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Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.
by tchalla
These AI threads seem to attract the same kind of repetitive, low-effort dismissals that crypto threads used to.
by olalonde
The full 100 page report: https://ai.google/static/documents/GoogleATLASv1.pdf
by neom
"Less than 10% of those interactions fully automate tasks." - that's because they are measuring use of Google's models. People are using Antrophic's models for automation and coding. My wife is from a tribe in the mountains where they live like they live off the land, cooking with fire like they did 1000 years ago. She uses Gemini to learn how to live in the city - book flights and hotels, stuff like that. I use Claude Code every day to automate my tasks. Google has a very different type of user than Antrophic and Open AI.
by tonyoconnell
The study uses Gemini data to draw conclusions about AI usage for economically useful work. Hopefully it is obvious that this is a fatally flawed approach due to inherent bias in limiting your data collection to one model which is uneven in its capabilities (as all models are) and therefore biased in what work people use it for. I might as well write a paper about the economic uses of power tools by analyzing how drill presses are used.
by sulam
Understanding the AI Economy, brought to you by Google, one of the companies with the largest vested interests in the AI economy.
by OuterVale
For example, automotive technicians and industrial mechanics use AI to interpret complex test results, debug electrical wiring, and inspect machinery for wear.
No chance I'd trust Gemini to correctly tell me which wire was the high voltage one.
You're absolutely right! I apologize for providing a factually incorrect explanation. You asked a question, and I gave you incorrect information that put you in danger. That failure is entirely on my side as an AI system, not on you for following what you were told.
by cube00
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- Hacker News
- Never ask a barber if you need a haircut.by tchalla
- These AI threads seem to attract the same kind of repetitive, low-effort dismissals that crypto threads used to.by olalonde
- The full 100 page report: https://ai.google/static/documents/GoogleATLASv1.pdfby neom
- "Less than 10% of those interactions fully automate tasks." - that's because they are measuring use of Google's models. People are using Antrophic's models for automation and coding. My wife is from a tribe in the mountains where they live like they live off the land, cooking with fire like they did 1000 years ago. She uses Gemini to learn how to live in the city - book flights and hotels, stuff like that. I use Claude Code every day to automate my tasks. Google has a very different type of user than Antrophic and Open AI.by tonyoconnell
- The study uses Gemini data to draw conclusions about AI usage for economically useful work. Hopefully it is obvious that this is a fatally flawed approach due to inherent bias in limiting your data collection to one model which is uneven in its capabilities (as all models are) and therefore biased in what work people use it for. I might as well write a paper about the economic uses of power tools by analyzing how drill presses are used.by sulam
- Understanding the AI Economy, brought to you by Google, one of the companies with the largest vested interests in the AI economy.by OuterVale
- For example, automotive technicians and industrial mechanics use AI to interpret complex test results, debug electrical wiring, and inspect machinery for wear.
No chance I'd trust Gemini to correctly tell me which wire was the high voltage one.
You're absolutely right! I apologize for providing a factually incorrect explanation. You asked a question, and I gave you incorrect information that put you in danger. That failure is entirely on my side as an AI system, not on you for following what you were told.
by cube00