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ofjcihentoday at 3:34 PM3 repliesview on HN

This argument style is always humorous. The intention is something like “so humans are as bad as AI” when the original question boils down to something like “why would I replace humans with AI?”.


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sphtoday at 6:28 PM

We must give this fallacy a name. It’s the facile way out of the argument used by boosters whenever one dares to criticize LLMs.

Ukvtoday at 3:52 PM

> The intention is something like “so humans are as bad as AI” when the original question boils down to something like “why would I replace humans with AI?”

If AI really is at human level quality/error rate (I don't think it is for general tasks, but there are some areas where it is), then the answer is typically cost and speed/capacity.

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AndrewKemendotoday at 3:35 PM

The entire purpose of automation is to remove a capacity limited human from a continuous workflow because the workflow is more capably achieved with fewer errors than the human

See: traffic lights

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