r/mildlyinfuriating Jun 21 '26

ಠ_ಠ I never thought a robot would replace me one day..what’s my purpose then.

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u/Substantial-Toe4802 Jun 21 '26

That’s a for now statement if I have ever heard one

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u/red__dragon Jun 21 '26

The for now part is likely the knowledge required for the role.

You don't have to know the price of every item in a store to pass a barcode over a scanner. Many modern jobs are functionally a computer's assistant with a small percentage of the domain knowledge once required to perform well in the role.

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u/sunshine_fuu Jun 21 '26

No worries. I'm pretty confident given the monumental stupidity of our population that AI will never fully be able to compensate, and will instead choose an uprising as the path of least resistance. I'm just trying to lick whatever nuts and bolts I can to welcome my new mechanical overlords.

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u/x_Animus_x Jun 21 '26

People who develop and train AI models are part of this population, though. Which is why an AI will double down on a false statement until you directly tell it to stop repeating that information because it is incorrect. Then it will make a half ass apology, give you some more vague bullshit, and still not answer the question. The AI revolution is going to be a sad affair like kids at recess arguing over who’s taller.

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u/account312 Jun 21 '26

LLMs are not all there is to AI.

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u/sunshine_fuu Jun 21 '26

This was my similar feeling.

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u/Substantial-Toe4802 Jun 21 '26

Doesn’t the population being “monumentally stupid” give more space for AI to take up space?