• Chemical Wonka
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    1 year ago

    What a company calls “AI powered” in fact is stolen data and or underpaid workers on the periphery of capitalism

  • SSTF
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    151 year ago

    The answer to the original riddle is “Sure, can I have your phone to make a demonstration. Great. I’ll sell the phone and pen back as a package deal for $100.”

    • @[email protected]
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      21 year ago

      I always thought a good one was to put the pen in your pocket and refuse to give it back. Make him name his price. Clearly it’s yours, not his. Otherwise how could you sell it to him?

      • SSTF
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        11 year ago

        To a person like that a mere pen is basically worthless as a hostage.

          • SSTF
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            11 year ago

            That’s why my proposed solution is to take the phone though. Much more valuable hostage.

    • borari
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      71 year ago

      This looks like this guy is being force fed a spoon full of mdma rocks and I want to be committed to this specific nursing home when I’m old.

  • @[email protected]
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    81 year ago

    I had to talk to some company’s chatbot yesterday that was just if/else powered. That sure was cumbersome to do. It couldn’t even tell me the company’s mailing address.

    • @[email protected]
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      That’s when they don’t want you to bother them with shit you could’ve read on their website (or a more restricted FAQ), but also care about not telling you bullshit. So rather than going full AI with hallucinations and what not, they give you predetermined answers in a “friendly” AI-ish way.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      I was forced to use bing while searching for some info on the internet, when I’d click on what looked like a useful result, I would instead get CoPilot slowly summarizing the info I needed back to me, and obscuring the source… Who the fuck though that was a good idea?

  • @[email protected]
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    951 year ago

    “It’s so great! It automatically writes the [wrong] answers to everything for you!”

    • Random_Character_A
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      231 year ago

      So many things just needs something that looks right and is not too long or too short. Nobody will actually read it with some thought. It only matters that it exists.

      For bureaucratic bullshit like that AI is a godsend.

      • @[email protected]
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        81 year ago

        Only if you’re working with sycophants or morons.

        Unfortunately, there are a LOT of those in life…

        • Random_Character_A
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          21 year ago

          In many things you need to be accredited by a third party according to some standards and they audit you periodically. They demand that you have shitload of plans, programs, reports, logs and other paperwork required by those standards.

          Auditors mostly only care that the paperwork exists and only focus on the contents on key aspects that are usually clear and short.

    • @[email protected]
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      71 year ago

      It’s also powered by ChatGPT, and by powered I mean it’s literally chatGPT and a bunch of code I stole thanks to YouTube videos anyways GIVE ME MONEY.

  • @[email protected]
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    91 year ago

    My piece of shit phone case says “AI Autofocus” on it near the holes for the camera lenses and it’s ridiculous

    • LiveLM
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      21 year ago

      Chinese OEMs love to do this for some reason, my phone says"ULTRA PREMIUM" right near the flash.
      I already bought the device Xiaomi, you can stop advertising it to me now lol.

  • @[email protected]
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    271 year ago

    Remember when that janitorial company changed its name to include the term CRYPTO and it’s stock went through the roof and the SEC investigated them for fraud?

    I can’t find the story unfortunately

  • @[email protected]
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    161 year ago

    “It has a smooth finish, virtually indestructible, and it writes upside-down.” [None of these will be true] “Also, with our Ink Anytime subscription service, you’ll never run out of ink! It’s free…” [for the first six months] “for our lowest tier…” [three lines of text per day] “with an option to upgrade to a higher tier anytime.” [Puts pen in pocket] “We’re offering pre-orders with a $5 non-refundable deposit, with delivery expected sometime in the next six months depending on how soon you get on the waitlist.” [Two years until you give up and just let us keep your deposit] “So sign up now!”