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minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months ago“Management” data is simply incorrect. AI can do almost all management tasks today. It is interesting how many jobs are supposedly threatened, while also being jobs in which accuracy is critical. The specific thing AI is bad at.
minus-squarechisel@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAI absolutely can not do even a significant portion of management tasks today. I wouldn’t trust an AI to manage a picnic at the park, let alone people’s livelihoods.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoSales should be at 100% though, as LLMs are already capable of confidently lying about a product’s capabilities
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoCalling it lying is anthropomorphizing them. It implies they know the truth and choose not to give it - that’s not what’s happening.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s true, sales people probably believe the stuff they say
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoThen they’re not lying. Also, LLMs don’t have beliefs either. That’s still anthropomorphizing it.
minus-squaresmeg@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoI was just making a joke about sales, we don’t need to fully dissect it, but I can appreciate a desire for accuracy in my comedy so here’s a rewrite: Sales should be at 100% though, as LLMs are already capable of confidently bullshitting about a product’s capabilities
“Management” data is simply incorrect. AI can do almost all management tasks today.
It is interesting how many jobs are supposedly threatened, while also being jobs in which accuracy is critical. The specific thing AI is bad at.
AI absolutely can not do even a significant portion of management tasks today. I wouldn’t trust an AI to manage a picnic at the park, let alone people’s livelihoods.
Sales should be at 100% though, as LLMs are already capable of confidently lying about a product’s capabilities
Calling it lying is anthropomorphizing them. It implies they know the truth and choose not to give it - that’s not what’s happening.
It’s true, sales people probably believe the stuff they say
Then they’re not lying.
Also, LLMs don’t have beliefs either. That’s still anthropomorphizing it.
I was just making a joke about sales, we don’t need to fully dissect it, but I can appreciate a desire for accuracy in my comedy so here’s a rewrite: