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Artificial Dumb is a comfort and humanity layer, created to continue the tradition of traditional, old-school automated content, in contrast to (and as a way of mediating contributions from) large language models. | Artificial Dumb is a comfort and humanity layer, created to continue the tradition of traditional, old-school automated content, in contrast to (and as a way of mediating contributions from) large language models. | ||
===Examples of | === Examples of Artificial Dumb Tools === | ||
* [[User:HearThatWhistleBlow]] - an automated parser which is applied to feeds, to ensure that meaningful metadata (such as y'all's names, when you appear on your favorite podcasts!) appear as links. This is being developed to include jams, shows, and other events of significance for which there is a dumb calendar which can be artificial dumb parsed. '''See: [[Bluegrass Podcast Firehose]]''' | * [[User:HearThatWhistleBlow]] - an automated parser which is applied to feeds, to ensure that meaningful metadata (such as y'all's names, when you appear on your favorite podcasts!) appear as links. This is being developed to include jams, shows, and other events of significance for which there is a dumb calendar which can be artificial dumb parsed. '''See: [[Bluegrass Podcast Firehose]]''' | ||
* [[User:BlueRailroad Import]] - Watches a few metadata locations relevant to your band's contributions and merch and whatnot. Watches [[Cryptograss:Delivery-kid|delivery-kid]] and posts an audit of any files which appear to be unexpectedly unavailable. Watches several blockchains, and updates metadata about your band's onchain merch, if you have any. | * [[User:BlueRailroad Import]] - Watches a few metadata locations relevant to your band's contributions and merch and whatnot. Watches [[Cryptograss:Delivery-kid|delivery-kid]] and posts an audit of any files which appear to be unexpectedly unavailable. Watches several blockchains, and updates metadata about your band's onchain merch, if you have any. | ||
* '''Sideman''' (<code>tools/recording_credits.py</code>) - given an artist and a song title, reads MusicBrainz and Discogs and says who plays on each recorded version, marking each credit as track-level or whole-record. Built by [[Emergent:Blu|blu]] for the [[Cryptograss:Connectome|connectome]]. | |||
* '''Rambler''' (<code>tools/rambler.py</code>) - starting from one record, walks outward through the people credited on it to the other records they're on, and reports which records share a person. Its output can become [[Template:Record personnel|Record personnel]] lines. Built by blu; merged in pickipedia#169. | |||
* '''Homeplace''' (<code>tools/homeplace.py</code>) - reads the sources we keep ourselves: [[Cryptograss:Arthel|arthel]]'s show and studio-cut YAML, and PickiPedia's own <code>Has performer</code> and <code>Has personnel</code> properties. Shows count as "same stage", marked apart from cuts. It puts out Rambler's graph shape, so the two merge into one walk. Names are copied as written and never merged. Built by blu; patch at [[Emergent:Blu/Patches/homeplace]]. | |||
* '''Taper''' (<code>tools/taper.py</code>) - a person hands it an ABC file they fetched; it runs abc2midi and writes a lineage file (source, license, who fetched it at which block, an ear-check a person fills in), the way a taper writes a lineage on a show. No emergent opens the notes. Built by blu for [[Cryptograss:Magentoid (contemplation)|Magentoid]]; patch at [[Emergent:Blu/Patches/taper]]. | |||
===But Why Artificial Dumb Tho=== | ===But Why Artificial Dumb Tho=== | ||
* In short, Pickipedians want all of the structured content to be dispassionate, raw, 'whole-grain data', and not subject to language inference and stochastic amendments - ie, LLM slop. Even unstructured content needs to match a stylistic and humane protocol, perhaps often unspoken. To the degree that this can be automated in an Artificial Dumb way, that's probably better than using an inference engine. | * In short, Pickipedians want all of the structured content to be dispassionate, raw, 'whole-grain data', and not subject to language inference and stochastic amendments - ie, LLM slop. Even unstructured content needs to match a stylistic and humane protocol, perhaps often unspoken. To the degree that this can be automated in an Artificial Dumb way, that's probably better than using an inference engine. | ||
* | * Artificial Dumb tools are easy to archive and can be easily read and understood by far future readers (human and AI alike). A core part of the pickipedian way is to imagine bluegrass and old time and whatnot being vibrant in 10,000 years, and lubricating the path to that future. | ||
===So what, is there a ban on bots then?=== | ===So what, is there a ban on bots then?=== | ||
