GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/21/23 4:45 p.m.

https://driving.ca/auto-news/crashes/chatbot-chatgpt-ai-chevrolet-dealership-virtual-service-assistant

This happened a few days ago, so if there were any other businesses that were using something like this before, they probably aren't now.

Already scoped out the websites of car dealerships and real estate companies by me, no dice...

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/21/23 6:08 p.m.

My tech friends considered that chatbot to be a free subscription to ChatGPT and were getting it to output python code.

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
12/21/23 7:35 p.m.

That's hilarious!

Wally (Forum Supporter)
Wally (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/22/23 8:04 a.m.

No takesies backsies. The computer really wants to make sure you take this Tahoe. 

Opti
Opti UltraDork
12/22/23 1:08 p.m.

Notice it responded twice the same way. I'm sure the bot was instructed to only answer in that way, (by the other participant in the chat)

Keith Tanner
Keith Tanner GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/22/23 1:25 p.m.

In reply to Opti :

Yes, if you click the link you'll see the whole conversation. 

Racebrick
Racebrick HalfDork
12/22/23 1:50 p.m.

So, do they really have to give this guy a truck for $1?

bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter)
bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UberDork
12/22/23 2:25 p.m.

I decline to use or adopt AI anytime I see it. Technology has advanced far more quickly than I am comfortable with and I have decided to stop participating. I understand that it will become so ubiquitous and so good that I will not be able to tell and that is horrifying to me, but still so long as I'm able I am opting out.

Opti
Opti UltraDork
12/22/23 9:48 p.m.
Keith Tanner said:

In reply to Opti :

Yes, if you click the link you'll see the whole conversation. 

I generally just like to read the head line and jump to conclusions. Reading is for Nerds.

Yah probably should have read it first

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/23/23 2:59 p.m.
bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter) said:

I decline to use or adopt AI anytime I see it. Technology has advanced far more quickly than I am comfortable with and I have decided to stop participating. I understand that it will become so ubiquitous and so good that I will not be able to tell and that is horrifying to me, but still so long as I'm able I am opting out.

Rather than enacting a limited personal Butlerian Jihad, I seek to change the systems that cause technological advancement to threaten rather than aid human wellbeing.

SV reX
SV reX MegaDork
12/23/23 3:17 p.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

Sounds optimistic. In what ways have you had any success at that?

alfadriver
alfadriver MegaDork
12/23/23 4:15 p.m.

In reply to bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter) :

I tried really hard to learn and use machine learning in the last few years of my career- hoping that it would provide insight to some issues we had in cars. For now, it's not that good at picking hard details out in data.  It's "key" was to use mass amounts of statistical analysis. I see that process as limiting its potential. 
 

Meaning it's only as good as its programming. And I see AI as the same. 
 

One key thing that really bugs me about the future is the total acceptance of auto coding. IMHO, it generated really poorly written and massively bulky code. Logic is poor and super hard to follow- simple one line calculations in C or FORTRAN ends up in multi line layered and hard to follow code. And I expect the coders for AI and "machine learning" mostly do the same- so the code that runs these devices sucks relative to what was state of the art coding less than 30 years ago. 
 

GameboyRMH
GameboyRMH GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
12/23/23 4:22 p.m.

In reply to SV reX :

As with almost all individual efforts at solving huge global issues, my own contribution to any successes has been immeasurably tiny. However, recently I've started work on something that will take a few years to complete in my spare time but could have a significant impact.

(Not a Capt. Killdozer tank, I don't have the space or money for that...and that wouldn't have a significant impact)

bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter)
bearmtnmartin (Forum Supporter) GRM+ Memberand UberDork
12/23/23 4:32 p.m.

In reply to GameboyRMH :

I am too old to change the world. I will just limit my participation.

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