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not fooled

(6,593 posts)
7. Yep.
Sat Dec 27, 2025, 01:58 PM
3 hrs ago

AI seems to me to be useful for answering simple, factual questions that benefit from sweeping reviews of large amounts of information, Or, of course, performing well-defined rote tasks that can be automated.

But compare with a human brain when it comes to extrapolating from existing information to create something new, such as writing a story? No way. Or, in my experience, analyzing and interpreting complex visual images, such as of art and antiques. I use reverse image searches to price items I'm considering buying at auction. Google Images which I assume is AI based does a wretched job most of the time, frequently missing the era entirely or wrongly guessing the nature and function of an item. I'm not technically sophisticated enough to define why AI sucks at this, but...it does.

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If it don't make pizza, it ain't worth nothing. /nt bucolic_frolic 5 hrs ago #1
Might I add that you can only divide the pie of potential users so far. There is no way all of these data flashman13 5 hrs ago #2
In the end I think what you'll see is Amazo, Microsoft and Google be the dominant three. cstanleytech 5 hrs ago #4
In the end the big guys will gobble up everyone else for pennies on the dollar. flashman13 5 hrs ago #5
Well I got agree there as when it comes to writing they are extremely limited. cstanleytech 5 hrs ago #3
Yep. not fooled 3 hrs ago #7
Even it's factual questions can be flawed so you should always verify as some Trump lawyers are learning right now. cstanleytech 1 hr ago #14
So don't use AI for writing. Anything you write with it isn't your work anyway and can't be copyrighted. highplainsdem 1 hr ago #11
I don't, I have tested it out though and it's just not at the point where it'll replace a human being. cstanleytech 1 hr ago #13
One serious limit: AI bots are completely incapable of actual logic William Seger 5 hrs ago #6
While he's correct, it doesn't matter. Shipwack 3 hrs ago #8
AI isn't really that much intelligence (for now at least), it is automation on steroids ToxMarz 2 hrs ago #9
I heard the same thing from an industry insider mdbl 2 hrs ago #10
The venture capital bubble may burst, but that's not going to stop the research. LudwigPastorius 1 hr ago #12
That article is nothing but pro-AI hype from someone incapable of being objective about AI. He's highplainsdem 1 hr ago #15
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