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larsmb@mastodon.online

Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷

Okay. Hear me out. But what has AI or GenAI *genuinely* made better?

I'll concede translations and even some brainstorming.

But where has it enabled us to do things that we couldn't do before?

I don't mean "cheaper and worse replacement for a human", but, like, genuinely make humanity better off.

(Also, I refer to the common use of "AI"; I know that ML runs circles around humans for complex optimization problems.)

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trochee@dair-community.social

Jeremy Kahn

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@larsmb

Also, "cheaper" [citation-needed]

OpenAI is promising "PhD level" assistants for $20k/month

I know a lot of PhDs who would be delighted to accept half that

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larsmb@mastodon.online

Lars Marowsky-Brée 😷

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@trochee The support chatbots are cheaper than scripted humans (and worse).
So there's clearly some incentives for for profit enterprises with low standards.

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ptesarik@fosstodon.org

Petr Tesarik

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@larsmb @trochee The total cost of chatbots is debatable. Unlike humans, they cannot be held accountable, so who is liable?
I can vaguely recall a company that was initially all in and then they pulled out. Oh, here it is:
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20240222-air-canada-chatbot-misinformation-what-travellers-should-know

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pavel

Pavel Machek

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@ptesarik @larsmb @trochee And I agree. If company gives out bad advice, they should be responsible. It is scary how little warnings are on chatgpt, for example. And this will only get _worse_ as bots get better. I wonder how many people got hurt because of that ("pizza with glue"?) and how many will...
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