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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jan 6 20:11:26 2025
    'Virtual employees' could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI
    boss says

    Sam Altman says tools that carry out jobs autonomously, known as AI
    agents, could transform business output

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/06/virtual-employees-could-join-workforce-as-soon-as-this-year-openai-boss-says

    'Virtual employees' could

    Decrease employment, and increase poverty levels

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Tue Jan 7 11:59:22 2025
    On Mon, 6 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    'Virtual employees' could join workforce as soon as this year, OpenAI
    boss says

    Sam Altman says tools that carry out jobs autonomously, known as AI
    agents, could transform business output

    https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jan/06/virtual-employees-could-join-workforce-as-soon-as-this-year-openai-boss-says

    'Virtual employees' could

    Decrease employment, and increase poverty levels


    I'll believe it when I see it. Until then, just marketing nonsense from
    Altman who is getting nervous about the billions they are burning for very small, marginal increases in their "AI:s" capability.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jan 7 07:50:59 2025
    On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 11:59:22 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    I'll believe it when I see it. Until then, just marketing nonsense from >Altman

    Article suggested AI could be used in scientific fields, making new discoveries.

    One problem here is if current thinking is wrong, its highly doubtful
    AI could see through their blunder.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Jan 7 10:47:54 2025
    On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 11:59:22 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:


    I'll believe it when I see it.

    Interview - A notable flaw of AI is its habit of "hallucinating,"
    making up plausible answers that have no basis in real-world data. AWS
    is trying to tackle this by introducing Amazon Bedrock Automated
    Reasoning checks.

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/interview_with_aws_byron_cook/

    AI answers I've seen via Google seem to be valid, but I'm capable of
    mentally evaluating them. But, on uncommon subjects where not enough background info is possible, I would suspect potential errors.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 8 10:25:43 2025
    On Tue, 7 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 11:59:22 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:


    I'll believe it when I see it.

    Interview - A notable flaw of AI is its habit of "hallucinating,"
    making up plausible answers that have no basis in real-world data. AWS
    is trying to tackle this by introducing Amazon Bedrock Automated
    Reasoning checks.

    https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/07/interview_with_aws_byron_cook/

    AI answers I've seen via Google seem to be valid, but I'm capable of
    mentally evaluating them. But, on uncommon subjects where not enough background info is possible, I would suspect potential errors.


    Hallucinations will be solved by hard coding answers, and saving common queries. It will mean that for common, trivial questions, they will be
    fairly ok, but for specialized subjects, caveat emptor.

    This hard coding will be passed off as "innovative" yet, has roots back to
    the logic expert systems of the 70s.

    But let's see. Maybe OpenAI will pull some kind of magic out of its
    pupushkin.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to JAB on Wed Jan 8 10:23:46 2025
    On Tue, 7 Jan 2025, JAB wrote:

    On Tue, 7 Jan 2025 11:59:22 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote:

    I'll believe it when I see it. Until then, just marketing nonsense from
    Altman

    Article suggested AI could be used in scientific fields, making new discoveries.

    One problem here is if current thinking is wrong, its highly doubtful
    AI could see through their blunder.

    AI has already been used in science for a long time. It's just other
    technology than statistical parrots that yields results.

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