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jwz

@jwz@mastodon.social remote

18w

A slopfondler walks into a bar.

They: Hey. I found a good use of AI!
Me: No you didn't.
They: Wait let me tell you about it.
Me: Please don't. I'm begging you. Stop talking.
They: No, you'll like this.
Me: I assure you, I will not...
https://jwz.org/b/yk4i

Jeff Atwood

@codinghorror@infosec.exchange remote

18w

@jwz well, it gave me critical information about my health and DNA that none of the dozens of "healthcare professionals" I was working with for 4+ years ever did. (as you can probably understand, I have an entire team working on my stupid ass)

The Orange Theme

@theorangetheme@en.osm.town remote

18w

@codinghorror @jwz Everyone knows the solution to structural healthcare problems caused by late capitalism is one trillion GPUs and a chatbot Ponzi scheme.

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@feld@friedcheese.us remote

18w

@theorangetheme @codinghorror @jwz the structural problems don't change the facts that doctors can't know everything about everything

The Orange Theme

@theorangetheme@en.osm.town remote

18w

@feld @codinghorror @jwz And I don't think tanking the global economy at the whims of sociopaths who don't care how much CO2 we pump into the atmosphere is worth it because "some guy online said ChatGPT diagnosed him", sorry.

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The Orange Theme

@theorangetheme@en.osm.town remote

18w

@feld @codinghorror @jwz "Doctors don't know everything" is a pretty piss-poor defense of LLMs. Try again, please.

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@feld@friedcheese.us remote

18w

@theorangetheme @codinghorror @jwz sorry but these tools have the ability to process thousands of research papers and connect dots faster than humans will ever be able to. And that can be the difference between life and death for many when they have issues that are going undiagnosed. It's just math.

Can you pay hundreds of doctors and researchers to spend months doing nothing but focusing on your problem? Few are rich enough to be able to do this.

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Ariaflame

@ariaflame@masto.ai remote

18w

@feld @theorangetheme @codinghorror @jwz Aw, bless. You think they actually do analysis rather than spicy autocomplete.

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@feld@friedcheese.us remote

18w

@ariaflame @theorangetheme @codinghorror @jwz they don't need to do analaysis, it's a vector. it's correlation. feed them the papers, input key parameters, they'll find links between them. Then a human reviews them for accuracy, and then maybe you found a new diagnosis, treatment, or cure. It's not a difficult concept.