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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by sebzim4500 on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:30AM (#38361830)
Your examples seem so obviously to me to be a "positive impact" that I can't really understand your comment.

Of course saving time for 100 million people is positive.

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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by mejutoco on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:31AM (#38362266)
Not arguing either way, but it is conceivable that reading comprehension (which is not stellar in general) can get even worse. Saving time for the same quality would be a positive. Saving time for a different quality might depend on the use-case. For a rough summary of a novel it might be ok, for a legal/medical use, might literally kill you.
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Re:OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sa... by shafyy on Wednesday November 22, 2023 @05:57AM (#38377626)
"Positive impact" for me would be things like improve social injustice, reduce poverty, reduce CO2 emissions, etc. Not saying that it's a negative impact to make programmers more productive, but it's not like ChatGPT is saving the world.
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