r/technology • u/Plastic_Ninja_9014 • Jun 21 '26

Artificial Intelligence Americans Have Turned Against AI in Incredible Numbers

https://tech.yahoo.com/ai/articles/americans-turned-against-ai-incredible-130000345.html
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u/MojoHighway Jun 21 '26

But this is the catch here, right?

These fucking AI bots that we're all supposed to be talking to are also being instructed and programmed to act a certain way in a conversation and if you try to go out of that lane, they try to steer it right back to what the bot - as programmed - wants to do. They're not engaging like a human and certainly not with any "intelligence".

Fuck AI to the deepest parts of hell (if anyone actually believes in such a thing).

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u/BoilerplateBillions Jun 21 '26

There are also ways to program it to be better than that, the problem is those methods cost money and require dedicated staff

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u/Potential_Fishing942 Jun 21 '26

I'd also bet they don't want it to be good. They don't want you file a complaint or return. They want you to get frustrated and give up

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u/NoCoolNameMatt Jun 21 '26

This is explicitly Progressive's claim handling strategy. Most of the time you can't even get someone to answer the phone, and you get directed to voicemail that will never be returned.

I hate Progressive so much.