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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by volemo on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @01:36PM (#43975514)
> The user cannot but a good AI might itself allow the average user to bridge the information asymmetry. So as long as we have a way to select a good AI assistant for ourselves...

In the end it all hinges on the users ability to assess the quality of the product. Otherwise, the user cannot judge whether an assistant recommends quality products and the assistant has an incentive to suggest poorly (e.g. sellout to product producers).

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Re:The world could run on older hardware if software optimiz... by worldsayshi on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @04:13PM (#43977187)
> In the end it all hinges on the users ability to assess the quality of the product

The AI can use tools to extract various key metrics from the product that is analysed. Even if we limit such metrics down to those that can be verified in various "dumb" ways we should be able to verify products much further than today.

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