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Re:CFPB's 1,700 employees told to "not perform any work" by Timon3 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @02:51AM (#43010139)
It's terrifying that people really think LLMs are ready for such important tasks, and even moreso that they're willing to sacrifice the livelihoods of others to do so.
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Re:CFPB's 1,700 employees told to "not perform any work" by technol0gic on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @03:44AM (#43010462)
they aren't, this person just simply wants them to be.

and if you say anything to the contrary about LLMs not being fully baked enough for this undertaking, they will immediately frame it like you're against the entire endeavor. they hate nuance.

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Re:CFPB's 1,700 employees told to "not perform any work" by slt2021 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @03:06AM (#43010231)
it is terrifying you think it is OK to employ thousands of expensive bureacrats only to manually forward customer complaints to [email protected], in a nation with 330+ mln people
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Re:CFPB's 1,700 employees told to "not perform any work" by Timon3 on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @05:12AM (#43011000)
That is of course not all that they do, but you know that.
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