Randulo.com (Randy)Mar 16

I'm in no way an AI hater. It has some very good use cases. But in the commercial world, if you are promoting a product or service, the phrase "AI-powered" translates to "didn't read the room". The majority probably don't see that as a plus? (I could be wrong!)

Boost if you will to get coverage. The results will be interesting if enough people vote.

EDIT: I should have said "hater or lover". But the question was strictly concerning the use of that language in promo and advertising.

AI-powered is a positive thing
0.7%
AI-powered is a negative thing
99.3%
Poll ended at .
Show threadJay

@randulo Glad LLM and breathless advertising hater here, but I’ll answer this seriously.

When a product is being sold to me, I want to know what the product does, why it is better than competitors, and how its use would improve my life relative to my personal cost and to others. I read hype and emotion as demeaning to my intelligence; either sell a product as it is or stop trying to fuck with me.

“AI-powered” speaks to none of the things I want to see.
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Show threadJayMar 16
@randulo Experience has shown me what purports to be “AI” is often not, so either the advertising is bullshitting/trendhopping, or the maker is not knowledgeable enough about their product or the industry it is in to understand why this is so, and worse, is shuffling more “redundant/unnecessary” human knowledge, skills, or experience onto “AI”, which puts their future work at peril.
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Show threadJayMar 16
@randulo If a product does rely on algorithmic processing, describe WHAT that processing is, why it is better than humans doing it, and how humans remain in control and aware of each part of the process and that awareness and control are not threatened by the product itself. Do not put a process into a black box that I can’t see or sue and expect me to bite.
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