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Oh, you’re upset because you’re one of those “r/politics tells me what to think” NPCs. What’s it like being a breathing LLM trained on input data chosen by a Reddit moderator?
You're projecting, I don't have Reddit. A baseless ad hominem attack, how surprising for a Republican.
I think this opens a new direction in terms of UI for companies like Instacart or Doordash — they can now optimise marketing for LLMs in place of humans, so they can just give benchmarks or quantized results for a product so the LLM can make a decision, instead of presenting the highest converting products first. If the operator is told to find the most nutritious eggs for weight gain, the agent can refer to the nutr…
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I don't. Chat interface sucks; for most of these things, a more direct interface could be much more ergonomic, and easier to operate and integrate. The only reason we don't have those interfaces is because neither restaurants, nor airlines, nor online stores, nor any other businesses actually want us to have them. To a business, the user interface isn't there to help the user achieve their goals - it's a platform for…
I think the chat interface is bad, but for certain things it could honestly streamline a lot of mundane things as the poster you're replying two stated. For example, McDonald's has heavily shifted away from cashiers taking orders and instead is using the kiosks to have customers order. The downside of this is 1) it's incredibly unsanitary and 2) customers are so goddamn slow at tapping on that god awful screen. An AI…
> it's incredibly unsanitary
The key to me about the kiosks is: (1) initially, replace cashier labour costs with new expensive machines, and (2) medium-to-long term, upgrade the software with more and more "upsell" logic. This could be incredibly effective as a sales tactic. (Not withstanding the possibility, I fully agree with your final sentence!)
Can you imagine if a celebrity, like Kim Kardashian or David Beckham, lent their likeness for a fee to McD's to create an assistant that would talk with you during your order? (Surely, AI/ML can generate video/anime that looks/moves/sounds just like them.) I can foresee it, and it would be the near-perfect economic exploitation of parasocial relationships in a retail setting.
> We’re collaborating with companies like DoorDash, Instacart, OpenTable, Priceline, StubHub, Thumbtack, Uber, and others to ensure Operator addresses real-world needs while respecting established norms. Are these tasks really complex enough for people that they are itching to relegate the remaining scrap of required labor to a machine? I always feel like I'm missing something when companies hold up restaurant reserv…
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I think the chat interface is bad, but for certain things it could honestly streamline a lot of mundane things as the poster you're replying two stated. For example, McDonald's has heavily shifted away from cashiers taking orders and instead is using the kiosks to have customers order. The downside of this is 1) it's incredibly unsanitary and 2) customers are so goddamn slow at tapping on that god awful screen. An AI…
I've never used a McDonalds kiosk for the reason you gave. Actually, I think no matter how much you streamlined it with cutting edge AI assistants it would still be faster and more natural to just say "A big mac and a diet coke please" to the cashier. I don't see any end-user benefit to these assistants, the only ones who benefit are the bean counters and executives who will use them to do more layoffs and keep the m…
The general sentiment about the OpenAI Operator launch on Hacker News is mixed. Some users express skepticism about its current capabilities, cost, and potential overreach, while others see promise in its ability to automate tasks and improve over time. Ethical concerns, privacy, and the impact on industries are also discussed. Overall, there's cautious optimism with acknowledgment of challenges and potential improve…
I'm sure you think this is cute or inevitable, but it's also how you destroy community on the internet and finish its transition from an implicitly trusting public square into an implicitly adversarial and polluted wasteland. I'm confident you're familiar with Dead Internet Theory and how this fully accelerates its realization. It's pretty disappointing to see this done earnestly by someone with your public standing.
> and even creating memes. important work. glad to hear they're investing $500B in this space instead of stuff like, I don't know, making the planet livable for our grandkids
"Operator, I need to purchase 78,000 widgets for my company. Please find the best deal among suppliers who ship using carriers and ports who meet or exceed US EPA guidelines. Please ensure at least 50% of the product is sourced from post-consumer waste, and order your responses by price per unit."
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I don't. Chat interface sucks; for most of these things, a more direct interface could be much more ergonomic, and easier to operate and integrate. The only reason we don't have those interfaces is because neither restaurants, nor airlines, nor online stores, nor any other businesses actually want us to have them. To a business, the user interface isn't there to help the user achieve their goals - it's a platform for…
I think the chat interface is bad, but for certain things it could honestly streamline a lot of mundane things as the poster you're replying two stated. For example, McDonald's has heavily shifted away from cashiers taking orders and instead is using the kiosks to have customers order. The downside of this is 1) it's incredibly unsanitary and 2) customers are so goddamn slow at tapping on that god awful screen. An AI…