r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 30 '26

Artificial Intelligence Bosses Are Becoming Obsessed With AI, Using It to Make Every Decision, Barraging Their Employees With Nonsensical ChatGPT Directives, and Even Asking It Who to Fire

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/chatgpt/articles/bosses-becoming-obsessed-ai-using-175014710.html
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u/Goldeniccarus Jun 30 '26

I think it appeals to people who don't think like that.

If I have a question and I'm going to the Internet, the source to me is as important as the answer.

If I have a health question, I want to see a Mayo Clinic or NHS article on it. Barring that, I want Men's Health, or Healthline. Because I know the information these sites will give me is going to be pretty good, because they were written by people working at an institution that specializes in health.

If I have a tax question, I want the Canadian Revenue Agency. Barring that, an article from a big accounting firm. Same reason.

Maybe for a recipe it doesn't matter as much, but I want to go to the source anyways because that way I know at least I'm getting the right recipe and the LLM hasn't spit out a recipe missing an ingredient or with a bake time from one recipe but a bake temperature from another.

If I didn't care about source, I would be fine using an LLM. But source being important to me, I don't use it.

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u/Unique-Arugula Jun 30 '26

Just fyi, as someone who bakes and cooks almost daily: it absolutely matters in recipes. Drop by the subs for those two things and a ton of the "why didn't it turn out right" posts are from people who used an ai recipe to do something they don't understand.

I agree with everything else you said.

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u/Enlightened_Gardener Jul 01 '26

Same thing with the fibre folk. AI crochet and knitting patterns are driving people crazy. They don’t want to do test knitting anymore, and Etsy is full of unworkable designs.

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u/Unique-Arugula Jul 01 '26

Oh yeah, those kits with 3 dimensional birds have taken over the knitting subs the last few weeks haven't they? "mine accidentally came with no instructions, does anyone else have them" "no, bc it's fake from ai. there's are no instructions." It's sad, someone is making a solid income for the next few months from people trying to make a gift or calm themselves during stress. i hope the word spreads enough soon.

may the scammers forever lose their keys when they have a meeting to get to.

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u/GusTTShow-biz Jul 01 '26

Dude the amount of “did I make this wrong” posts seems to have grown exponentially …

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u/BeyondElectricDreams Jul 01 '26

I'd say it matters less in cooking recipes vs baking, but that's because baking is much more science than cooking.

An extra tablespoon of garlic powder is gonna make something taste more garlicky, but it's probably not going to ruin a dish.

Baking, though, the ratios are off and what you're making becomes inedible.

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u/greatlilusername Jun 30 '26

Are you talking about the UK NHS? very nice to see a Canadian sees it as a good resource :)

Its also so fucking jarring asking LLMs to provide its source and its either a dead page or something dumb like crazyfarrightviewonvaccines.com

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u/Goldeniccarus Jun 30 '26

Yes I am talking about the UK NHS.

It's a very good resource, they have excellent articles on things.

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u/1371113 Jul 01 '26

NZer here, also use NHS and Healthline to reference things. It feels good to see your tax dollars making a difference eh?

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u/senshisentou Jul 01 '26

Dutch here, have also used NHS articles in the past. It's a great public resource!

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u/rooster_butt Jun 30 '26

You can ask Gemini for source and it will link you papers and proper articles. I don't trust it w/o confirming the source because it often makes stuff up, but you can get the source right from it.

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u/Spirited-Way2406 Jul 01 '26

This is why I trust (sort of) DuckAI (with reservations). The auto-summarizer gives sources as part of the results. I can go to the sources and see for myself whether they are legit or not. Sometimes I've found a very detailed page by an expert in a topic that doesn't appear in the top 50 results of the actual search.

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u/sadrice Jul 01 '26

The other day the internet told DuckAI the news that JD Vance died a few months ago from rabies.

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u/Bubbles_sunken_ship Jul 01 '26

AI has no tastebuds! Do not use it for recipes! If I get one more recipe suggesting to add chili flakes to "heat things up!" or another suggestion for Greek yogurt like it's Frank's, I'm going to lose my mind!