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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 21 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If a human customer service rep [added charges without telling people and lied to them], it’d just be fraud. But being able to blame the computer, that’s the use case for AI!

Potential hot take: In situations where the company attempts to diffuse responsbility, the CEO should take the blame automatically.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I think thats not a hot take. It's a completely rational sane logical take.

We live in a world where corporations, and the wealthy have controlled the narative so hard for so long that you think a CEO being held accountable for their companies actions is a controversial view. And I'm not even saying you're wrong for thinking that. There probably ARE millions of people who would think that it's controversial, because thats the design of the elite controlling the flow of society. From the wealthys perspective, that's not a flaw. That's a feature of everything working as intended. It's up to us to hold their hand to the flame that they lit.

[–] HedyL@awful.systems 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just guessing, but the reported "90% accuracy" are probably related to questions that could be easily answered from an FAQ list. The rest is probably at least in part about issues where the company itself f*cked up in some way... Nothing wrong with answering from an FAQ in theory, but if all the other people get nicely worded BS answers (for which the company couldn't be held accountable), that is a nightmare from every customer's point of view.

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 1 week ago

imma gonna prompt inject me a new iPad

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 6 points 1 week ago

Yuck 🤢. I don't want this.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Much beloved US phone company Verizon

Bullshit.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Can you hear me now? .....good.

walks 10 feet

Can you hear me now? .......good.

walks 10 feet

Can you hear me now? ........good.

Yes. This was an actual ad, that ran for 6 years in different variations. Sometimes he was at the grand canyon. Sometimes he was in NYC. Sometimes he was in Montana's open countryside. One time he was at the effel tower in Paris, which made NO sense. But then they followed that a few years later with him floating in space.

Which at some point, it really should be called out for false advertising. Unless you're telling me I can get on a NASA rocket, blast off to space, and then call someone on my verizon serviced cell phone.

[–] diz@awful.systems 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)