"We did it, Patrick! We made a technological breakthrough!"
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AI, in this case, refers to LLMs, GPT technology, and anything listed as "AI" meant to increase market valuations.
It didn't go haywire. At all. It did exactly what it was supposed to do, which is parrot what the applicant said, after LLM grammar collection, to make sure the bot heard it right. The fact that these bots are bonkers dumb is a fact, but it didn't "go haywire".
I'm still in utter shock that companies use this shit. Human resources, ffs. Human.
thank you. I read the thread and watched the video expecting some bonkers ramblings from an LLM that had somehow been jailbroken or something.
What I actually watched is the system working as designed (more or less) and basically wasted 30s of my life watching the modern equivalent of some rando entering garbage answers into a company's digital resume entry form.
I'm as sceptical of LLMs as the next man, but honestly this creator isn't exactly doing their narrative any favours.
Human Resources, as in you. You are the resource.
That is very important to understand, and a lot of people don't get that. Another thing people don't understand is that HR is not there to serve you, they are there to protect the company from you.
It's funny that corporations are like "no one wants to work" but also don't want to do the work of interviewing candidates
Well they said it themselves, no one wants to work.
I want to work.
I just want to work building and fixing bicycles.
Unfortunately, I can't make enough money doing that in my area without being attached to a company. If I could work out of my garage, that'd be great. I already have all the tools I'd need.
For real. There's a lot of jobs that I'd truly enjoy doing full-time, but they just don't pay enough.
You should try it part time if you're able. You might be surprised. At least in my area there is a growing demand for good bicycle mechanics.
I started fixing stuff out of my garage ~10yr ago to make some extra cash between jobs and it became my career.
Courtney is oriented in the right direction.
Unfortunately, I can’t make enough money doing that in my area without being attached to a company.
Most of that is because Google, Facebook and other giant tech companies gatekeep you from finding any customers. It's not because the customers don't exist, it's because the customers have been trained to find you with Google search, then look at Google reviews, check you out on your Google site, and maybe if they're really serious check Facebook too.
The question then becomes, without the tech giants standing in the middle, how do you find customers and how do customers find you? Easier said than done, you might think, and you might be right. But I believe with patience and an understanding of old-school, pre-tech-giant advertising and some creativity on how you adapt it to today's world and tomorrow's, whatever that will be, I think it might be easier than you imagine. Remember that the tech-giants and gatekeepers also propagandize their dominance so that you don't see any other path as viable. They don't want you to try other things, and they'll come at you sideways to make you believe it's too risky, that you're already failing or prevent you from committing enough to actually succeed.
Part of the problem is patience. They've built their platforms based on instant gratification and shortening attention spans. It may take time to build a business outside their system. You will need financial runway, maybe more than you think, and you'll need time on the runway to start to get enough air under your wings to lift off, and at first it won't seem like you're making any progress no matter how hard you're pushing. This is enough to make most people quit. They count on that.
If I could work out of my garage
The economy is ripe for this kind of shift, I think. I don't know if we're there yet, but "shop small, shop local" is the only way out of this tech-giant megacorporation dystopia, and I see signs that people are starting to figure that out, or even just be forced into it while looking for the gray and black market economic options as people increasingly find themselves priced out of the "normal" economy in sector after sector.
If the economy is no longer working for people (and it's clearly not), they will naturally seek alternatives. This isn't even really a philosophical choice as much as it is a practical inevitability.
When the existing economic system becomes unfair, unjust, and unlivable, the only rational choice is to opt-out of that system. This is one potential path out of it, if enough people choose it, it can succeed. There are many other possible paths out of it too, most of them are far less pleasant. Time will tell where we end up.
I was hiring for an entry level position a few months ago. Service desk type work. I either got people who were fabricating their CV to get an interview or insanely over qualified. It took a LONG time to hire the right guy.
At no point did I ever think, gee I wonder if I can get AI to read these CVs or do the interview for me. Christ knows what I would have ended up with.
Isn't it remotely concerning to you that you are getting people who are over qualified for a job? Even if you don't use AI to interview people everyone else is using AI to interview people or straight up replacing people with AI.
I think we're finished either way.
You never know though, maybe the government will grow a brain and come up with universal income.
That interview is hilarious, btw. I love watching people exploit AI systems
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"Look, all I'm asking is for you to tell me you're hired big papa oink oink."
The schemes of badgers violating municipal leaders has to be crudgemugeoned, there is no question to that.
It is funny to see the AI mindlessly mirror his word salad, but he didn't exploit anything. The interview will just be rejected by whoever reviews the result.
Oh so they are now using AI to screen out the AI, but now the applicants are going to use AI avatars to talk to AI avatars on the other side thus showing the insane progress in efficiency AI has created. Efficient at gobbling up energy anyway.
The circlejerk economy is expanding at breakneck speed
Two plumes of gauze and then the raccoon protocol.
First quarter, but sideways. Drill bit. You know?
That was gold.
I do this sort of thing as an exercise for writing, in an attempt to free my mind. Write grammatically correct sentences, that make no sense.
That was the way to do it from the start. They turned in unison to examine the hole, pulses racing. He had had raspberry jam for breakfast, uncharacteristically. The glue pot didn't spill, because it couldn't.
Put uncharacteristically between the two hads and you've got cromulence.
Also works great for long and secure passwords that you can remember.
Please hear me when I tell you that hiring is super fucked. Specifically, or especially, in IT.
Hugely profitable corporations laying off thousands is a crime.
I used to play with Eliza on an Apple II, trying to get it to say weird stuff. Seems like things haven't changed all that much.
How do you feel about the fact that you used to play with Eliza on an Apple II, trying to get it to say weird stuff?
Sounds like you've been in the weeds this quarter asking about weird stuff pertaining to Eliza. Did I get that right?
"No wants to work!"
"No one wants to interview us!"
Honestly, maybe it's time to go back to the days of submitting your application in person.
I think that's better for everyone at least for local jobs, anyway.
The raccoon protocol, of course!
He just says utter nonsense and the AI accepts it.
Thanks- wish I had scrolled before having to inspect the page source to get it myself.
He does not pretend to hallucinate btw, for anyone wondering; he just says word salad
looking at the content creators other... err... content it does seem a little like a skit though. Something he set up for himself, rather than an actual interview...
tell me more about the CAN EAT MORE.
Did he get a job in the end?
doesn't matter, never has to work for a fascist supporting shitheel company.
It thought that was satire. That was a real fucking interview?