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NZAmoeba: Feb 14, 2005; It turns out it's MAN!; Hair Elf

The company I work at sells software that uses statistical analysis to predict optimal future outcomes.

The moment AI became a buzzword, all that statistical analysis suddenly became "AI"

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PittTheElder: Feb 13, 2012; Yes, it's like a lava lamp.

Lol good point, can't wait to start calling static analysis AI

# ? Apr 8, 2024 22:17

ZShakespeare: Jul 20, 2003; The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!

Last company I was at for more than 2 weeks before layoffs did statistical analysis using "AI" where "AI" is "a bunch of chronically overworked data scientists".

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McGavin: Sep 18, 2012

Just one guy named Al. It's short for Alan, not Artificial Intelligence.

# ? Apr 8, 2024 22:33

funny song about politics: Feb 11, 2002

I�ve enjoyed using ChatGPT to automate certain aspects of my job, mostly summarizing PDFs and converting bullet point notes to paragraphs. It�s also pretty handy for answering random questions that come out of statistical analyses. I do think that the dumber your job is, the more AI can do for it. The downside is that this will ultimately just create more dumb bullshit for workers, to deal with.

# ? Apr 8, 2024 22:38

ZShakespeare: Jul 20, 2003; The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!

ChatGPT is absolutely cracked for generating cover letters by feeding it my resume and the job posting in the same context. Being able to use it to draft business communications so that I can focus on my actual work is going to be really nice.

# ? Apr 8, 2024 22:41

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

I can write some bullet points and use ChatGPT to turn it into paragraphs of prose. My recipients will then have ChatGPT produce a summary of the text as bullet points.

I�ve started just sending the raw bullet points and saving a few kWh per email.

# ? Apr 8, 2024 23:19

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

I've been saying for years that there is entirely too much communication.

Sincerely, thank you for doing your part.

# ? Apr 8, 2024 23:22

Pyrtanis: Jun 30, 2007; The ghosts of our glories are gray-bearded guides; Fun Shoe

I had to submit a sales pitch via video upload for my work, and the AI said I was boring, animated, uncertain and bossy, but scored me in the 90% range.

Also, the company said for this pitch we should make the customer feel anxious if they didn't go with us, which I loving despise. I work in a very small rural town and that bullshit wouldn't go over well at all.

# ? Apr 8, 2024 23:51

ZShakespeare: Jul 20, 2003; The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!

Everyone knows that if you take a bunch of dubious data and feed it through the algorithm the results are infallible.

# ? Apr 9, 2024 00:37

Jordan7hm: Feb 17, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

Pyrtanis posted:

I had to submit a sales pitch via video upload for my work, and the AI said I was boring, animated, uncertain and bossy, but scored me in the 90% range.

Also, the company said for this pitch we should make the customer feel anxious if they didn't go with us, which I loving despise. I work in a very small rural town and that bullshit wouldn't go over well at all.

I had to upload a sales pitch video about AI, but it was reviewed by my boss not an AI.

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RBC: Nov 23, 2007; IM STILL SPENDING MONEY FROM 1888

thats not work

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HackensackBackpack: Aug 20, 2007; Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money?

Via: https://www.threads.net/@proposmontreal/post/C5hN3FdM7v4

Pour les anglos:
"Enough is enough for the suburbs"
PLANTE STEALS THE SUN!
"It borders on ridiculous" Mario Dumont, page 6
"Is the sun too WOKE?" Richard Martineau, page 2
The best pick-up in your driveway
- Run over 1 out of every 2 cyclists
- Guarantee taking up 2 parking spaces
- Compensate for your fragile masculinity

# ? Apr 9, 2024 15:36

ZShakespeare: Jul 20, 2003; The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!

Captain, I have launched a class 1 probe into the sun to determine the woke levels.

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PT6A: Jan 5, 2006; Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

"Driveway" seems insufficiently French, summon the Language Police immediatement!

# ? Apr 9, 2024 16:44

Mad Hamish: Jun 15, 2008; WILL AMOUNT TO NOTHING IN LIFE.

That bit about the pickup isn't even satire, though.

# ? Apr 9, 2024 17:03

ZShakespeare: Jul 20, 2003; The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!

I hate that we are so focused on all this culture war bullshit like the �woke sun� when real issues like our domestic industrial glycine production being unable to compete with Donghua Jinlong.

# ? Apr 9, 2024 18:37

apatheticman: May 13, 2003; Wedge Regret

ZShakespeare posted:

I hate that we are so focused on all this culture war bullshit like the �woke sun� when real issues like our domestic industrial glycine production being unable to compete with Donghua Jinlong.

We'll just sue them into making them sell to a Canadian subsidiary, its the north American way of innovation.

