ᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMay 20

#Graduation #AI #fail seems to be a recurring theme lately

Here's the latest 🍿 for you:

#Glendale community #college in #Arizona used AI to read names

Predictably, it missed people, it had the names out of order, etc

Because, of course, a human reading the names of #graduates and giving them simple decent recognition for their dedication and work is too hard?

This is video of college #faculty trying to explain the debacle. The crowd reaction is not supportive

And oh yeah: Fuck AI

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#CNN on instagram has video of an example of the #graduation #AI #fail at #Glendale CC in #Arizona

no, that is not Derek Martinez

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and isn't it lovely to do all that hard work in college and then in the moment of your success and triumph you're churned through with a robot's voice instead of a fucking human being?

😠

May 20 at 10:48pmWeb
Show threadPeterMay 20

@benroyce

This is so stupid! And unnecessary.

All they had to do was have a human with a microphone and list of names, but they went with a text-to-speech system?

Tech for tech's sake is never a good option.

And I spent my whole life working in tech.

Show threadNandor 🏳️‍🌈May 20

@PeterLG @benroyce I'm an AI statistician and I agree with you! Use tech for things that humans are really bad at and tech is much better at, not things that humans are inherently better at but just more expensive for.

(And in this case, how much more expensive would it have been to have a human saying the names?)

Show threadPatrick Lam May 21

@nandor @PeterLG @benroyce I have read names at convocation but I actually took a lot of care to read the 100 odd names I had per year. Most people weren't as good at me.

Apparently Waterloo now hires a (human) professional. It's probably a reasonable sum that we're paying them.

Show threadPusher of PixelsMay 20

@PeterLG @benroyce saw a comment that's probably spot on.

"which faculty got a kickback or discount for pushing the AI software"

there's just no way this is done for funsies...especially at a community college.

Show threadPeterMay 20

@pixelpusher220

Nah, I think you're discounting the blindness of some people.

@benroyce

Show threadMr. TeatimeMay 21

@pixelpusher220

I'm sure they'll deal with it by purchasing a more expensive licence next year.

The solution to broken tech is always more tech.

@PeterLG @benroyce

Show threadClaudioMMay 20
@PeterLG Not to mention all of the money that was wasted to have that fail in epic fashion. @benroyce
Show threadAsh-Miw-ReMay 21
@PeterLG @benroyce I noticed today that my local grocery store has started doing announcements this way. Not even pre-recorded advertising announcements they'd have to repeat regularly, but impromptu things, too. It makes no sense to me even there, but for a serious and meaningful occasion like a graduation it's terrible. What next, AI eulogies for your funeral?
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@Ashmire @PeterLG

Don't give them ideas!

Show threadDopes The FrogmanMay 20
@benroyce at that point, just open the floor and let the students find their own pieces of expensive toilet paper
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@macacator 😂
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@benroyce

Gentle people, when some wanker who has made billions of dollars lying to investors, employers and customers tells you that you should use his crappy technology for a simple task that you already know how to do very well, just tell him to fuck right off.

Show threadCarolynMay 21
@benroyce Why even? This demonstrates a HUGE issue with AI: it absolutely was NOT necessary for this.
Show threadGurre VildskäggMay 21
@benroyce
Prefect time & place for like a powerpoint presentation with tons of pages that are just one name at a time. I really don't get why one would think injecting AI into the process would make it better in any way.