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This cannot possibly hold up in court. You cant just advertise a product and then be like "*but actually we might be lying about some or all of these things"??? What the fuck are you selling then

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[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 256 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Do not buy that laptop. If they cut corners on the fucking description, who knows what else they'll cut corners on.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 52 points 6 days ago (10 children)

I literally cannot think of the last time I saw a Samsung (or Sony for that matter) laptop in the wild.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 35 points 6 days ago (6 children)

How'd you know it was Samsung? Honestly I don't know if I've ever seen a Samsung laptop even through a screen

[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 28 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I think they’re assuming it’s a Samsung computer because it mentions phone link can connect to a Galaxy smartphone. Seeing as that’s the name of the program provided by Microsoft (which will connect to any smartphone) I’m assuming whatever ad copy this shitty llm ate to regurgitate this slop used a Galaxy phone as an example

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 18 points 6 days ago (6 children)

It specifically calls out Galaxy smartphones.

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 101 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Send us $1300 and we will send you... something?

[–] Cattail@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago

Send a labubu

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[–] Pavidus@lemmy.world 83 points 6 days ago (5 children)

I recently ran into this issue with a coffee pot. I was specifically hunting for a coffee pot with an adjustable temperature warmer. Ordered one that specifically stated that in the description, only to receive a coffee pot that did not have that feature. Checked the model number on the box versus the listing, and it's the same. Then I saw the fine print: we are not responsible for inaccurate product information.

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 100 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They are absolutely responsible for that, fuck em

[–] Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 45 points 6 days ago

Too fucking right, send the fucker back

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 39 points 6 days ago

we are not responsible for inaccurate product information.

I have half a packet of mints in my car. Going to put them up on eBay and sell them as immortality drugs. Well see how that works out.

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[–] jpreston2005@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Was just arguing about the usefulness of AI as a tool with someone on here, and he said that AI consistently making mistakes is a great way to improve critical thinking skills, because it challenges you to figure it out on your own after AI fails.

So what I'm saying is, that was an absolute rubbish take, and shit like this is going to be the downfall of the internet. The internet was such a wonderful, useful tool, and now look at how they massacred my boy 😞

[–] Shayeta@feddit.org 16 points 5 days ago

It went to shit when "the internet" became 4-6 biggest web services, this is just the final nail in coffin.

[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You cunts gotta get used to name and shaming instead of just posting and forgetting

[–] glitchdx@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

bUt iF I NaMe tHeM ThEn tHaTs aDvErTiSiNg!!!

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Amazon’s “Starfish” project is scraping the net for small businesses and posting their products on Amazon, with AI generated information.

Imagine getting a sale from a storefront you didn’t consent to being listed on, with an inaccurate description of your product.

[–] vala@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 days ago

Didn't Uber eats do this same thing with small restaurants?

[–] deltaspawn0040@lemmy.zip 37 points 6 days ago (2 children)

"windows 11" "smooth computing experience" yep that's AI alright.

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[–] j4k3@piefed.world 67 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Sales bs has been totally disconnected from actual specs for a long time. Like shopping for hardware a few years ago, I could not rely on any sales garbage for info. I only looked for verifiable model numbers and then looked them up on linux-hardware.org because those scans list everything the Linux kernel discovered.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 27 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

If you can't give me exact, accurate details about your own fucking product, then I will not be buying your product. If it even actually exists, which I would now be doubtful of.

[–] hdnsmbt@lemmy.world 43 points 6 days ago (2 children)

What's keeping them from checking the info before publishing it, though?

Oh, right. Greed.

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[–] percent@infosec.pub 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

we strive to deliver accurate information

🤔 what do they think "strive" means?

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[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Truth in advertising was killed off in the 80's.. They can basically say whatever they want now and little ever gets done.

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[–] Alpha71@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

In case anyone was wondering, it's Best Buy

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[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 24 points 6 days ago (1 children)

They need to be held accountable for every single issue until they realize AI is not the way.

[–] orioler25@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I mean, this kind of missing why AI is so favoured by capitalists despite its obvious unsustainability. AI is already extremely overvaluated for a number of reasons, but its speculative ability to expand corporate ownership of consumer computing while eliminating/devaluing human labour created a potentially infinite vector of growth in a stagnating industry. Because all of these companies invested so heavily into this, largely in a scramble over intellectual property, they were able to realize numbers for this speculative value. Since immaterial financialization is the only kind of growth in a system that is so imcompatible with material reality, these companies have no other option but to adopt the technology, as to deny it would mean that they are not following a profitable vector of growth.

It's a very perfect situation to demonstrate exactly why capitalism is an unsustainable system. Infinite growth and profit imperatives literally makes it impossible to make effective decisions.

"Held accountable" doesn't mean anything wuthin this system, as the legal framework is designed to the interests of capital. They will not choose to stop because neoliberal politics and economic have constructed the state as a viable vector of revenue and risk absorption should any of these gambles fail (especially after the '08 recession).

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[–] Kurtiskurt@lemmynsfw.com 33 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Imagine being so lazy that you can't even write a description of your own product to sell. How do you not know your own product?

[–] ohlaph@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

Yeah, I simply wouldn't buy from them.

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[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 5 days ago

LLMs are a disease.

[–] Widdershins@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I've got a bridge to sell. It's about yay high and goes all the way across. It is colored #9aae07.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 15 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Sorry, that color is copyrighted by Pantone, please cease and desist.

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[–] hector@lemmy.today 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

I do not get it, how much effort would a product description possibly be to instead use ai? This is not a one off, even before these llm ai systems a lot of instruction manuals in cheap crap you buy were written by machines, very badly.

They are presumably paying people to be executives and board members and managers, but they can't be bothered to pay someone a few hours to write a product description accurately? We have all the wrong people in charge in this country. Because they can not even write an accurate product description they chose to.

[–] Bongles@lemmy.zip 8 points 5 days ago

how much effort would a product description possibly be to instead use ai

Probably 15-30 minutes vs a couple seconds. (I know, it would bankrupt anyone)

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[–] PixelatedSaturn@lemmy.world 33 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Brilliant 😂

It's the post truth world so many wanted.

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[–] bytesonbike@discuss.online 14 points 5 days ago

Name and shame. Send the link so we can blast this bullshit.

[–] Kirk@startrek.website 29 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

I recently tried asking Amazon's AI a simple question about a product that had hundreds of reviews. It was a cheap thing, and I admit I was too lazy to verify the info so I went with what the AI said and bought it, and guess what the AI was just completely wrong and now Amazon is paying for me to ship it back.

[–] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 23 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Lpt: don't buy shit on Amazon. Ever. Never. Never ever ever.

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The idea that a company could sell anything while giving out inaccurate information about the product up-front strikes me as utterly bizarre and unimaginable. at least in germany that would be considered "fraud" and definitely you'd have a right to get your money back.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 28 points 6 days ago (2 children)

There's almost as many words in the disclaimer than the generated description!

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[–] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 23 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Online shopping just became gacha

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[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 19 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Do they know what "strive" means?

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[–] NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 13 points 6 days ago

Looks like you didn't just save 450, you saved a full 1300 by not buying it from them

[–] DylanMc6@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 days ago

Here's my description: "This laptop costs at least $1,300 and is pretty expensive"

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (5 children)

I'm like 95% sure a 360 degree hinge isn't even possible, without the thing connected to that hinge being paper thin.

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[–] 0li0li@lemmy.world 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (4 children)

That's just illegal in many countries for a start

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[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

ChatGPT, generate me some images matching this description I can use for an Ebay listing

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