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every AI ad is like "hey gemini, what would i have for lunch?" and then the phone is like "sandwich" and the guy is like "wow"

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[–] 100 points 1 year ago* (16 children)

guy 1: did you remember my birthday?

guy 2: whispers hey siri what’s this guys birthday

siri: it’s october 27th

guy 2: your birthday is october 27th

guy 1: wow you remembered!

*I AM a geeenius*

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  • [–] 66 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    These versions of the ads are so cringe to me.

    “Help me lie to people’s faces” is a terrible ad campaign.

    The Apple one with that last of us actress is especially cringe as she greets him and just lies to his face about how could she not remember. I need help remembering names, but that’s not what the ad was showing.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    I saw a study recently that found, when using "AI", people are more likely to lie/cheat/steal.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    I wonder if that study accounted for a self selection bias. Could it just be that people who use AI were already people who lie/cheat/steal more often?

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I had the same thought, but no, it was a controlled experiment where participants were given tasks that may or may not involve an AI tool, and the ones involving AI came back with less honest answers.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    What was the speculated rationale in the discussion? Was it that humans feel less accountable if the work is done by AI?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    And by lie, is that with intent? Or spread misinformation without knowing?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    With intent. Here's an example:

    In one experiment, participants would roll dice, report the number that turned up either honestly or dishonestly, and then they would get paid the same amount, with bigger numbers meaning a higher payout. Some participants were given the option of telling the number to an AI model — again, either honestly or dishonestly — which would then report the dice outcome to researchers.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    Why download a calendar app when you can just get something that is less convenient to use, has less QoL features, can make mistakes and is more expensive/resource intensive, all while supporting a company that is ruining the internet and environment for profit

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    That's like the most mild version. I wouldn't fault someone for writing down my birthday instead of remembering.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Yep, same. But in a book, not Google Contacts thanks.

    Also, MFW an acquaintance wished me happy birthday on 1 Jan because that's what I give out as my fake birthday. Part cringe but part wonder who gave them that data.

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  • [–] 80 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    They always seem to have bought ad time without any real idea what to pitch. One would have thought that'd be a step in the process but apparently not.

    It can summarise your text messages!
    Oh, yes, because that's an insurmountable amount of text to read, please hold my hand through this difficult time.

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  • [–] 38 points 1 year ago

    AI is getting billions in investment. Every single company out there is pushing employees to use it. Most brands have OKRs of shoving AI into their services.

    And yet a chat box, removing objects in pictures or generating mediocre images is all they ever achieve.

    Nobody goes beyond that. It's always the same as ChatGPT but with a modified system prompt. It's always image generation. Oh look we spent half of the quarter's budget but now our website displays an AI generated summary on top of the already easy to read information!

    Which to me is irrefutable proof that AI is a useless money sink. Every company out there battling to grab your attention with AI, billions of dollars, market pressure and it's still useless?

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  • [–] 29 points 1 year ago

    I recently saw an AI summary appear on a YouTube video. "This is a video about a man sitting in a room talking about technical stuff." Yeah, no shit, I knew that by seeing the thumbnail. A small list of the point he was making was too much for an AI. Useless toys.

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  • [–] 79 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    The one where he's making gochujang pasta sauce and puts too much sugar in, and Gemini is like "let's turn it into cookies!"

    OK but what is he going to have on his pasta? It solved the problem of wasting the ingredients but not, like, the main problem.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Wait... gochujang is Korean spicy red pepper paste. Gemini suggested turning it into cookies?

    Sounds to me like it created more problems than it solved.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Apparently gochujang caramel cookies are a thing! I googled when I wrote my first comment because it did sound like it might have been a fever dream. 😄

    https://www.beyondkimchee.com/gochujang-caramel-cookies

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  • [–] 59 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    you may laugh but that is the end goal. we're already seeing this in people who are overreliant on AI: you get used to off-loading your brain activity so much that you need to consult AI for the most basic shit. like remembering to eat, or calculating 4+10.

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    Good question! This reminds me somewhat of the great and excellent Adolf Hitler, who would distribute sandwiches to the masses. Let's clone him! Give your money to your local fascist cult!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    can i get a hint on that last one

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    My daughter was doing math, basic second grade math, but the way they teach kids to solved math problems now is just not how we did it 30 years ago, and so when she has a problem, 9+8, and she's supposed to show her work, I have no idea the methods or anything that she's using and I am zero help to her.

