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Re:OpenAI model for masking personally identifiable informat... by ori_b on Saturday April 25, 2026 @11:20PM (#47907002)
The advantage of computers was that they didn't make human errors; they did things repeatedly, quickly, and predictably. If I'm going to accept human error, I'd like it to come from a human.
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Re:OpenAI model for masking personally identifiable informat... by creesch on Sunday April 26, 2026 @03:20AM (#47908143)
> The advantage of computers was that they didn't make human errors;

Sure they do, computers repeatedly, quickly, and predictably do what they are programmed to do. Which includes any human errors in that programming.

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Re:OpenAI model for masking personally identifiable informat... by laserlight on Sunday April 26, 2026 @03:30AM (#47908193)
> predictably do what they are programmed to do

And now they predictably do what they are not programmed to do.

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Re:OpenAI model for masking personally identifiable informat... by CityOfThrowaway on Sunday April 26, 2026 @01:26PM (#47912045)
OTOH, if you're willing to accept human-level error rates... why would you not do so at a burst-scalable task per minute and 1/1000th the cost?

I've built large human data entry operations. Variable throughput, monotony, hiring and perf management and firing, management, quality management. All of these things are large investments of human effort and money.

If I can achieve the same quality level (or in some use cases, even slightly degraded output) with software scaling characteristics and costs... I see zero reasons outside regulatory compliance reasons to have people do it.

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