• likebudda@reddthat.com
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    19 minutes ago

    I work at a DMV call center. People call me with vehicle registration or driver’s license problems and I help them out. AI is supposed to replace me so the state bought an AI voice recognition system. It can transcribe calls but cannot do anything with the information so a new part of my job is responding to what the AI interprets and then use AI canned responses to reply to the caller via email so I can train the AI.

  • Absurdly Stupid @lemmy.world
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    9 minutes ago

    The point is to eventually create a society where one unfathomably wealthy family is immortal, served by millions to provide every whim.

    Those millions will be very short lived, like 30 tops; they will repair the robots and provide services and entertainment for the Family Supreme.

    Which family? It doesn’t matter. Saudi Royals, JP Morgan family, Trumps, Kardashians, one of those

  • humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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    2 hours ago

    I see this argument about AI. “The CEOs surely wouldn’t do it if it was dangerous. What would be the point?” To buy a bunker in New Zealand to ride it out?

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    5 hours ago

    It seemingly works well enough for a large enough majority that no one is out protesting in the streets. For things to get better, serious reforms are needed or things first have to get a lot worse.

    Here’s the kicker: reform is always needed. There will always be people who are cheating fair systems, dismantling checks and balances or helping their friends do both.

    When was the last all you commenters were politically active?

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    7 hours ago

    The point is to make the rich even richer. From that viewpoint, it is a very successful system.

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    10 hours ago

    When a host is infested by multiple parasites, the parasite which extracts the most from the host before the host dies has the greatest chance of survival.

    The point is to extract as much wealth as possible so they can survive in bunkers after they’ve ruined our planet’s ability to support life our way of life as we know it.

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    12 hours ago

    Hey, are you denying me the opportunity to work very hard every day so one day I may become a billionaire?

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      11 hours ago

      The system is built to deny you that as well, yes, as long as the current billionaires in charge don’t like you.

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        I was just faced with this recently. I started doing freelance work due to disability and to have the freedom to say no to nightmare clients. Welp, I encountered such a client and they threw a whole fit at basic boundaries. But it directly cost me money and potentially the relationship to the person that introduced us so guess who still loses and faces consequences? Never the rich asshole! They can just keep throwing pennies at people until someone is desperate enough to get exploited.

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        10 hours ago

        But if I lick their boots enough, they will come to like and respect me, right?