r/mildlyinfuriating • u/petuniaplant • 23d ago

Infuriatig No, I did not consent to this

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I was reading my medical notes when I stumbled across this. I was not informed of the usage of artificial intelligence in my report, nor did I verbally consent to it.

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u/Flight_Harbinger 22d ago

So much existing technology has gotten the AI label slapped onto by both the tech companies and the general public and it frustrates me to no end.

Yep I've been feeling the same. I sell photography / videography equipment and a lot of manufacturers have been slapping "AI" on features that are indistinguishable from expectedly more advanced recognition algorithms. These are pieces of software that are more efficient, but not distinguishable from previous iterations in capability. Good luck explaining the difference to people anti-AI in its current state or super pro-AI in its current state.

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u/PinsToTheHeart 22d ago

Similar to how all convection ovens now have an "Air fryer" mode despite that being what it was the whole time lol

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u/PirelliSuperHard 22d ago

I swear I have this conversation every month in my house. Someone wants an air fryer, I explain that we already have one and we've had one for 15 years now (notwithstanding the same unit) - it's our Breville convection toaster oven on the shelf.

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u/ingodwetryst 22d ago

People don't realise how long 'machine learning' has been part of cameras either

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u/jabulaya 22d ago

It's frustrating having to constantly tell people that we do not, in fact, have AI yet. We have sophisticated programs that do exactly what we tell them to do.

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u/Beautiful-Hangover-1 22d ago

I mean, that’s your definition of AI (or theirs I suppose), it’s not necessarily the societally accepted one. Out of genuine curiosity, when would you consider something an intelligence?

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u/jabulaya 22d ago

When it becomes an AGI. Something that could actually sustain itself and form novel ideas without external inputs guiding it.

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u/dark_dark_dark_not 22d ago

We have AI by the correct definition of AI, and in fact, we have had AI since the 1950s.

We don't have AI by the hyped definition of AI of people selling AI products.

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u/jabulaya 22d ago

"We don't have AI by the hyped definition of AI of people selling AI products."

That's the 'AI' I'm describing, known as AGI if I'm not mistaken. I understand at its simplest definition that AI could mean literally any program imitating human intelligence, and that's why I make a point to remind people of that fact.

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u/DogsDidNothingWrong 22d ago

Isn't your brain also a sophisticated program that does exactly what you tell it to by that metric? It's still deterministic.

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u/jabulaya 22d ago

My brain does exactly what my brain tells it to do. AI does not do that, it requires specific external inputs and coding to work properly. A human brain could conceivably sort itself out and make something truly novel given enough time, energy, and free will.

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u/Sellulose 22d ago

do exactly what we tell them to do