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Re:Ask HN: As people in “tech”, are we inside an AI echo cha... by hosh on Monday July 03, 2023 @12:42PM (#36575438)
It is less about productivity and more that AIs have the potential as the ideal employees.

No time off. No health care. Operate 24/7. No unions. No work safety concerns. No lawsuits over being unfairly fired. Control over exactly how something gets done or said.

If only the AIs will stop hallucinating or can consistently comply with policies …

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Re:Ask HN: As people in “tech”, are we inside an AI echo cha... by jstarfish on Monday July 03, 2023 @02:17PM (#36576861)
> If only the AIs will stop hallucinating or can consistently comply with policies

I'm starting to wonder how much this matters.

People do crazy shit on the clock all the time. Company reps do not always adhere to policy 100% of the time either. People engage in office politics, coworkers accuse others of whatever, mistakes get made. LLMs happen to emulate all of this behavior.

In theory, we could replace everybody with AI and not much would be different. Productivity increase is debatable but cost savings would be immense. The question is how much insanity we're willing to tolerate as a result.

(...and seeing what fun ensues when there are more people than available jobs.)

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Re:Ask HN: As people in “tech”, are we inside an AI echo cha... by Falkon1313 on Monday July 03, 2023 @09:24PM (#36580994)
>The question is how much insanity we're willing to tolerate as a result.

Given our elected representatives, I don't think that's a problem. No offense to any party or person. But we've consistently proven that we can tolerate and welcome way more insanity than seems reasonable.

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