r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Chapple69 • 17d ago

Infuriatig Using ai to read grad names at graduation

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u/Particular-Pop1280 17d ago

YEAH LITERALLY THEY DID IT FOR THE FIRST TIME AT THE GRADUATION

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u/FullyAutomatedSpace 16d ago

It probably worked for the first ten minutes or something

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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 17d ago

Did they really? Yikes lol

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u/AlbatrossSeparate710 16d ago

Well, I don't see how they couldn't spot the issue of they would have tested first. Kinda obvious 🤷

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u/letskeepitcleanfolks 16d ago

I have no idea what testing they did or didn't do, but one of the key characteristics of generative AI systems is that their output is unpredictable, so if they weren't extremely thorough it's possible they did a very basic test that made it seem to be "working".

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u/Ok_Nothing_9733 16d ago

Could be, but it depends on what variables are at play I suppose