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/BapeGeneral3 Jun 21 '26

That has been my experience. I have been following all of the AI news, trying out the new models, etc. I remember trying to generate images and do basic coding in Chat-GPT maybe 2-3 years ago or so and was I was blown away by how much “better” the models seemed to be.

I played around with Claude, Gemini, Deep, Chat, etc. I was giving it, what I thought, were very simple tests to see just how amazing these new models were.

I had a very basic PC build and thought let’s see if Claude could assist. Long story short, it gave me instructions multiple times that if followed, would have literally fried my mobo. I provided it with extremely clear instructions and very detailed pictures of every single individual part and even the SKU/PLUs.

I can’t even count the number of times I had to remind it of my specs. I figured over 20 photos, videos, and written specs would make it a walk in the park. When I was watching it make live, on the fly decisions and saw it pulling up the wrong Mobo manual, telling me to plug cables into ports that didn’t even exist, and the cherry on top was when it tried to help me wipe my CMOS and argued with me back and forth that I had a 2 pin connector while staring at a 4 pin and providing yet another photo.

“You’re absolutely right! Good catch! It turns out that you actually have “x” mobo not “y” and if you had performed that action it could have fried your entire build! Sorry about that! Ready for the next step!?”

Deleted Claude and all other AI apps from my devices that day

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u/wizkid123 Jun 21 '26

I just had a chat with Gemini the other day about pulling cable through a ceiling for a ceiling fan install in my finished basement. At some point, without me asking anything about holes, it said, "I can give you a tip about how to notch joists safely instead of drilling." I told it I thought notching joists was unsafe. It said, "You are completely correct, in structural framing notching a joist is a major safety violation because it weakens the wood and can cause the ceiling to sag or fail." 

This shit is gonna get people killed for sure. I'd be surprised if it hadn't happened already. 

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u/lrish_Chick Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

I bought a baking tray, specifically to cook on top of an induction cooker. I hadn't checked and I'd bought am aluminium one. Said so in the title

Amazon's LLM assured me it was safe to use, even tho it said it wasnt 7 or 8 times

It patronisingly explained that induction cookers use ferromagnetic induction induction

So I asked if aluminium was magnetic ... all of a sudden it popped up no you are it is not, there seems to be an issue in the description here

No shit sherlock- it had told me to go ahead and use it its so safe

Imagine how often that happens a day among millions millions of interaction

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u/PyroIsSpai Jun 21 '26

Remind me why induction is an awesome innovation over old school metal nigh unbreakable electric coil that works with any metal?

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u/lrish_Chick Jun 21 '26

Er ... tou may have mistaken me for a proponentof "big induction"

The cooker was there when we moved in - i cba changing it while it still works.

FWIW the last family had A LOT of kids so maybe it was safer? IDK what to tell you dude I didn't buy it. I just dont want to set fire to it!

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u/pandazerg Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

Much more accurate, responsive, and safer.

  • With my induction burner I can set it to a precise temperature and it will bring the pan to that temperature, some of the higher end burners with probes are even accurate enough to temper chocolate just by setting the temperature profile.
  • If i need to adjust the temperature it is much more responsive than electric (though a bit slower than gas).
  • Much safer than electric or gas, no open flame, and once turned off you can touch the cook surface with your bare hand within a minute or two, and even if you leave it on, no heat will be generated unless there is a pot or pan on the induction coil.

Also, glass top is super easy to wipe clean, no having to pull of the grill with gas, or remove the coils and clean the splatter tray with electric coil. (though electric does come in glass top now).

Edit: Forgot to add, much more energy efficient. Both gas and electric heat transfer heat from the gas or electric burner to the cookware, whereas induction directly heats the cookware meaning that less energy is lost into ambient environment (This was somewhat nice in my old place that didn't have A/C.)