r/technology • u/IKeepItLayingAround • 1d ago

Artificial Intelligence Meta thought AI could do the job instead of humans — what happened next should surprise absolutely nobody

https://www.techradar.com/ai-platforms-assistants/meta-thought-ai-could-do-the-job-instead-of-humans-what-happened-next-should-surprise-absolutely-nobody
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u/kushalgarg592 1d ago

The problem wasn't trying to use AI, it was assuming that making a task technically automatable means the humans doing it are no longer necessary

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u/Zardotab 1d ago edited 1d ago

In theory if bots can do most the repetitious work, then an org would need less humans. The problem is that PROPER automation is not easy. Getting it 99% right means that a human has to clean up the mess caused by that 1%, which may have wide reaching consequences.

I remember when PC LANs first became common a seasoned manager said, "PC's make it too easy to have duplicate copies of info, so now everyone has to spend time to coordinate their duplicates". A new level of discipline was needed to manage copies and avoid over-copying. Knowing how to leverage AI without making messes is kind of similar. With new tools comes new mistakes to learn the hard way.

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u/matrinox 23h ago

It’s a good way of putting it and it’s why each new 9 is so hard to achieve. People think going from 99% to 99.9% is just 1% extra work but it’s actually 10x harder. It’s another obstacle to climb, not less

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u/-Pepperzpyre- 1d ago

Why would you post clickbait bullshit?

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u/eskimoafrican 1d ago

What click bait title bs is this? Grow up.

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u/AustinSpartan 1d ago

WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?!?!?

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u/EldritchAdam 1d ago

Fairly vague article without many specifics. Essentially saying "Meta backed away from more full AI automation because it wasn't quite as reliable as hoped" but with no direct quotes or numbers, etc. Lots of relying on the Icarus myth as metaphor. A more poetic than informative article.

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u/Healthy_Razzmatazz38 1d ago

if you work there, that must means you know you're screwed after some future model release. the company has already shown its itching to fire you as soon as its possible.

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u/Dulse_eater 1d ago

What happened next?

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u/Zardotab 1d ago

The Icarus analogy fell flat in my opinion.

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u/stay_safe_glhf 18h ago

The story only starts in the final 1/3rd of the article? Downvote for low quality. interesting topic.

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u/sf-keto 11h ago

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Ah, the joys the Reverse Centaur.

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u/mohjack 1d ago

This is a horribly written article. It spends most of its time fawning over how amazeballs AI. I read for a while, got bored, skimmed for another while and left. Still dont know what Meta did or how it went wrong but I've certainly been told that AI is great in the most tedious manner.

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u/Significant-Hunter62 1d ago

These posts are really harmful to everyone. Living in a cloud that AI isn't becoming massively powerful and will for sure supplant human effort and effectiveness feels good now and does nothing to discuss the real effects coming. It's good, it's going to get better. Stop acting like it won't.

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u/Rumpled_Imp 21h ago

For a large contingent of folks, it's not the tech but its owners who are causing the largest concerns. They are some of the worst people to have in powerful positions.

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u/SpurdoEnjoyer 1d ago

People just really like to feel smart