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Forget about lying, this is just amorally stupid and pandering. I find the hypothetical universe where that guy is going to get anywhere good suggesting what h

• ceejayoz 2y ago
  > The boss is obviously supposed to be smart, he’s a black guy in a suit after all. Is this the first time he’s ever received something that was obviously from an AI. What’s he confused about? Ironically, you're doing the same thing as the actor in the skit - pretending to be confused, for effect. Obviously, the boss is used to receiving unprofessional responses from the employee in question. Obviously, the boss is thrown as a result. Obviously, this is a contrived situation for the purpose of humor that in real life wouldn't go like this.
  • epcoa 2y ago
    The idea that a shlub like this would only just now for the first time be using an LLM like this is what is unbelievable. And as a joke it is simply stale. I get it, Apple has to at least pretend to themselves like they are groundbreaking in these things that are now years old. It's cringe because Apple thinks this is a novel premise for humor.
    • ceejayoz 2y ago
      > The idea that a shlub like this would only just now for the first time be using an LLM like this is what is unbelievable. It's unbelievable that someone would use a brand-new feature on their device for the first time?
      • epcoa 2y ago
        Again: It's unbelievable that someone (like this) would be using an LLM to compose an email to their boss for the first time. He's a lazy fuck office stiff (yet still manages to warrant an iMac desktop), you're telling me he's just now starting to use an LLM to compose emails? Sure, whatever. If you think this ad is clever and funny you are entitled to that, you're not going to convince me it isn't idiotic and the joke is old. Unless the message was Apple AI: the new thing for oblivious dipshits or the recently recovered comatose. Their ad agency should know better too: https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/google-pulls-ai-ad-for-olympics-following-backlash.html https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/google-pulls-ai-ad-for-olymp... Even the bastion of pretentious journalism Fast Company has this headline: "In Apple’s new ads for AI tools, we’re all total idiots" > Ironically, you're doing the same thing as the actor in the skit - pretending to be confused, for effect. If you're intuitive enough to conclude that an otherwise inarticulate douchebag probably used an LLM to compose an email, why would you "pretend" to be confused? Makes no sense. There's nothing remarkable about using an LLM to write an email.
        • ceejayoz 2y ago
          > Again: It's unbelievable that someone (like this) would be using an LLM to compose an email to their boss for the first time. There's always a first time. > He's a lazy fuck office stiff (yet still manages to warrant an iMac desktop), you're telling me he's just now starting to use an LLM to compose emails? I know plenty of "lazy fuck" people not yet using LLMs. Having it built in to the device is likely to change that. > Even the bastion of pretentious journalism Fast Company has this headline: "In Apple’s new ads for AI tools, we’re all total idiots" That's fairly standard for ads. Cleaning supplies are sold on a "so easy dads can use it" sort of basis. Prepared food is sold on a "because you can't cook, obviously" basis. etc. I have managers at work who ask me to write client emails for them, even, because I'm a pretty good writer. > If you're intuitive enough to conclude that an otherwise inarticulate douchebag probably used an LLM to compose an email, why would you "pretend" to be confused? The actor is pretending. The character is shocked - for comic effect - that such a nice email came from someone who never sends professional ones. In the real world the response is obviously more likely to be "ah, they used ChatGPT this time", but if you expect realism in ads... This really isn't as complicated to understand as you're making it.