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· Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:15:16

@skinnylatte the worst bit about this is the C-level buyers, the ones who sign the contracts... they seem to collectively be under the delusion that if you don't have an AI feature, that you're producing a shitty and less forward thinking product.

quite literally companies lose deals if they don't have AI.

AI is added by companies just to enable them to sell to others.

it's so crappy, every company adding AI knows it's shit, the users know it's shit, and yet you can't sell the product if you don't have AI.

Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:24:28

@dee @skinnylatte except real users are avoiding any product with AI on the label

Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:27:16

@rrb @skinnylatte increasingly not possible.

like buying a TV that isn't "Smart" is increasingly not possible.

no iPhone or Android being sold does not have AI features being shipped out of the box, Mac will follow, Windows is already going ahead.

and the nerd crowd on Linux, GrapheneOS, etc... aren't the mass audience of users, and still won't totally be able to escape this stuff.

every helpdesk we interact with, what we think are online travel agents... all AI, as far as the eye can see... and it's all a shit hellscape.

Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:35:39

@dee @skinnylatte Biden was pushing an executive order that any product needs a 1 button option for getting a human. I think that would be a winning issue

Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 13:28:53

@rrb What do you do if that human uses ChatGPT to forward your questions? (Happens daily in other countries). @dee @skinnylatte

Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 13:27:23

@dee Oh yes, you find it in so many countries to screen applicants, to decide on administrative controls and bank loans, in medicine - is like plastic pollution: a huge maelstrom even in the ocean that we can barely clean up.
And the Chinese social reward system shows that it can be a dictatorship's best friend.
In the EU, politicians slowly wake up that we need laws but they come much too late.

@rrb @skinnylatte

Föderation EN Fr 18.10.2024 10:27:21

@dee @skinnylatte Is AI the new Oracle? I remember reading about some product that added Oracle support because the customers demanded it, despite having no need for it – they ended up using it for storing configuration…