AI fails

[secretsqirrel]

Is everyone neurodivergent now? I’m feeling like I’ve been left behind.

 

[Beebo]

There was an item on BBC News, a few days ago, about Gen Z's work place 'Telephobia'; i.e. preferring E-Mails, Teams, etc. over phone conversations with colleagues.
Couldn't find a corresponding article on the site, but this is is similar : https://www.theguardian.com/society...e-how-to-overcome-telephobia-and-get-up-early
It would appear that Gen Z has.. resistance to verbal communication, in a way, others do not.

My 19 yeas old daughter will not phone anyone. Very odd.

 

[briantrumpet]

My 19 yeas old daughter will not phone anyone. Very odd.

It's not that long ago (well, about 25 years ago) that schoolgirls would come from home, phone up their schoolfriends on the landline and then chat for an hour, only having been with them for the past eight hours.

Boys, not so much.

 

[Pblakeney]

It's not that long ago (well, about 25 years ago) that schoolgirls would come from home, phone up their schoolfriends on the landline and then chat for an hour, only having been with them for the past eight hours.

Boys, not so much.

When we were growing up a friend's sister would spend an hour on the phone (at a time when you paid by the minute) with her boyfriend just to arrange when he was coming round. It was a 5 minute walk. Very odd.

 

[Psamathe]

Maybe investors are beginning to worry about the expanding bubble bursting.

Mega billionaires seem to be trying to outbid each other paid for with other people's money and investors not so sure it hasn't been oversolkd (again).

Another factor worrying markets is that four of the biggest US technology companies have collectively announced capital expenditures that will reach about $650bn this year, as they continue to roll out AI services.
These intense spending plans, outlined by Alphabet, Amazon.com, Meta and Microsoft are causing investors to fret about the cost of rapidly deploying AI data centres in the race to dominate the sector, at a time when fears are mounting that AI will crush the business models of the data/analytics sector.

Amazon shares tumble as $200bn AI rollout plan worries markets – as it happened
Amazon’s shares are tumbling in early trading, though, as investors balk at its plans for an artificial intelligence spending blitz.

Amazon’s shares have dropped by over 9%, a day after it announced plans to spend $200bn on artificial intelligence and robotics this year.

Although Amazon do also intend to spend some of that investment in robotics and low Earth orbit satellites.

 

[Evil_Breakfast]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/todays-a-big-day-for-me-bradley-wiggins-launches-ai-coaching-app

"Cyclists around the world can now receive coaching from an AI chatbot version of Sir Bradley Wiggins, following the launch of a new training app called The Coachsters.
The 2012 Tour de France winner is one of six ‘AI mentors’ on the platform – alongside rower Sir Steve Redgrave, cricketer Sir Alastair Cook, and Paralympic cyclist Dame Sarah Story – who have provided real-life interviews that will be enhanced by AI.
Users of The Coachsters will not speak directly with their coach, but will instead pose questions and receive AI-written responses “drawn from their hard-earned wisdom”, according to the website."

🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♀️

 

[bobzmyunkle]

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/todays-a-big-day-for-me-bradley-wiggins-launches-ai-coaching-app

"Cyclists around the world can now receive coaching from an AI chatbot version of Sir Bradley Wiggins, following the launch of a new training app called The Coachsters.
The 2012 Tour de France winner is one of six ‘AI mentors’ on the platform – alongside rower Sir Steve Redgrave, cricketer Sir Alastair Cook, and Paralympic cyclist Dame Sarah Story – who have provided real-life interviews that will be enhanced by AI.
Users of The Coachsters will not speak directly with their coach, but will instead pose questions and receive AI-written responses “drawn from their hard-earned wisdom”, according to the website."

🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♀️

Might give it a try. Could be interesting.

 

[briantrumpet]

Might give it a try. Could be interesting.

Where I suppose it could be Quite Useful is where users have a lot of data for the bot to work with, basing recommendations from that in areas to work at, depending what outcomes are required.

Where it won't help, I suspect, are individual-specific technique corrections and suchlike, or the 'getting in the mind of the user' to draw the most out of them psychologically.

 

[Evil_Breakfast]

Where it won't help, I suspect, are individual-specific technique corrections and suchlike, or the 'getting in the mind of the user' to draw the most out of them psychologically.

Exactly.
I can see where this, broadly, is going.
Much like the dot.com bubble; which burst -spectacularly- in 2000.
And this is where my irritation, for the current "AI" vogue stems from.
We've been here before; and, apparently, we've learnt nothing.

 

[BoldonLad]

Exactly.
I can see where this, broadly, is going.
Much like the dot.com bubble; which burst -spectacularly- in 2000.
And this is where my irritation, for the current "AI" vogue stems from.
We've been here before; and, apparently, we've learnt nothing.

We've been "here" several times before, and, no doubt, will be "here" several times in the future

 

[Pross]

There was an item on BBC News, a few days ago, about Gen Z's work place 'Telephobia'; i.e. preferring E-Mails, Teams, etc. over phone conversations with colleagues.
Couldn't find a corresponding article on the site, but this is is similar : https://www.theguardian.com/society...e-how-to-overcome-telephobia-and-get-up-early
It would appear that Gen Z has.. resistance to verbal communication, in a way, that others do not.

To be fair, I’m like that. I’ve never liked the phone, especially in a work environment. I particularly hate receiving calls which I suspect comes from dealing with people who call and expect an immediate answer to what is often a complex query that I don’t have the information for to hand. With email etc. I can give a more considered response and also have a record of the discussion.

 

[Psamathe]

With email etc. I can give a more considered response and also have a record of the discussion.

Even for the person asking e-mail is a better option as it can be dealt with by the most appropriate person (eg passed to the correct group or individual as well as giving time for a proper answer to be obtained).

Also allows people to work more efficiently ie phone rings and it interrupts whatever you're in the middle of as you need to answer now. Whereas e-mail allows recipient to finish or get to a sensible break point then deal with the question.

Only negative for more urgent issues is trusting the recipient to handle it in a timely manner and not "that can wait till next week". But then if you can’t trust the company to handle things in a timely manner you should move your business elsewhere,

 

[Pblakeney]

We've been "here" several times before, and, no doubt, will be "here" several times in the future

The Eeyore is strong in this one. 😉

 

[BoldonLad]

There was an item on BBC News, a few days ago, about Gen Z's work place 'Telephobia'; i.e. preferring E-Mails, Teams, etc. over phone conversations with colleagues.
Couldn't find a corresponding article on the site, but this is is similar : https://www.theguardian.com/society...e-how-to-overcome-telephobia-and-get-up-early
It would appear that Gen Z has.. resistance to verbal communication, in a way, that others do not.

I think I missed being Gen Z by a few years, well, a few decades, but, personally, I would rather message than talk, my excuse/reason for this is:

- I can deal with message/EMail at my convenience
- I get more time to think/investigate

 

[Pblakeney]

I think I missed being Gen Z by a few years, well, a few decades, but, personally, I would rather message than talk, my excuse/reason for this is:

- I can deal with message/EMail at my convenience
- I get more time to think/investigate

It's all about context though.
A quick phone call is quite sufficient for "Fancy going to the pub?" and more personal.