• joe@lemmy.world
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    7 hours ago

    Which, if it’s literally just a binary yes/no why the hell do we need AI and not ‘press 1 if you’re calling about x emergency’?

    But but but what if the person is stroking out and presses 1 when they meant 2???

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      7 hours ago

      Oh, so that is a concern when it comes to pointing out the ways in which AI is a solution looking for a problem, but not when it comes to pointing out this could kill people?

      Not that you bothered to ask, but my solution is to add enough operators so that they aren’t working barely staffed at all times and getting overwhelmed the second more than a few calls come in. Working constantly at minimum staffing is the problem, this was solvable before 2022 without AI and it still isn’t necessary.

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        7 hours ago

        I thought the extra question marks would have made it clear I was being sarcastic. No sarcasm this time: I’m sorry I wasn’t clear enough. That’s on me. Sorry.

        My ambiguous sarcasm aside, I was pointing out that your solution also had the same problem you were trying to solve, because that problem is always there, no matter what.

        Not that you bothered to ask, but my solution is to add enough operators so that they aren’t working barely staffed at all times and getting overwhelmed the second more than a few calls come in.

        And if we lived in a world where money wasn’t very frequently the limiting factor, your solution might have merit. Unfortunately, capitalism is still something we have to deal with.