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The AI wildfire is coming. it's going to be painful and healthy

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117 points LordAtlas | 3 comments | 07 Dec 25 16:43 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pizlonator ◴[07 Dec 25 18:21 UTC] No.46183778[source]▶
> AI inference demand is directed at improving actual earnings. Companies are deploying intelligence to reduce customer acquisition costs, lower operational expenses, and increase worker productivity. The return is measurable and often immediate, not hypothetical.

Is the return measurable and immediate?

Is it really?

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com2kid ◴[07 Dec 25 19:10 UTC] No.46184178[source]▶
Yes.

Dentists offices that only need 1 receptionist instead of 2.

A dramatic reduction in front line tier 1 customer support reps.

Translation teams laid off.

Documentation teams dramatically reduced.

Data entry teams replaced by vision models.

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pizlonator ◴[07 Dec 25 20:34 UTC] No.46184896[source]▶
That's a cool dream, but my question is: is it happening?

Out of the things you listed the only ones that seem plausible are translation team and data entry team, though even there, I'd want humans to deslop the output.

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1. carlosjobim ◴[07 Dec 25 22:08 UTC] No.46185715[source]▶
You are not capable of telling the difference between human translated and AI translated communication.
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2. DaSHacka ◴[08 Dec 25 00:59 UTC] No.46187127[source]▶
Source?
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3. carlosjobim ◴[08 Dec 25 07:53 UTC] No.46189562[source]▶
Source: Reality. You are probably already communicating with people who you have no idea are using AI to translate their messages.

I have used AI translation professionally for a few years, and between hundreds of people in long conversations, nobody has ever asked if the text has been translated. Before AI translators, you could write at most one message and people would notice.