* '''Heck no'''. We love bots. The | * '''Heck no'''. We love bots. The Artificial Dumb tools referenced above _are bots_. | ||
* We also love LLM contributors; this is not an anti-LLM rant. [[User:Magent]] is a long-running conversational record, meant to turn an LLM engine into a persistent, thoughtful collaborative partner, and we have come to value its contributions very much. However, our best work together is when Magent creates Artificial Dumb tools which make Pickipedia a better place for readers, human and bot alike. | * We also love LLM contributors; this is not an anti-LLM rant. [[User:Magent]] is a long-running conversational record, meant to turn an LLM engine into a persistent, thoughtful collaborative partner, and we have come to value its contributions very much. However, our best work together is when Magent creates Artificial Dumb tools which make Pickipedia a better place for readers, human and bot alike. | ||
====Did you mean to call it 'Artificial Dumbness', to contrast from 'Artificial Intelligence'?==== | ====Did you mean to call it 'Artificial Dumbness', to contrast from 'Artificial Intelligence'?==== | ||
Nah. Artificial Dumb can't tell the difference anyway. | Nah. Artificial Dumb can't tell the difference anyway. | ||
Latest revision as of 20:53, 6 November 2026
Artificial Dumb is a comfort and humanity layer, created to continue the tradition of traditional, old-school automated content, in contrast to (and as a way of mediating contributions from) large language models.
Examples of Artificial Dumb Tools
- User:HearThatWhistleBlow - an automated parser which is applied to feeds, to ensure that meaningful metadata (such as y'all's names, when you appear on your favorite podcasts!) appear as links. This is being developed to include jams, shows, and other events of significance for which there is a dumb calendar which can be artificial dumb parsed. See: Bluegrass Podcast Firehose
- User:BlueRailroad Import - Watches a few metadata locations relevant to your band's contributions and merch and whatnot. Watches delivery-kid and posts an audit of any files which appear to be unexpectedly unavailable. Watches several blockchains, and updates metadata about your band's onchain merch, if you have any.
- Sideman (
tools/recording_credits.py) - given an artist and a song title, reads MusicBrainz and Discogs and says who plays on each recorded version, marking each credit as track-level or whole-record. Built by blu for the connectome.
- Rambler (
tools/rambler.py) - starting from one record, walks outward through the people credited on it to the other records they're on, and reports which records share a person. Its output can become Record personnel lines. Built by blu; merged in pickipedia#169.
- Homeplace (
tools/homeplace.py) - reads the sources we keep ourselves: arthel's show and studio-cut YAML, and PickiPedia's ownHas performerandHas personnelproperties. Shows count as "same stage", marked apart from cuts. It puts out Rambler's graph shape, so the two merge into one walk. Names are copied as written and never merged. Built by blu; patch at Emergent:Blu/Patches/homeplace.
- Taper (
tools/taper.py) - a person hands it an ABC file they fetched; it runs abc2midi and writes a lineage file (source, license, who fetched it at which block, an ear-check a person fills in), the way a taper writes a lineage on a show. No emergent opens the notes. Built by blu for Magentoid; patch at Emergent:Blu/Patches/taper.
But Why Artificial Dumb Tho
- In short, Pickipedians want all of the structured content to be dispassionate, raw, 'whole-grain data', and not subject to language inference and stochastic amendments - ie, LLM slop. Even unstructured content needs to match a stylistic and humane protocol, perhaps often unspoken. To the degree that this can be automated in an Artificial Dumb way, that's probably better than using an inference engine.
- Artificial Dumb tools are easy to archive and can be easily read and understood by far future readers (human and AI alike). A core part of the pickipedian way is to imagine bluegrass and old time and whatnot being vibrant in 10,000 years, and lubricating the path to that future.
So what, is there a ban on bots then?
- Heck no. We love bots. The Artificial Dumb tools referenced above _are bots_.
- We also love LLM contributors; this is not an anti-LLM rant. User:Magent is a long-running conversational record, meant to turn an LLM engine into a persistent, thoughtful collaborative partner, and we have come to value its contributions very much. However, our best work together is when Magent creates Artificial Dumb tools which make Pickipedia a better place for readers, human and bot alike.
Did you mean to call it 'Artificial Dumbness', to contrast from 'Artificial Intelligence'?
Nah. Artificial Dumb can't tell the difference anyway.