project””.

“Having ideologically endorsed Fianna Fáil’s knife-wielding, Noonan and his government colleagues, have continued the slash and burn economics. How can he possibly expect people to go on a shopping splurge? With what are they supposed to buy these goods? Get into more personal debt? The ancient nursery rhyme “Old Mother Hubbard” comes to mind. Like Mother Hubbard, the Irish people can see that the cupboard is bare”.

“The Irish people can recognise that Minister Noonan is living in a Marie Antoinette fantasy world. It is only by job creation, the equitable redistribution of wealth, and the proper utilisation of all, our natural resources that this country can survive. That is why, once again, we are calling for a third tax band of 50% for income over €120,000, a proper wealth tax, an expansion of the productive state commercial sector, and the use of our oil and gas on the Norwegian model. Flights of fancy, and “let them eat cake” pronouncements are not even funny at this stage”.

Related Link: http://workerspartyireland.net/index.html
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Marie antoinette never said 'let them eat cake.' She said nothing of the sort. It is widely accepted that this was fabricated at a later time to justify actions of robespierre et al.
Historical inaccuracy aside, these are stunning comments from people totally out of touch with reality. I myself am a teacher with two children, mortgage, car loan etc. I have had a toothache for 3 months on and off now. I know I need a couple of fillings but I also know that if I go to the dentist, I will not be able to afford to pay the full amount to my mortgage.
I realise that there are people in a worse position than me.
Maybe the government could get the banks to give us crazy amounts of credit to buy stuff when we have no hope of paying it back.
That policy worked well in the past.

 
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