Is Ai coming for your job? (also, updated Ai development)

[crimsonaudio]

I can manage with a flip phone and a Rand McNally map.

If I weren't running a business (where I need mobile access to calendars, servers etc) I'd go for a flip-phone in a heartbeat. I hardly ever use my phone for anything other than business.

 

[TexasBama]

If I weren't running a business (where I need mobile access to calendars, servers etc) I'd go for a flip-phone in a heartbeat. I hardly ever use my phone for anything other than business.

I do everything on my office computer. I'll do some emails on my phone, but they can wait. I still use a Franklin Dayplanner.

 

[crimsonaudio]

I do everything on my office computer. I'll do some emails on my phone, but they can wait. I still use a Franklin Dayplanner.

My industry requires immediacy more often than not. I've an interest in dumb phones as I could probably make it work, but I have to remain connected enough to manage work.

I generally hate smart phones so this might be the push I need to move back.

 

[Crimson1967]

I am starting to see commercials with AI generated “actors”.

 

[CrimsonJazz]

I do everything on my office computer. I'll do some emails on my phone, but they can wait. I still use a Franklin Dayplanner.

Same. I love my old-fashioned day planner and I use it every workday.

 

[Padreruf]

I had some fun last night...asked Chat AI some zany, random questions -- and included medical one's such as treating a skin rash I have from lenalidomide. The answers were spot on...My question is now how the young people will have to adapt their educational objectives to enhance the use of AI. We will have to be educated so we can ask the right questions...

 

[crimsonaudio]

I had some fun last night...asked Chat AI some zany, random questions -- and included medical one's such as treating a skin rash I have from lenalidomide. The answers were spot on...My question is now how the young people will have to adapt their educational objectives to enhance the use of AI. We will have to be educated so we can ask the right questions...

The biggest problem with how 'helpful' this so-called Ai can be is the crutch it will become. Like water, humans generally take the path of least resistance, and we're already seeing gaps in student knowledge due to reliance on mobile phones. Why memorize formulas or even simple things like multiplication tables when you can just grab your phone?

Heck, even as adults many of us no longer memorize things we did years ago such as phone numbers of friends or businesses - why do that when you can just grab your phone?

Maybe it will be a net positive, but I suspect there will be some growing pains along the way. I don't fear "Ai", but I do fear the results of human laziness when faced with the options it offers.

 

[Padreruf]

The biggest problem with how 'helpful' this so-called Ai can be is the crutch it will become. Like water, humans generally take the path of least resistance, and we're already seeing gaps in student knowledge due to reliance on mobile phones. Why memorize formulas or even simple things like multiplication tables when you can just grab your phone?

Heck, even as adults many of us no longer memorize things we did years ago such as phone numbers of friends or businesses - why do that when you can just grab your phone?

Maybe it will be a net positive, but I suspect there will be some growing pains along the way. I don't fear "Ai", but I do fear the results of human laziness when faced with the options it offers.

I have learned to ALWAYS FEAR the results of human laziness...

 

[TexasBama]

My industry requires immediacy more often than not. I've an interest in dumb phones as I could probably make it work, but I have to remain connected enough to manage work.

I generally hate smart phones so this might be the push I need to move back.

I wonder if Samsung is jumping in this boat.

 

[Bamaro]

I wonder if Samsung is jumping in this boat.

They will

 

[NationalTitles18]

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/11/tech/elon-musk-drops-openai-lawsuit/index.html

Musk — who co-founded OpenAI in 2015 — sued the company in February, accusing the ChatGPT maker of abandoning its original, nonprofit mission by reserving some of its most advanced AI technology for private customers. The lawsuit had sought a jury trial and for the company, Altman and co-founder and president Greg Brockman to pay back any profit they received from the business.

But OpenAI quickly pushed back against Musk’s claims, calling them “incoherent” and “frivolous” and arguing in a court filing that the case should be dismissed. The company also published a blog post that included several of Musk’s emails from OpenAI’s early days. The emails appeared to show Musk acknowledging the need for the company to make large sums of money to fund the computing resources needed to power its AI ambitions, which stood in contrast to the claims in his lawsuit that OpenAI was wrongly pursuing profit.

Musk accused OpenAI of racing to develop powerful “artificial general intelligence” technology to “maximize profits.” OpenAI, meanwhile, accused Musk of essentially being jealous that he was no longer involved in the startup, after he left OpenAI in 2018 following an unsuccessful bid to convince his fellow co-founders to let Tesla acquire it.

 

[NationalTitles18]

Well, looks like it's going to take some time.

McDonalds removes AI drive-throughs after order errors

The voice recognition system seems not to have recognised what customers were really ordering.

www.bbc.com

McDonald's is removing artificial intelligence (AI) powered ordering technology from its drive-through restaurants in the US, after customers shared its comical mishaps online.

A trial of the system, which was developed by IBM and uses voice recognition software to process orders, was announced in 2019.

It has not proved entirely reliable, however, resulting in viral videos of bizarre misinterpreted orders ranging from bacon-topped ice cream to hundreds of dollars' worth of chicken nuggets.

McDonald's told franchisees it would remove the tech from the more than 100 restaurants it has been testing it in by the end of July, as first reported by trade publication Restaurant Business.

"After thoughtful review, McDonald's has decided to end our current global partnership with IBM on AOT [Automated Order Taking] beyond this year," the restaurant chain said in a statement.

 

[Crimson1967]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4742054-nbc-ai-al-michaels-olympics/

A little weird, but at least Michaels is alive and signed off on it.

 

[DzynKingRTR]

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4742054-nbc-ai-al-michaels-olympics/

A little weird, but at least Michaels is alive and signed off on it.

it is beyond just weird. I heard it this morning and it is scary and creepy.

 

[crimsonaudio]

Genius.

 

[crimsonaudio]

 

[crimsonaudio]

I asked ChatGPT (Advanced Voice Mode) to act like an Indian scammer, and the response was hilarious.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1840739629588177223

 

[DzynKingRTR]

What will really freak you out is I am not even a real person. I am AI

 

[crimsonaudio]

EDGE board greenlights expansion of Elon Musk’s supercomputer site in Southwest Memphis

Billionaire Elon Musk must like Memphis. His company xAI is getting the green light to expand its footprint in the Bluff City. The supercomputer site in Southwest Memphis about to get super-sized.

www.actionnews5.com

 

[jthomas666]

Part of this op-ed addresses AI. Also addresses our aging workforce and a changing global economy.

America Is Sleepwalking Into an Economic Storm

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/opinion/economy-us-aging-work-force-ai.html?unlocked_article_code=1.S04.ibtC.YKpIxy3IJ-fH&smid=url-share