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Re: Is this where we are going with AI?

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Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> writes:

> A friend of mine had a problem with external speakers/mic for his laptop 
> - he does talks to groups. So he asked his new friend "copilot". Guess 
> what - co-pilot suggested he needed a gizmo, helpfully saying it was 
> available from Amazon. Off he goes and purchases this, and ... he's 
> still having problems. Ah says his friend "copilot", "now you mention it
> what you need is actually this gizmo for, guess where, Amazon!
> And seemingly there are still problems, but he has it working-sort-of.
>
> So are big companies paying to get adverts in AIs? Or is it just 
> regurgitating the stuff it's scraped from Amazon?
>
> And my friend has learnt nothing new from co-pilot. He has no real 
> further understanding about the problem he had. Co-pilot had not 
> educated him. But he does have some new buzz words that he picked up 
> from the conversation.
>
> It could be, of course that he'd have got no further by entering into a 
> conversation with humans on a bulletin board, or indeed here on usenet. 
> I have no way of knowing.
>
> I reckon to use one of these tools well, you already need to be somewhat 
> of an expert in the area of discussion - so you can spot the 
> hallucinations and where it is off the mark. 

It sounds like a new version of an old problem. He should get a second
opinion. Maybe ask Claude. ;)

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Is this where we are going with AI? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-05-12 18:26 +0000
  Re: Is this where we are going with AI? none <none@none.rip> - 2026-05-12 20:49 +0200
    Re: Is this where we are going with AI? oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-05-13 00:07 +0000
      Re: Is this where we are going with AI? none <none@none.rip> - 2026-05-13 02:28 +0200
        Re: Is this where we are going with AI? oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-05-13 02:58 +0000
  Re: Is this where we are going with AI? ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) - 2026-05-12 18:56 +0000
    Re: Is this where we are going with AI? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-05-12 19:19 +0000
  Re: Is this where we are going with AI? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-05-12 20:10 +0100
    Re: Is this where we are going with AI? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-05-12 19:17 +0000
      Re: Is this where we are going with AI? Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-05-12 20:32 +0100
  Re: Is this where we are going with AI? none <none@none.rip> - 2026-05-12 21:52 +0200
  Re: Is this where we are going with AI? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-05-13 08:12 +1000
    Re: Is this where we are going with AI? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-05-13 09:48 +0000
      Re: Is this where we are going with AI? oldernow <oldernow@dev.null> - 2026-05-13 12:18 +0000
      Re: Is this where we are going with AI? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2026-05-14 08:52 +1000
  Re: Is this where we are going with AI? Adrian Caspersz <email@here.invalid> - 2026-05-13 20:48 +0100
    Re: Is this where we are going with AI? none <none@none.rip> - 2026-05-13 21:59 +0200
  Re: Is this where we are going with AI? Oregonian Haruspex <no_email@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-13 21:46 +0000
    Re: Is this where we are going with AI? Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-05-14 08:52 +0000

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