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Cattle branding for an interview (lemmy.nz)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by Krauerking@lemy.lol to c/linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works

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And so you understand that this is 100% legit... Here is their apology after they branded their potential slaves.

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[–] JakenVeina@midwest.social 118 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, the apology is more than I would've expected.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 88 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Yes, whatever PR person wrote that did a good job.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's an AI slop company so...

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

AI can generate text, but it can't identify the moral issue with forcing people to get tattoos, so...

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

So... The prompt they used was more specific than "Write an apology?"

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (5 children)

The apology identified the problem (AI can't do that) and came up with an appropriate remedy (AI can't do that).

It may be that the final version of the text was written by an AI, but it seems likely that a PR firm or crisis communications firm was used to defuse the situation. Those companies are used not just because they can generate text, but because they're able to identify the problem, come up with a solution, and do it in a way that ends the news cycle. Those are skills that require empathy and understanding human nature, which is something AI doesn't do.

[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 14 hours ago

AI can if you go "and make sure to mention [INSERT PROBLEM HERE]" in the prompt.

And that entire apology is most definitely AI slop written, it has every telltale sign, such as using weird grammar choices, and looking sycophantic

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dude you're so full of shit, it even identifies the fact it's a party and people were drunk and can't consent

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works -4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

By saying "What's the moral issue here?" You indicated there was a moral issue to find.

I would bet that if you used that prompt for something where there were absolutely no moral issues, it would invent one.

[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

But it didn’t invent an issue. It found the one talked about and several others.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Sure, and that's pretty good. But, it's not the same as identifying that there is an issue on its own.

[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 1 points 53 minutes ago

It’s not like the people in the company saw the issue themselves, until they were told that there were an issue.

[–] colourlessidea@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Perhaps you haven’t been using LLMs recently - they absolutely do that now.

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago

I checked and it seems like the main difference with an AI suggested apology is the addition of gaslighting:

We did NOT offer instant interviews based on tattoos. That was never our intent. We brought a tattoo artist to our party as a fun, optional activity — like face painting or photo booths — to help break the ice. No one was pressured. No one was evaluated. And no one was hired because of a tattoo.

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Or maybe they just used the feedback they got to craft the prompt. Or just fed the feedback directly into the llm and told it to craft an apology based on that.

Regardless, I don't really care how they arrived at the soulless apology so I'm going to move on.