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> The Realtime API improves this by streaming audio inputs and outputs directly, enabling more natural conversational experiences. It can also handle interruptions automatically, much like Advanced Voice Mode in ChatGPT. > Under the hood, the Realtime API lets you create a persistent WebSocket connection to exchange messages with GPT-4o. The API supports function calling(opens in a new window), which makes it possibl…

It's incredible that people are talking about the downfall of software engineering - now, at many companies, hundreds of call center roles will be replaced by a few engineering roles. With image fine-tuning, now we can replace radiologists with software engineers, etc. etc.

We really can't, it's a tool not a radiologist. Medicine is a critical field, can't afford hallucinations and sloppiness

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A radiologist makes critical life-or-death judgements. An algorithm will not, and should not, replace them.

A modern insulin pump also uses algorithms to make critical life or death decisions, should we replace these with doctors?

Does the insulin pump operate in a general space as radiology/diagnosis or is it constrained very precisely?

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> I think that > I think this > I don't get the spirit of that limitation > I guess that In a nutshell, this uncertainty is why firms are going to slow-roll EU rollout of AI and, for designated gatekeepers, other features. Until there is a body of litigated cases to use as reference, companies would be placing themselves on the hook for tremendous fines, not to mention the distraction of the executives. Which, not ma…

Companies like OpenAI definitely have the resources to let some lawyers analyze the situation and at this point it should be clear to them if they can or can't do this. It's far more likely that they're holding back because of limitations in hardware resources. I use those words because I've never read any of the points in the EU AIA.

They definitely do have the resources, but laws and regulations are frequently ambiguous. This is one reason the outcome of litigation is often unpredictable.

I would wager this -- OpenAI lawyers have looked that the situation. They have not been able to credibly say "yes, this is okay" and so management makes the decision to wait. Obviously, they would prefer to compete in Europe if it were a no-brainer decision.

It may be possible that the path to get to "yes, definitely" includes some amount of discussion with the relevant EU authorities and/or product modification. These things will take time.

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A radiologist makes critical life-or-death judgements. An algorithm will not, and should not, replace them.

A modern insulin pump also uses algorithms to make critical life or death decisions, should we replace these with doctors?

I don't believe that is comparable. 1. Modern algorithms started out as a cronjob (which already worked better than the alternative) 2. Advances in applying optimal control theory are well known, (mostly) deterministic and explainable. They are in no way comparable to the black box that is the current state of computer vision. 3. Their failure can be readily observed and compensated for, since the patient will definitely notice. The same cannot be said about imaging.

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they're definitely going to instruct the AI agents to lie to you, and deliberately waste your time, and be pushier than ever, because it's not costing them anything to have a real human on the line even longer. at least we'll have our own agents to waste their compute in turn

Any company that is that scummy already has sales people working for it who are that scummy and lying non-stop. The AI isn't changing that equation at all.

oh i totally agree, im saying it's gonna get worse

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I understand the Realtime API voice novelty, and the techonological achievement it is, but I don't see it from the product point of view. It looks like one of those startups finding a solution before knowing the problem. The two examples shown in the DevDay are the things I don't really want to do in the future. I don't want to talk to anybody, and I don't want to wait for their answer in a human form. That's why I o…

One thing I'm really excited for is having this real-time voice model in video game characters. It would be really cool to be able to have conversations with NPCs, and actually have to pick their brain for information about a quest or something.

"Thrall, the elements hate you" as his model bursts into tears.

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It's incredible that people are talking about the downfall of software engineering - now, at many companies, hundreds of call center roles will be replaced by a few engineering roles. With image fine-tuning, now we can replace radiologists with software engineers, etc. etc.

What's the role of the software engineer besides setting this up? Your example makes me think it will merely moves QA into essentially providing countless cases and then updating them over time to improve the AIs data. And is it really gonna be cheaper than human support? What's gonna happen when we will find out (see the impossibility to reach a human when interacting with many companies alredy) this is gonna bring…

I'd much rather talk to ChatGPT than a human support rep, provided they have the same level of ability (tools) to help you.
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