Comment on AI in Australian workplaces: Michael used AI to write a work email. It ended up costing him $2000

• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Clippy and I are old fr-… acquaintances.

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  • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Then you’d remember clippy was shit, he’d interject with useless assistance and was universally hated and eventually they stopped including it in Word. Today he’s just nostalgia bait for people to cash in on

    AI on the other hand is everywhere now and not going anywhere

    There’s been no major leaps and bounds in technology

    This is absolutely absurd thing to say, hence why I figured you’re in a echo chamber

    It’s making videos:

    Starship Troopers - 1950s Super Panavision 70 www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbZprU6wDpQ

    It’s making music:

    AI Took My Job - 徐铭轩MaoMao suno.com/…/14572e0f-a446-4625-90ff-3676a790a886

    It’s making memes:

    Image www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-11/…/105166500

    I’m using it right now in LM Studio to translate text

    10’s of millions of people are using at this exact moment to generate images, videos, text, audio translation, text translation, it goes on and on

    It’s the exact opposite of clippy, it’s useful

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Your exposure to AI is maybe new?

      If you could understand what’s behind the curtain, you’d realise not much magic is going on back there. What you’re instead noticing is hardware improving, allowing for more aggressive training and processing. The recipe is otherwise pretty much the same as it was five or even eight years ago. This is why we still have the same old issues and they don’t appear to be going anywhere anytime soon because the tech is still the same old shit.

      And, no, these things you have raised are not new. Perhaps new to some as AI has recently been put on the radar thanks to large-scale training. I can’t explain how someone could draw a conclusion like yours unless the current state of AI seems new to them.

      “Echo chamber” is a coincidental selection of words in this context.

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      • Eyekaytee@aussie.zone ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The recipe is otherwise pretty much the same as it was five or even eight years ago

        I’ll never stop being amazed at absolute plebs downplaying what is practically magic

        Sure man, ai is clippy

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