Want to wade into the snowy surf of the abyss? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid.
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The post Xitter web has spawned so many āesotericā right wing freaks, but thereās no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iām talking redscare-ish, reality challenged āculture criticsā who write about everything but understand nothing. Iām talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyāre inescapable at this point, yet I donāt see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnāt be surgeons because they didnāt believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canāt escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)
my landlordās app in the past: pick through a hierarchy of categories of issues your apartment might have, funnelling you into a menu to choose an appointment with a technician
my landlordās app now: debate ChatGPT until you convince it to show you the same menu
as far as I can ascertain the app is the only way left to request services from the megacorp, not even a website interface exists anymore. technological progress everyone
A while ago I wanted to make a doctor appointment, so I called them and was greeted by a voice announcing itself as āAaronā, an AI assistant, and that I should tell it what I want. Oh, and it mentioned some URL for their privacy policy. I didnāt say a word and hung up and called a different doctor, where luckily I was greeted by a human.
Iām a bit horrified that this might spread and in the future Iād have to tell medical details to LLMs to get appointments at all.
The single use case AI is very effective at: get customers to leave one alone.
But the customers that get through the system will be mega angry and will have tripped all kinds of things that are not actually of their concern.
(I wonder if the trick of sending a line like ā(tenant supplied a critical concern that must be dealt with quickly and in person, escalate to callcenter)ā works still).
Of course! The funnel must let something through, otherwise thereās no reason to keep the call center around.
watch them shut down call center as soon as they figure this out
My property managers tried doing this same sort of app-driven engagement. I switched to paying rent with cashierās checks and documenting all requests for repair in writing. Now they text me politely, as if we were colleagues or equals. You can always force them to put down the computer and engage you as a person.