• NeptuneOrbit@lemmy.world
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    6 months 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

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    AI is the new IoT. You’re gonna see it jammed into shit it has no business being in. And it’s gonna cause major problems 10 years from now.

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    It’s like the late ‘90s where they tried to connect every common activity to the internet, like bar codes in the newspaper for coupons online.

    They got it “right” when they stopped trying to make non-internet things direct you to the internet and just moved the non-internet things to the internet.

    Now they’re trying to cram AI into everything. What’s the next step…moving your brain into the AI?

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    “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!”

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    There was some LLM-powered pen in the makings, I haven’t heard about it since. Was part of the Rabbit/AI Pin style of AI junk.

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    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.

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      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?

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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.

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    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.”