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Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by binary132 »

A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #18
baxtr wrote: post #16

I find it a bit odd that Perplexity still have a human CEO.

I know people get a chuckle out of it, but does it not make more sense to have CEO LLM that will make decisions without regard for its own needs, self-interest, conflicts and so on? Honestly, the longer this particular debate rages on, I think shareholders are looking the wrong set of humans to replace.

Tbh, as craterbrained as LLMs are, they’d probably be able to make better decisions than some of these corporate leaders

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by rogerkirkness »

A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #18
baxtr wrote: post #16

I find it a bit odd that Perplexity still have a human CEO.

I know people get a chuckle out of it, but does it not make more sense to have CEO LLM that will make decisions without regard for its own needs, self-interest, conflicts and so on? Honestly, the longer this particular debate rages on, I think shareholders are looking the wrong set of humans to replace.

Our premise as a startup is that we should want CEOs that use AI to make higher quality decisions, than either status quo human only CEOs or AGI CEOs that do not have direct liability. The analogy is that planes are seen as safe using autopilot because the human pilot gets on board with you. Societally I think the same thing is true of CEO decision making AIs.

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by Yawrehto »

I was able to get Perplexity to hallucinate very easily. Once it even cited the article where I got the prompt idea (I forget the URL, it was about teddy bears in space and published by the Signpost.) That was a while ago and I assume their model has improved, but hallucinations are still much more of a risk with AI than humans.

Also, how can Perplexity do things like interviews, tours, and other things that still require large amounts of human interaction?

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by Yawrehto »

binary132 wrote: post #61
A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I know people get a chuckle out of it, but does it not make more sense to have CEO LLM that will make decisions without regard for its own needs, self-interest, conflicts and so on? Honestly, the longer this particular debate rages on, I think shareholders are looking the wrong set of humans to replace.

Tbh, as craterbrained as LLMs are, they’d probably be able to make better decisions than some of these corporate leaders

Even if they didn't they'd be a hell of a lot cheaper. If, say, Microsoft can replace Satya Nadella with something that costs effectively nothing, is constantly available, and is even 95% as good, I'd think it would be a good deal for them.

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by e40 »

aaomidi wrote: post #44
ethagnawl wrote: post #22

It's only a matter of time until one of these jackasses creates a ChatGPT wrapper called scab.ai and markets it for this exact use case.

Imagine. If there’s no more consumers with money to buy shit I wonder if these CEOs are going to realize where their market went.

Perhaps they will create virtual people and give the a bunch of new cryptocurrency.

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by ethagnawl »

e40 wrote: post #65
aaomidi wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine. If there’s no more consumers with money to buy shit I wonder if these CEOs are going to realize where their market went.

Perhaps they will create virtual people and give the a bunch of new cryptocurrency.

It'll be a human-like-centipede of hallucinating bots writhing on a Metaverse conference room table, "air dropping" new shitcoins into each others mouths for eternity ... or until there are no more tires left to burn or the source of whatever they're using for power this week runs out.

Re: Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

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Post by nashadelic »

A4ET8a8uTh0 wrote: post #18
baxtr wrote: post #16

I find it a bit odd that Perplexity still have a human CEO.

I know people get a chuckle out of it, but does it not make more sense to have CEO LLM that will make decisions without regard for its own needs, self-interest, conflicts and so on? Honestly, the longer this particular debate rages on, I think shareholders are looking the wrong set of humans to replace.

I think all key roles should have a LLM as a double-check. The CEO LLM recommends what the CEO should do and its another data point. Overtime, if the CEO does what the LLM recommends 99% of the time... you can replace the CEO.

We should do the same for courts and judges

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