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It seems like just about any time an AI company releases such a video, they're bound to make the same mistake of not cross checking their own demo. I don't get

It seems like just about any time an AI company releases such a video, they're bound to make the same mistake of not cross checking their own demo. I don't get it. I mean, how hard can it be? These are billion dollar ventures. For god's sake, at least have an intern fact check your press releases for 15 minutes before publishing them. On the other hand, these repeated basic mistakes certainly help in keeping expectations in check. But I doubt that's the goal of the demo...

travisporter 2y ago
Could you imagine scheduling this in your calendar only to realize you just missed it?
Bluestein 2y ago
I concur, but, also am thinking that it might be some sort of "purist" drive, in the "eat your own dogfood" [to the utomost] kind of way, by not having a human "in the loop"? (ie. releasing inmediately post-AI action -without- human checking?. Even, an "ideological" stance? (Granted, your point about the desirability of basics, still holds ...)
- exe34 2y ago
  well the original voice/tutor demo by "open" AI was heavily choreographed, wasn't it? it seems like it's just different people doing it, so they just have to learn from the same mistakes again.
  - Bluestein 2y ago
    Y'all upthread, raise - word for word - spot-on insightful points.-
- shmeeed 2y ago
  If I had to take a guess, I'd say they probably just drank their own Kool-Aid and routinely fall prey to overconfidence. It might as well be dogfooding, but to me that seems a bit too, hm, say, intellectually honest for what is basically a PR move in a hype market.
- sdwr 2y ago
  (Without seeing the link) Lack of polish indicates core belief in the message/product. On one hand: Marketing copy should be word-perfect, with no grammar errors. On the other: Video of baby's first steps should be raw + unedited. The more you move towards a "real moment", the less sense it makes to polish it to a mirror sheen
  - JohnFen 2y ago
    > Lack of polish indicates core belief in the message/product. It certainly can, but not always. In any case, this effect is why when I see a product that has a high degree of polish, I take it as a weak signal that the product is not great.
hulitu 2y ago
> It seems like just about any time an AI company releases such a video, they're bound to make the same mistake of not cross checking their own demo TBH, seeing those press releases lately, they seem to do it intentionally. Treating your users as idiots has become the norm.

travisporter 2y ago

Could you imagine scheduling this in your calendar only to realize you just missed it?

Bluestein 2y ago

I concur, but, also am thinking that it might be some sort of "purist" drive, in the "eat your own dogfood" [to the utomost] kind of way, by not having a human "in the loop"? (ie. releasing inmediately post-AI action -without- human checking?. Even, an "ideological" stance? (Granted, your point about the desirability of basics, still holds ...)

exe34 2y ago
well the original voice/tutor demo by "open" AI was heavily choreographed, wasn't it? it seems like it's just different people doing it, so they just have to learn from the same mistakes again.
- Bluestein 2y ago
  Y'all upthread, raise - word for word - spot-on insightful points.-
shmeeed 2y ago
If I had to take a guess, I'd say they probably just drank their own Kool-Aid and routinely fall prey to overconfidence. It might as well be dogfooding, but to me that seems a bit too, hm, say, intellectually honest for what is basically a PR move in a hype market.
sdwr 2y ago
(Without seeing the link) Lack of polish indicates core belief in the message/product. On one hand: Marketing copy should be word-perfect, with no grammar errors. On the other: Video of baby's first steps should be raw + unedited. The more you move towards a "real moment", the less sense it makes to polish it to a mirror sheen
- JohnFen 2y ago
  > Lack of polish indicates core belief in the message/product. It certainly can, but not always. In any case, this effect is why when I see a product that has a high degree of polish, I take it as a weak signal that the product is not great.

hulitu 2y ago

> It seems like just about any time an AI company releases such a video, they're bound to make the same mistake of not cross checking their own demo TBH, seeing those press releases lately, they seem to do it intentionally. Treating your users as idiots has become the norm.