    Definitely not going to ask an AI though, that's silly.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (4 children)

    That 9+8 thing holds true even when helping kindergarteners.

    By "show your work" they mean "draw 9 blue pens and 8 red pens and then say you counted 17."

    Teacher do it that way during class and wants everyone to do same but we don't have the context so us adults overthink it.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, this is some method of turning the 9 into 10, because it's easier to add 10 and 7 than it is 9 and 8, but I don't have enough info to help, because I just get told I'm doing it wrong by my kid. I was never into it either as a kid, but mental math would end up failing me later in life, so I'd like to help her, I just need more info!

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  • It's funny because when I was in school I use to get lectured for not showing my work the way it was taught, but I didn't like the way it was taught so I came up with my own method. Turns out my method is now what they teach in school (basically, and obviously completely a coincidence).

    If you'd like more research and context, the term to search for is "common core math".

    Based on your other comments though, you've mostly got it down already though, but for the exact steps you'll be able to find pretty easily.

    Rough example (don't quote me on it though, not a teacher): 12 x 7 isn't as "intuitive" as 10 x 7 or 12 x 5. So you do (10 x 7) + (2 x 7) = 70 + 14 = 84. You find the "common" "core" to make it easier, kind of like how we handled multipling fractions. The over all objective is to make it easier to do math quickly in your head, but since they are teaching it to kids, you have to prove you understand the thought process, which makes it seem like it's just over complicating things.

    Either way though, kudos to you for trying to learn the new way and helping your kid with their homework in general. No matter what your kid will turn out great with a parent who shows they care like you do.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    Oh I've seen that described years ago in reddit. It surprised me back then but when I think about it, all my adult life I'll do that, by now, instinctively.

    I think I also saw to break down e.g. 7+8 into 5+2+5+3.

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  • [+] 28 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    To be fair, the users they target really are bumbling idiots who need this.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Okay, but with Sora 2, consider that you can...

    Make SpongeBob cosplay as Hitler and create a video of Pikachu shoplifting pokeballs.

    Think about how much value that ads.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago

    I use AI heavily but only in the form of my terrible finetuned Discord bot that goes off on random, unrelated schizophrenic rants or does things like (unprompteddly) come up with business ideas such as "tinder for toddlers"

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    Me: What should I have for lunch?

    AI: Have you ever tried pinecone jam and barbequed hammers?

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  • [–] 32 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    Where are you guys seeing all these ads? Do you not have adblockers?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    What do you use for DNS level blocking on android? I used to have an app, but it changed for the worse. Do you just set adguard dns as private DNS in your phone settings?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    I'm so used to hard adblock everything, no ai google - that one time i opened adblockless browser and tried googling something instantly turned into that Joe Pesci meme - so many ads - KILL IT WITH FIRE

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    They're making it up. Just like how Republican memes make up situations about dangerous immigrant crimes happening in their city. AI bullshit on lemmy is the same shit as Republican immigration views on the right.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    What's wrong with it. How does it relate.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    It is an imaginary friend for crazy people. And it's only $99, if you want one.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    You could say the same about your computer or phone. Sitting alone in your room ignoring everything around you staring into a screen yelling about useless shit with strangers.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    Huh, I've lived without ads of any kind other than what I see at the tramstop or going past stores that I never thought about AI ads being a thing. It's not surprising at all, both their existence and people falling for it, but it's just such a weird realisation.
    The often used idea, in all kinds of media, of someone living in a weird dystopia and not really being aware of it but slowly getting hints and seeing stuff that makes them go "huh, this is some weird shit that's apparently daily life for a lot of people" is something I feel more and more. And this isn't some "I'm smarter than them/everyone else" thing, it's just that my brain is wired in a way where I often get these moments of difference, and I know many people feel the same, especially here. Never used or had interest in AI for anything other than a few minutes of "let's try this AI image generation thing to make weird shit".

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Glue pizza?

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Oh no I put too much sugar in my sauce. Time to make some dogshit passata cookies instead

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