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In reply to the discussion: anyone here live in senior only housing? [View all]highplainsdem
(56,743 posts)23. Please don't recommend AI, especially to people who might not be familiar with generative AI
and the hallucinations it's always likely to produce, without warning that its answers can always be wrong - while sounding convincing - and need to be verified by checking.
Cheap source of comprehensive ideas, accurate enough financial numbers without accountants. Repair advice too.
So inaccurate I've seen genAI models called bullshit machines.
It's safest and smartest to do your own research and get info from reliable sources. And unfortunately, because AI is polluting so much of the internet, you can run across AI-generated articles and entirely AI-generated websites in the last couple of years. When some magazines that have been around for years tried having AI write articles, supposedly proofread by humans, they found AI articles getting published with incorrect and even very harmful financial and health advice - which was caught later and exposed by magazines like Futurism.
Generative AI companies typically include a warning for users of their tools, letting them know the AI answers might be wrong and should always be checked. The companies do that not out of humility or real consideration for their users, but out of fear of being sued when their malfunctioning tools' inevitable wrong answers cause harm.
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Please don't recommend AI, especially to people who might not be familiar with generative AI
highplainsdem
Apr 27
#23
As you get older - really senior yrs- it's vital to find those who will come to your aid
No Vested Interest
Apr 26
#2
I'm 76, currently in a senior facility for about six months. It has both independent and assisted living.
PoindexterOglethorpe
Apr 26
#3