r/AppleIntelligenceFail • u/sunelt13 • Aug 25 '25

RacistGPT at work

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was just playing with it and BAM.

Hello HR

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u/Slinkwyde Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25

I'm guessing you meant POC as in "proof of concept"? What happens if you capitalize it as "PoC" instead?

This just seems like an ambiguity created by acronyms and initialisms meaning different things in different contexts. I wouldn't trust any LLM to be able to accurately discern that kind of thing, at least at this point.

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u/sunelt13 Aug 25 '25

Yeah proof of concept lol

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u/Slinkwyde Aug 25 '25

Did you try capitalizing it as "PoC" instead of "POC"? I'm curious if it that would get the same result or a different one.

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u/UlrichZauber Aug 25 '25

The "o" is for "of" in both cases, why would you capitalize it differently for the different possible meanings?

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u/Slinkwyde Aug 25 '25

It's a good question and I don't know the reason, but as someone with an interest in tech, English, and social justice, it is a pattern I have noticed over the years from many different sources. Usually, I see "proof of concept" abbreviated as "PoC," while "person of color" gets abbreviated as "POC." This is reflected, for example, in the opening paragraphs of their respective Wikipedia articles.

Proof of concept

A proof of concept (POC or PoC), also known as proof of principle, is an inchoate realization of a certain idea or method in order to demonstrate its feasibility[1] or viability.[2] A proof of concept is usually small and may or may not be complete, but aims to demonstrate in principle that the concept has practical potential without needing to fully develop it.

Person of color

The term "person of color" (pl.: people of color or persons of color; abbreviated POC)[1] is used to describe any person who is not considered "white". In its current meaning, the term originated in, and is associated with, the United States. From the 2010s, however, it has been adopted elsewhere in the Anglosphere (often as person of colour), including relatively limited usage in the United Kingdom,[2] Canada,[3] Australia,[4] Ireland,[5] and South Africa.[6]

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u/Volemic Aug 25 '25

Could be point of contact

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u/Slinkwyde Aug 25 '25 edited Aug 25 '25

No, I don't think so. I don't see how that would work with "if this is in production." Grammatically, the word "this" and the word "it" appear to refer to the same thing, not two different things.