this is so fucking funny. bro nobody but you is surprised
just heard a podcast ad for amazon prime saying it causes "involuntary deal squeals" followed by a categorization of different kinds of customer grunts and squeals according to product. not making this up
now where did I leave my hammer and sickle
DefendingAIArt is a subreddit run by mod "Trippy-Worlds," who also runs the debate sister subreddit AIWars. Some poking around made clear that AIWars is perfectly fine with having overt Nazis around, for example a guy with heil hitler in his name who accuses others of lying because they are "spiritually jewish." So we're off to a great start.
the first thing that drew my eye was this post from a would be employer:
not really clear what the title means, but this person seems to have had a string of encounters with the most based artists of all time.
also claims to have been called "racial and gender slurs" for using ai art and that he was "kicked out of 20 groups" and some other things. idk what to tell this guy, it legitimately does suck that wealthy people have the money to pay for lots of art and the rest of us don't
I really enjoyed browsing around this subreddit, and a big part of that was seeing how much the stigma around AI gets to people who want to use it. pouring contempt on this stuff is good for the world
the above guy would like to know what combination of buttons to press to counter the "that just sounds like stealing from artists" attack. a commenter leaps in to help and immediately impales himself:
you hate to see it. another commenter points out that well ... maybe these people just aren't your friends
to close out, an example of fearmongering:
lmao the disclosure is all the way down at the bottom and it's soooo small
we're aiming to do 1% more recycling this year 💪💪💪
headline is inaccurate and downplays the incredible potential of ai. Google Gemini tried to kill this person AND their entire family
alright well now we have the perfect response to half the people who pop in from lemmy.world
if I copy a coherent sentence into my clipboard, my clipboard becomes capable of consistently making coherent statements
"due to backlash" are you literate? go read the second paragraph of the article and tell me what it says
plus: this aligns with my preconceptions, which feels nice
minus: the guy saying this is CEO of a company that sells supposedly ai detecting software and is therefore completely untrustworthy, because (1) his job is to say his company is as urgently needed as possible (2) his product is presumably fake which immediately classifies him as a grifter
all this is framed as "driving sales" so let's look at the concrete uses in the article
Yum’s SuperApp, a mobile app for restaurant managers to track and manage operations—Park calls it “a coach in your pocket”—is testing a generative AI boost, he said. Team members can ask the app questions like “How should I set this oven temperature?” rather than turning to training materials or tapping through an app interface.
a search function, for a manual, that can lie to you
Like its competitors, Yum is testing generative AI’s use for customers, such as voice AI for drive-through orders.
giving customers a shittier interface in order to replace workers
The company is also looking into image-recognition AI to count cars and waiting times in a drive-through, as well as digitally linked and managed kitchen appliances, Park said.
surveillance
so, nothing related to increasing sales. they emphasize that angle because it sounds productive, dynamic, aspirational - but there is no such use case for ai as of yet
you guys aren't gonna like to hear this, but I love the taste of boot. I love to lick every inch of the boot. god yes, every inch has to be glistening and wet. I have to make sure to get all of the gravel out of the treads. the point is I'm thorough. anyway none of you understand normal people