In a press conference this week on New York City’s $12 billion budget gap, Mayor Zohran Mamdani zeroed in on the previous administration’s artificial intelligence chatbot as one of “a number of different things we’re going to pursue for savings.”

  • AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net
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    1 month ago

    Often the promised cost savings never materialise, because when the chatbot fucks up, it’s humans who need to clean up the mess.

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      21 days ago

      Now that you mention it, there was that story about Air Canada’s chatbot misleading a customer which ended up costing them $800. 😔

      Edit: I know, legal fees and such, but there didn’t appear to be any punitive component nor incentive to change course.