cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/28223553

OpenAI launched ChatGPT Agent on Thursday, its latest effort in the industry-wide pursuit to turn AI into a profitable enterprise—not just one that eats investors’ billions. In its announcement blog, OpenAI says its Agent “can now do work for you using its own computer,” but CEO Sam Altman warns that the rollout presents unpredictable risks.

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OpenAI research lead Lisa Fulford told Wired that she used Agent to order “a lot of cupcakes,” which took the tool about an hour, because she was very specific about the cupcakes.

  • foggy@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    You’re not wrong today. But this is exactly the basis of the critique of computers in the 50s. And you probably created this post using a mobile Internet connected computer that fits in your pocket.

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      1 month ago

      The first computers were astonishingly faster and more accurate than human calculation.

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        1 month ago

        Not for negative numbers floating point … Just read the list man, no they were not. You’re incorrect here.

        They were faster. Not more accurate.

        Just like AI.

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          1 month ago

          Just to be clear, you’re saying that ENIAC was just as prone to mathematical error as a guy doing long division on paper would have been?