Two things I’ve noticed about local businesses souring on GenAI:

[witchgirls@woof.tech]

@Jdm2 Holy shit. A dream come true...

[alienghic@timeloop.cafe]

@Jdm2

If you're facing a large region with unstable internet you might want to check out 802.11ah HaLow.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11ah

It's using the same unlicensed 900Mhz band as meshcore, but carries IP traffic at tens to hundreds of megabit over a kilometer or two using omnidirectional antennas.

[jdm2@boriken.social]

@alienghic interesting. Thank you. I’ll try to get up to speed

[firebreathingduck@social.vivaldi.net]

@Jdm2

If you feel comfortable sharing, where is "local"? One of my kids is an unemployed entry level engineer.

Edit: Oh, Puerto Rico. I'll suggest it to him.

[jdm2@boriken.social]

@firebreathingduck Puerto Rico.

[dannyman@sfba.social]

@Jdm2

Ability to do the job without AI is a fundamental skill.

The ability to use AI to help you do the job more quickly and more effectively is also an increasingly useful skill.

But without the fundamental skill you're just shoveling slop.

[europlus@social.europlus.zone]

@Jdm2 @howtophil this is one of 4 main points on the draft website for a small business I’m trying to set up (reviewing financial and governance documents and providing an overview).

I will *never* use AI for something like that.

I do not understand the risk assessment (or lack thereof) of the whole AI using market, let alone the critical ethical issues on so many fronts.

[thetenuousorder@meow.social]

@Jdm2 "the inevitable future"

[alina@girldick.gay]

@Jdm2 @whitequark the world is healing 🥺

[david_chisnall@infosec.exchange]

@Jdm2 At Cambridge station, a couple of months back, I saw an ad for a bank promising that they didn't use AI to handle calls and that you'd always be able to talk to a human.

They were fairly up market, but that helps push the perception that chatbots are a sign of a cheap / low-quality brand, which is an association I'm very happy for people to build.