# ? Apr 9, 2024 19:42

Mr. Apollo: Nov 8, 2000

I've had people send me Chat GPT queries in lieu of filling out legally required paperwork and providing back up documentation.

For example, imagine a lawyer saying in court "I asked Chat GPT if my client is guilty and it said no" instead of providing an actual legal defense.

When they're told that Chat GPT output won't be accepted as proof by the various regulatory bodies, they usually get upset and say something like "But it's AI, it can't be wrong. It knows everything".

# ? Apr 10, 2024 17:43

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

People do that with spreadsheets and random metrics graphs and such that might be entirely disconnected from reality, too, to say nothing of TikTok stars and religious figures.

We�re a credulous species, biologically biased to believe that what we�re hearing or seeing is true.

# ? Apr 10, 2024 17:52

Squibbles: Aug 24, 2000; Mwaha ha HA ha!

ZShakespeare posted:

Last company I was at for more than 2 weeks before layoffs did statistical analysis using "AI" where "AI" is "a bunch of chronically overworked data scientists".

Lol reminds me of that story that came out recently about Amazon's grocery store that used "AI" to track what you put in your cart so you could just walk out and they'd bill you. Turns out they had 1000 people in India manually checking 2/3rds of the transactions. Presumably all named Al of course.

# ? Apr 11, 2024 04:25

Joink: Jan 8, 2004; What if I told you cod is no longer a fish

Mr. Apollo posted:

I've had people send me Chat GPT queries in lieu of filling out legally required paperwork and providing back up documentation.

For example, imagine a lawyer saying in court "I asked Chat GPT if my client is guilty and it said no" instead of providing an actual legal defense.

When they're told that Chat GPT output won't be accepted as proof by the various regulatory bodies, they usually get upset and say something like "But it's AI, it can't be wrong. It knows everything".

This is the modern day version of quoting Wikipedia as your source for an essay.

# ? Apr 11, 2024 08:19

Subjunctive: Sep 12, 2006; ✨sparkle and shine✨

Joink posted:

This is the modern day version of quoting Wikipedia as your source for an essay.

Way worse.

# ? Apr 11, 2024 12:36

Dr. Stab: Sep 12, 2010; 👨🏻‍⚕️🩺🔪🙀😱🙀

Squibbles posted:

Lol reminds me of that story that came out recently about Amazon's grocery store that used "AI" to track what you put in your cart so you could just walk out and they'd bill you. Turns out they had 1000 people in India manually checking 2/3rds of the transactions. Presumably all named Al of course.

I thought that was obvious when they billed me hours after the fact and not immediately.

# ? Apr 11, 2024 12:52

COPE 27: Sep 11, 2006

Mr. Apollo posted:

I've had people send me Chat GPT queries in lieu of filling out legally required paperwork and providing back up documentation.

For example, imagine a lawyer saying in court "I asked Chat GPT if my client is guilty and it said no" instead of providing an actual legal defense.

When they're told that Chat GPT output won't be accepted as proof by the various regulatory bodies, they usually get upset and say something like "But it's AI, it can't be wrong. It knows everything".

They basically do this for parole and sentencing in huge parts of the US though, and the algorithm is a trade secret lol. It's actually a big contributing factor to racial differences in sentencing.

# ? Apr 11, 2024 17:21

TheKingofSprings: Oct 9, 2012

I�ve been working in computer vision for the last little bit making an AI safety detector as part of my work and more money to help me do that would be awesome

AI as job displacement tool = bad, AI as tool to make certain things easier = good.

Now if it would just stop mistaking my face for an apple

# ? Apr 11, 2024 18:03

a primate: Jun 2, 2010

It seems like Jagmeet is planning on using the carbon tax as a wedge issue against the Liberals.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-singh-carbon-tax-hedge-support-1.7171986

quote:

"It can't be done by letting working families bear the cost of climate change while big polluters make bigger and bigger profits," said Singh. "We all lose if we make Canadians choose between an affordable life and fighting the climate crisis."

After the speech, Singh told reporters he doesn't want the burden of fighting climate change to fall on working people � but he wouldn't say whether that means he wants to get rid of the consumer carbon tax.

In a statement issued to CBC News, Singh said the NDP has not changed its position on the consumer carbon price.

"What we have done is commit to building a climate plan to make big polluters pay, bring down costs for Canadians, meet our emissions targets and ⁠unify people in taking on the climate crisis. Despite being in power for nine years, the Liberal government has failed to do this," wrote Singh.

Seems like nothing substantive if they�re not going to change the consumer tax. I think the NDP are releasing their climate plan, so more detail may be forthcoming.

# ? Apr 13, 2024 02:25

PT6A: Jan 5, 2006; Public school teachers are callous dictators who won't lift a finger to stop children from peeing in my plane

I don't think it can really be overstated what a massive, steaming pile of poo poo Jagmeet Singh and the federal NDP are at the moment. I actually find him more repulsive than Polliver, on the basis that at least that little prick has the decency to be reasonably honest about what a venal, stupid little dweeb he is. Singh is very much the same, but pretends to be something else.

# ? Apr 13, 2024 03:41

Femtosecond: Aug 2, 2003

a primate posted:

It seems like Jagmeet is planning on using the carbon tax as a wedge issue against the Liberals.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-singh-carbon-tax-hedge-support-1.7171986

Seems like nothing substantive if they�re not going to change the consumer tax. I think the NDP are releasing their climate plan, so more detail may be forthcoming.

One would hope because it would at least be interesting, and probably a good strategy, but nope, as expected, the timid NDP folded at the moment's notice of any controversy.

quote:

After Jagmeet Singh raises doubts, NDP says it still supports a consumer carbon levy
Under fire, the federal New Democrats said Friday they continue to support a consumer carbon levy, a day after Leader Jagmeet Singh suggested his party is looking at alternatives.

OTTAWA � Under fire, the federal New Democrats said Friday they continue to support a consumer carbon levy, a day after Leader Jagmeet Singh suggested his party is looking at alternatives.

�New Democrats have not changed our position on the consumer carbon price. What we have done is commit to building a climate plan to make big polluters pay, bring down costs for Canadians, meet our emissions targets and ⁠unify people in taking on the climate crisis,� Singh said in a statement.

After repeatedly refusing to clarify Friday whether the party saying it has �not changed� its position meant the New Democrats continue to support a consumer price on carbon, a senior NDP staff member told the Star, �We have supported it and that hasn�t changed.�

The clarification came two days after New Democrats supported a Tory motion in the House of Commons calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to host a televised national summit with Canada�s premiers to hear alternatives to his government�s carbon pricing policy.

Following Wednesday�s vote, the NDP had refused to say whether it believed a consumer carbon levy remained a necessary part of any climate action plan. Singh would only say his party would release its own plan, which would not place a burden on workers.

The NDP leader doubled down in a speech Thursday, distancing himself from the Liberal program under which, he said, �working families bear the cost of climate change while big polluters make bigger and bigger profits.� He called for more attention on policies that he said are �the biggest drivers of lowering emissions,� such as the industrial price on pollution.

�It can�t just be that our only approach to fighting the climate crisis is using free-market solutions,� Singh said. �That is not sufficient to meet the seriousness of what we�re up against.�

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hadji murad: Apr 18, 2006

PT6A posted:

I don't think it can really be overstated what a massive, steaming pile of poo poo Jagmeet Singh and the federal NDP are at the moment. I actually find him more repulsive than Polliver, on the basis that at least that little prick has the decency to be reasonably honest about what a venal, stupid little dweeb he is. Singh is very much the same, but pretends to be something else.

I�ve decided not to vote for them in the future. I would support the NDP provincially (Manitoba) but I�m abroad so can�t vote. I�ll be voting communist in the future because there is zero chance in a Liberal getting my vote, even strategic, after moving from applauding Nazis to supporting them politically in the last few months.

# ? Apr 13, 2024 05:34

a primate: Jun 2, 2010

Femtosecond posted:

One would hope because it would at least be interesting, and probably a good strategy, but nope, as expected, the timid NDP folded at the moment's notice of any controversy.

Wow, what a trash bag party. They really love losing.

# ? Apr 13, 2024 13:07

ZShakespeare: Jul 20, 2003; The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!

https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1779286852953935964

I'm certain that he issued a similar condemnation when Israel struck the Iranian consulate that directly precipitated this attack.

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COPE 27: Sep 11, 2006

Trudeau is honestly such a bitch

# ? Apr 14, 2024 01:52

hadji murad: Apr 18, 2006

ZShakespeare posted:

https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1779286852953935964

I'm certain that he issued a similar condemnation when Israel struck the Iranian consulate that directly precipitated this attack.

They also damaged the Canadian embassy in the same attack.

# ? Apr 14, 2024 01:53

ZShakespeare: Jul 20, 2003; The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose!

We are the most cucked nation

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Randalor: Sep 4, 2011

ZShakespeare posted:

https://twitter.com/JustinTrudeau/status/1779286852953935964

I'm certain that he issued a similar condemnation when Israel struck the Iranian consulate that directly precipitated this attack.

"Peace and stability in the region" while an ongoing genocide is happening?

# ? Apr 14, 2024 12:22

Rust Martialis: May 8, 2007; At night, Bavovnyatko quietly comes to the occupiers’ bases, depots, airfields, oil refineries and other places full of flammable items and starts playing with fire there