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[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 39 points 6 days ago (8 children)

You shouldn't trust billionaires at all. Even the "good ones". You don't get a billion net worth without exploiting people

[–] Varesti@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Hungary in 1946.

Zimbabwe in 2008.

[–] Chaf@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

Germany 1923.

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[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago

"Young people increasingly don't appear to be incredibly dumb, survey finds."

[–] Avicenna@programming.dev 12 points 6 days ago

billionaires tell people to love the thing they are trying to get them hooked on so that they can run a rampant monopoly and make some more billions.

If you remove yourself from the equation maybe there is some chance. So if you really love AI, perhaps fuck off.

[–] kepix@lemmy.world 11 points 6 days ago (2 children)

my experience, that all my collegues who are aroubd 28-35, use a shitload of ai. younger generation is now using it instead of google search.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 10 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That's because they fucked the google search so that ai is the only thing that gives you what you're looking for. Eventually. After you've argued with it.

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 days ago

At least google's ai will list the sources it's allegedly drawing from so you can verify it's hallucinations live.

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I mean, the marketing people should have been able to tell management that too.

[–] SirEDCaLot@lemmy.today 18 points 6 days ago

Never underestimate me how out of touch business management can be.

There's a saying- corporate consultants are people who charge millions to tell you what your employees and customers have been trying to tell you for free.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 7 points 6 days ago

Good. Young people are hip to what's going on and that is uplifting.

[–] BigBoyShuanzee@aussie.zone 7 points 6 days ago (8 children)

I've been in IT since 2007 I've been with computers since 1994 with a second hand MS DOS.

AI is 100 very good for scientists and people in the medical industry (I don't know why, but I know they've all told me it's good for them). Outside of the above.. Everything else about AI is pointless.. It's just googling things slightly faster than I can google things.

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Interestingly, in the medical field, I have seen a few headlines, but, I was talking to a guy who works for Mayo Clinic. His job is literally trying to quantify the effects AI is having with the doctors, and talking with him I said the same thing “at least it’s good for the medical field” and he replied with “who told you that? I would actually love to speak with them.” So, I’m not sure how effective it is in the medical field either.

[–] BigBoyShuanzee@aussie.zone 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Very interesting, I work in IT and talked about how useless AI is and I got told off by multiple "scientists" because AI was revolutionising the way they did their research.

Granted this was on Reddit so maybe just people wanting to argue.

[–] HerbGrower@slrpnk.net 3 points 6 days ago

Googling things a bit faster, but now all the sites it is searching are AI generated.

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[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Trust the parasite class! I mean, what could possibly go wrong, right..?

[–] UnLocoPoco@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

With ai hallucinations..Ai fakery and the topmost reason being layoffs being attributed increasingly to AI...I don't think so there's anything much to love about AIs. When billionaires tell the society to love something... it's because there's 10000% profit for them in that and almost none for us masses.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

AI is not making my life easier. My gas is not cheaper. Food is still the 2nd highest spend behind housing. Its just not a thing that people with grass to mow need beyond maybe a better search engine.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago

No longer surprised, as the Butlerian Jihad should ever expand.

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.zip 5 points 6 days ago

Us old people as well.

[–] halezinflames@lemmus.org 2 points 6 days ago

Fork found in kitchen

[–] m3t00@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

your pet rock has advice for you

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