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Comment Re:not prevention (Score 1) 105

It's not prevention, it's tons of way better treatment and earlier detection.

Anti-smoking efforts and alternatives have been very effective in the US. Everybody smoked in the 80's, and now I can't remember the last time I saw someone with a cigarette. While not cancer, both of my parents died from smoking related COPD. Cigarettes are bad.

Comment Re:small business (Score 1) 78

Small businesses that get a lot of these calls will revolt quickly. Google can try to force them to feed the machine but its not going to work well.

Surely they'll save the answer and not call a second time for the same question. How many questions could there be for a dry cleaner?

Comment Re:My answer (Score 4, Interesting) 113

I guess I'm the odd ball, because I would do it, as long as it wasn't in addition to my regular duties, i.e. unpaid overtime. Get out of my cubicle for a couple of days. See what other people at the company do. I'd rather drive a fork lift or something, but I'd pack boxes a couple of days.

Comment Re:So something I don't think anyone is asking (Score 1) 52

The AI should be smart enough to know what a citation is and it probably is. So it probably knows what it can cite and what it can't.

I would be surprised if a company like Lexis Nexis doesn't already have an LLM product trained specifically on case law that can produce accurate responses. I would be less surprised if a law firm used ChatGPT free tier instead of paying the money for right tool for the job.

Comment Aliens (Score 1) 63

You know what Netflix doesn't have? Aliens. Wanted to watch it over the weekend. Nope. Xfinity? Not there either. Couldn't even rent it. I ultimately rented it on YouTube for four bucks. I honestly can't remember the last time I had the urge to watch a specific movie and actually found it on any of the streaming services I pay for.

Comment Dropped Calls (Score 4, Interesting) 73

I worked dialup internet tech support over a summer (worst job I ever had - AI can have it).

Our performance was evaluated based on call time. So if someone was on a lengthy call, pick up and hang up on the next couple of calls to keep the average length within requirements. So that's why you sit on hold for 30 minutes and just get hung up on.

We also had to ask a computer for permission to use the bathroom. Too many people in the bathroom? Had to hold it.

Comment Re:They're going to charge for AI (Score 1) 181

They're going to be charging for AI and raise the rates as companies become dependent anyway.

This week Github Copilot set a limit on how many requests you can make to the reasoning models on the paid subscription. You can conveniently purchase more usage if needed.

Expect more of this.

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