Man scammed after AI told him fake Facebook customer support number was real

Re:Man scammed after AI told him fake Facebook customer supp... by Last5Digits on Friday May 31, 2024 @02:55PM (#40538947)

Dude, look at any thread about any capability of current LLMs and I promise you that you will see more comments complaining about hype than comments actually talking about the topic of the link. Where is this magical hype that seems so widespread yet is weirdly absent when you look for it?

Consciousness especially is an absolute meme at this point. No one will ever actually give any definition, test, or set of capabilities when it comes down to it. Obviously, because then the goalposts would be firmly planted, a big problem when AI moves as fast as it currently does and no one wants to have any uncomfortable discussions.

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Re:Man scammed after AI told him fake Facebook customer supp... by Jensson on Saturday June 01, 2024 @09:34AM (#40545612)

> Where is this magical hype that seems so widespread yet is weirdly absent when you look for it?

It was thick here a year ago, full of people predicting end of programming jobs within a year etc. Those people didn't understand the limitations inherent in these models. Today the general view here massively shifted towards doubt, since as we all know all those mad predictions made back then were proven wrong.

Today people here have moved on, but you still find them all over subreddits with LLM users etc.

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