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Microsoft says Copilot is for entertainment purposes only, not serious use — firm pushing AI hard to consumers and businesses tells users not to rely on it for important advice (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 6 months ago by fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world

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[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago (1 child)

This is where I land.

The vast majority of my work, if I ran it through an LLM, would make it mandatory to do more testing and verification than is needed in the first place... so there's no goddamn point.

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[–] EatMyPixelDust@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

And it's not even just that. There are many reasons why using AI is detrimental, even when it's supposed to (or does) make things "easier".

https://fortune.com/2026/03/13/ai-isnt-reducing-workloads-its-straining-employees-time-spent-emailing-doubled-deep-focus-work-fell/

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/the-ai-efficiency-trap-when-productivity-tools-create-perpetual-pressure/

https://dmnews.com/a-if-youve-started-using-ai-to-write-emails-you-used-to-write-yourself-psychology-says-you-havent-saved-time-youve-outsourced-a-micro-decision-that-was-quietly-telling-you-something-about/

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