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  • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

    Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

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    @evacide Counting: the one thing computers can definitely do. It's like someone invented a ladder with no rungs or a bicycle you can't steer. Future generations will mock us mercilessly.

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    • sarraceniawilds@sunny.gardenS sarraceniawilds@sunny.garden

      @evacide oh man if a place as rabidly anti-worker as starbs cant make it work then no one can

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      @SarraceniaWilds Just my thought! @evacide

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      • pier@infosec.exchangeP pier@infosec.exchange

        @evacide Maybe just me but that article kinda reads like slop. I know humans make mistakes too but:

        “If the system counted too much of the product, it wouldn’t send enough of a product a store was running low on. If the system counted too little, it wouldn’t ship enough of a needed product.”

        Huh?

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        @pier or not a native speaker? @evacide

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        • zl2tod@mastodon.onlineZ zl2tod@mastodon.online

          @evacide

          Did Starbucks also fire the incompetent executives that thought AI agents were a good idea in business systems?

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          @zl2tod probably not @evacide

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          • energisch_@troet.cafeE energisch_@troet.cafe

            @pier or not a native speaker? @evacide

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            @energisch_ @evacide It is possible that “Sasha Rogelberg” writing for Yahoo Finance is a non-native speaker, but seems unlikely. I think it’s much more likely that they are under extreme pressure, probably had most of their team laid off, and either chose to or were required to use an LLM to write the story. Not saying it’s a false story, seems like it’s probably true. But the slop makes it un-trustworthy. And I am so fucking tired of having to wonder about every article, “is this real or just completely made up?” Not exactly a hot take around here, I know.

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            • cptsuperlative@toot.catC cptsuperlative@toot.cat

              @evacide

              Wait, are you telling me that reliable accuracy matters for businesses?!

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              @CptSuperlative @evacide That's what I thought, too. Surely they just need to amp up the obsequious pandering, Maybe hallucinate some strategic distractions and scapegoating, to make the managers happy again.

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              • negative12dollarbill@techhub.socialN negative12dollarbill@techhub.social

                @evacide Counting: the one thing computers can definitely do. It's like someone invented a ladder with no rungs or a bicycle you can't steer. Future generations will mock us mercilessly.

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                Future generations will be dumber than us.

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                • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

                  Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

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                  Starbucks quietly retired its AI agent just months after deployment after it miscounted coffee shop inventories and slowed down baristas

                  "It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time," one Starbucks employee told Fortune.

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                  @evacide

                  “It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time,” Addison said.

                  This is almost beyond satire

                  Well, it started badly, it tailed off a little in the middle, and the less said about the end, the better. But, apart than that, excellent. - Blackadder

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                  • pier@infosec.exchangeP pier@infosec.exchange

                    @energisch_ @evacide It is possible that “Sasha Rogelberg” writing for Yahoo Finance is a non-native speaker, but seems unlikely. I think it’s much more likely that they are under extreme pressure, probably had most of their team laid off, and either chose to or were required to use an LLM to write the story. Not saying it’s a false story, seems like it’s probably true. But the slop makes it un-trustworthy. And I am so fucking tired of having to wonder about every article, “is this real or just completely made up?” Not exactly a hot take around here, I know.

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                    @pier of course but in the end my guess is it'll cost way more to use LLM for journalistic work. In assistanc, maybe, for rough translations. But not for the main Job.
                    @evacide

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                    • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

                      Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

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                      "It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time," one Starbucks employee told Fortune.

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                      @evacide echoes Dell quietly dropping Bitcoin as a payment method.

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                      • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

                        Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

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                        Starbucks quietly retired its AI agent just months after deployment after it miscounted coffee shop inventories and slowed down baristas

                        "It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time," one Starbucks employee told Fortune.

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                        @evacide I really think you are getting this wrong.

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                        • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

                          Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

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                          "It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time," one Starbucks employee told Fortune.

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                          @evacide
                          But I still don't understand how it was supposed to work. Image recognition?

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                          • tk@f.kawa-kun.comT tk@f.kawa-kun.com
                            @evacide The bubble is popping. >:3
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                            @tk @evacide Not fast enough

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                            • congusbongus@mastodon.gamedev.placeC congusbongus@mastodon.gamedev.place

                              @evacide

                              “It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time,” Addison said.

                              This is almost beyond satire

                              Well, it started badly, it tailed off a little in the middle, and the less said about the end, the better. But, apart than that, excellent. - Blackadder

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                              @congusbongus @evacide “It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time,” was also in my clipboard. The quote was probably not delivered as it would be in a British comedy show but it reads as though it should be.

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                              • pier@infosec.exchangeP pier@infosec.exchange

                                @evacide Maybe just me but that article kinda reads like slop. I know humans make mistakes too but:

                                “If the system counted too much of the product, it wouldn’t send enough of a product a store was running low on. If the system counted too little, it wouldn’t ship enough of a needed product.”

                                Huh?

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                                @pier @evacide That reads more human to me. It's the kind of mistake you might get from deciding to flip the order during editing and not quite finishing the job. Slop text tends to be superficially polished (no typos, etc.) but mostly waffle.

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                                • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

                                  Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

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                                  Starbucks quietly retired its AI agent just months after deployment after it miscounted coffee shop inventories and slowed down baristas

                                  "It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time," one Starbucks employee told Fortune.

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                                  @evacide A search engine that can't even pull correct numbers from its database is a shitty search engine.

                                  #AIHoax #AIDoesNotExist

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                                  • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

                                    Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

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                                    Starbucks quietly retired its AI agent just months after deployment after it miscounted coffee shop inventories and slowed down baristas

                                    "It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time," one Starbucks employee told Fortune.

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                                    @evacide I'm happy the press starts to put some bearish pressure on AI, that's how to pop a bubble

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                                    • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

                                      Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

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                                      Starbucks quietly retired its AI agent just months after deployment after it miscounted coffee shop inventories and slowed down baristas

                                      "It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time," one Starbucks employee told Fortune.

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                                      @evacide The fact that they don't seem to understand that I don't actually want to talk to anyone, especially not a chatbot, before I have my coffee, clearly demonstrates their gross incompetence.

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                                      • guy_bockamp@mastodon.socialG guy_bockamp@mastodon.social

                                        @evacide I really think you are getting this wrong.

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                                        @guy_bockamp @evacide Care to explain?

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                                        • evacide@hachyderm.ioE evacide@hachyderm.io

                                          Throwing one more story into the "Is AI going to replace all jobs?" folder.

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                                          Starbucks quietly retired its AI agent just months after deployment after it miscounted coffee shop inventories and slowed down baristas

                                          "It started off not particularly accurate and got less accurate over time," one Starbucks employee told Fortune.

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                                          @evacide can't count beverage ingredients but it will absolutely do everything else possible right?

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