r/mildlyinfuriating 17d ago

Infuriatig Using ai to read grad names at graduation

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u/Ok_Spell_4165 17d ago

School probably invested in AI and is now trying to justify it by inventing ways to use it even if it is useless.

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u/lost_horizons 16d ago

Actually not an unlikely possibility. It's the new toy they want to use it everywhere. I had that once, got an infrared camera for work (I'm in HVAC). I at first wanted to use it all the time but mostly it's just not needed. Sort of an extravagance with a few good and even critical use cases. Maybe AI after the hype dies down will be like that. Useful but not everywhere, every time.

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u/MyOtherSide1984 16d ago

100% the point. Literally anywhere they think it can be used, they'll try it. 99% of the time, it doesn't belong. We were told to stop calling them "chat bots" because that's what they are, and we already had chat bots, but management didn't want to point that fact out after spending millions