Amazon is determined to use AI for everything – even when it slows down work (opens in new tab)

(theguardian.com)

11 pointsn1b0m15d ago4 comments

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Mass media is staunchly anti-AI. I'm betting that inside The Guardian, they're heavily using AI to help them research and write articles. But publicly. they're anti-AI.

jqpabc12315d ago

Maybe.

I'd say AI makes a lot more sense at the Guardian than it does Amazon.

If AI at the Guardian gets a few facts wrong, no big deal. Most readers probably won't notice. So better luck next time.

But if AI at Amazon gets a few facts wrong, millions of customers can be directly impacted. And this is hard not to notice.

It doesn't take much noticing before customers start going elsewhere.

aurareturn15d ago

You can ask AI to verify your changes too.

AI shouldn’t just be used to speed up coding. It can improve quality through testing too.

Amazon had outages caused by humans in the past.

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aurareturn15d ago

Mass media is staunchly anti-AI. I'm betting that inside The Guardian, they're heavily using AI to help them research and write articles. But publicly. they're anti-AI.

jqpabc12315d ago

Maybe.

I'd say AI makes a lot more sense at the Guardian than it does Amazon.

If AI at the Guardian gets a few facts wrong, no big deal. Most readers probably won't notice. So better luck next time.

But if AI at Amazon gets a few facts wrong, millions of customers can be directly impacted. And this is hard not to notice.

It doesn't take much noticing before customers start going elsewhere.

aurareturn15d ago

You can ask AI to verify your changes too.

AI shouldn’t just be used to speed up coding. It can improve quality through testing too.

Amazon had outages caused by humans in the past.

1 more reply

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse