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Kara Goldfinch

@talon If it's like the envision AI thing I had a demo of, they won't tell you. They'll just act like it giving the wrong prices on a menu and in dollars rather than pounds is exactly what it's supposed to do.

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Talon

@KaraLG84 I mean by the nature of how these AI work that is what it does. But people won't know this based on how this is advertised and there are no warnings. That is definitely something that needs to be there before this makes it out of beta

Kara Goldfinch

@talon Yeah. I saw this happened when someone from Envision gave me a demo of the feature, and they just carried on like it gave the correct answer.

Talon

@KaraLG84 There is nothing inherently wrong with it giving incorrect answers as long as this is agtually explained, admitted and handled correctly. Even algorithms for OCR and whatever else can be wrong. That's ok. But selling it as being correct when it clearly isn't. That's what's wrong. People have to know.

Kara Goldfinch

@talon Agreed. OCR engines have an accuracy percentage. These AI things are billed as never getting anything wrong ever.

Talon

@KaraLG84 I probably wouldn’t even have this discussion if everyone was straight forward and honest about the current capabilities of this stuff.

Kara Goldfinch

@talon Even gps apps say they're not infallible and give all kinds of disclaimers. I honestly think that this chatgpt stuff should've never gone public in the first place.

Kara Goldfinch

@talon Oh and the envision person was like The app can recognise hundreds of currencies. Right.

Kara Goldfinch

@talon What also worries me is when the blind influencers/professional social media people get hold of it. They'll also be acting like it never gets anything wrong ever, probably because the company told them to. then a gullible person comes along and believes them with horrible results. I used to be very gullible.

Kara Goldfinch

@talon I mean I would've probably said how amazing it was if my wife hadn't had said anything.

Kara Goldfinch

@talon I think I've got everything off my chest now you'll be glad to know. Lol

Talon

@KaraLG84 I hear you. I don’t think I’m quite as negative about this, but I definitely share your concern. The advertising is a big, big issue.

Kara Goldfinch replied to Talon

@talon It's my northern Englishness coming through I expect. We're all a bunch of miserable sods here. Lol

Kara Goldfinch

@talon I wouldn't have minded so much if they had actually said it made a mistake, adjusted something and tried again. But they didn't. I only new when my wife told me afterwards. I can't remember when reading the menu if it read the prices in dollars or not as I didn't really pay attention until they started asking it questions.

superblindman

@talon @KaraLG84 To its credit, actual Chat GPT does tell you right up top that it doesn't give necessarily accurate information. But yeah, the other apps that use its API... Many of them likely do not tell you that.

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