[HN Gopher] Microsoft tweaks fine print to warn everyone not to ...
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       Microsoft tweaks fine print to warn everyone not to take its AI
       seriously
        
       Author : rntn
       Score  : 11 points
       Date   : 2024-08-14 20:44 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.theregister.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.theregister.com)
        
       | jqpabc123 wrote:
       | In other words, AI is mostly just for fun and marketing.
       | 
       | It should only be used if the results don't really matter or if
       | they will be independently verified.
        
       | scohesc wrote:
       | Amazing.
       | 
       | Bing's AI told me a picture of a (what I now know) stinging
       | nettle in my backyard was a hemp plant - I gave it several
       | different pictures at different angles, and it was confident it
       | was hemp.
       | 
       | So I cracked the stem, touched the liquid inside, wiped sweat off
       | my forehead - and eventually stinging, swelling, burning
       | sensation on my hands and forehead.
       | 
       | I asked Google AI and it correctly identified it as a stinging
       | nettle plant the first time.
       | 
       | Amusingly enough, I told Bing AI it was wrong, it's actually
       | stinging nettle, and I have been physically harmed by your
       | response - it immediately ended the chat, didn't go on further to
       | say anything like "here's some help, call poison control, here's
       | some remedies", literally NOTHING. (though, if it's messed up
       | this much, i don't think I'd ask for further help from it!)
       | 
       | AI is a toy - it's not ready for any real use or identification
       | purposes. It's a shame that these companies are so strapped for
       | cash they're rushing like madmen to deploy this new "forefront"
       | of technology that they don't stop to think that they're
       | inadvertently hurting people because of their decisions.
       | 
       | It's sad, someone is going to do something potentially even more
       | dangerous and risky, trusting the AI's that these companies make,
       | they'll get even more hurt (or die!) and these companies will
       | still be able to hide behind "it's the algorithm!", or "you saw
       | the disclaimer!"
       | 
       | And the politicians will keep allowing this to happen because
       | shareholders and money.
        
         | tonetegeatinst wrote:
         | I agree that an LLM can't be trusted. But back in the day
         | opencv and object detection was called AI.
        
       | reneberlin wrote:
       | /rant It's a small but favourable step into the correct insight,
       | that Microsoft might actually always have been creating dark-
       | patterned toys to enslave humanity and enterprises and steal time
       | and make people suffer from icons, notifications and ads (!).
       | With a redicolous toy-OS the misson got started and the saga
       | continues. /rant
       | 
       | They do it because they want to cut the costs for legal battles.
        
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