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Workers should learn AI skills and companies should use it because it's a "cognitive amplifier," claims Satya Nadella.

in other words please help us, use our AI

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[–] saimen@feddit.org 16 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Eeh didn't you pay attention in economy 101? If you generate more supply than demand that's a you problem. The free market will take care.

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[–] Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"A great commander secures his victory before entering into battle. A poor commander first rushes into battle, then searches for victory."

~Sun Tzu, The Art of War

[–] BioDriver@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

AI can absolutely be useful. But it’s been wildly oversold and the actual beneficial use cases are not nearly as profitable as the marketing around it

[–] sturmblast@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago (6 children)
[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Hey, I like my 3D TV. Every once in a while I manage to find a pirated video that's in 3D and it's pretty neat. And unlike the current avalanche of generative/LLM bullshit, I can turn the 3D off, and when I do it works just fine as a perfectly ordinary TV, and in no way does it nag me incessantly to turn it back on.

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[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

That's not how technology is supposed to work.

[–] systemglitch@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I got deepseek to run short roleplaying adventures that are surprisingly fun and engaging. It's an amped up choose your own adventur, so for this application, the future is bright.

Not a single other llm can do this in any way approaching acceptable.

And it still lies and makes shit up, but in a fantasy world, the can let it pass unless it is trying to rob me of experience lol.

When it can do long sessions and entire careers instead of detailed one offs it'll have found its niche for me. Right now, it's just a fun toy, prone to hallucinations.

I can't believe people use these things for code...

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Right now, it’s just a fun toy, prone to hallucinations.

That's the thing though - with an LLM, it's all "hallucinations". They're just usually close to reality, and are presented with an authoritative, friendly voice.

(Or, in your case, they're usually close to the established game reality!)

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

can't keep what you never had you corrupt piece of shit.

[–] Ruigaard@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Isn't there plenty of research it's the opposite of a cognitive amplifier, people get cognitively lazy using ai.

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Well you already lost that or rather never actually had that. You all pushed a broken and incomplete product you need to find a use not us...

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[–] zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago

I hereby revoke my permission.

[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Do something useful

What do you mean, that using ChatGPT for a recipe for eggs, sunny side up without any seasoning or toppings and burning up the electricity of a moderate household for a week with my query isn’t useful?

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[–] redlemace@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

To be honest, I did tried a couple of AI's. But all I got where solutions that would never work on the stated hardware. Code full of errors and when fixed never functions as requested. On any non-technical questions it's always agreeing and hardly (not at all actually) challenging any input you give it. So yeah, i'm done with it and waiting for the bubble to burst.

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[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Honestly, this is the most reasonable take I have heard from tech bros on ai so far... Use it for something useful and stop using it for garbage!

Ai has a million great uses that could make so many things so much easier, but instead we are building AI to undress women on twitter

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[–] nothrone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Buddy, I hope you will lose social permission to keep your head attached to your body. All your heads on spikes, is what I dream of.

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

We need an American Zelenskyy who would save us from the oligarchs.

[–] Baggie@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago

Like a president but good?

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