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[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world -3 points 2 days ago (7 children)

it depends on the topic really. it is a lie in that it is a told false hood. by reasonable people talking about the unreliability of LLM’s it is sufficient without dragging the conversation away from the topic. if the conversation starts to surround the ‘feelings’ of the ‘AI’ then it’s maybe helpful point it out. otherwise it’s needlessly combative and distracting

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

No, it doesn't. Would you say a calculator "lied" to you if it output an incorrect answer? Is your watch "lying" to you when it's out of sync? No, obviously not. They're just wrong, not "telling falsehoods".

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

yes if the calculator incorrectly provided an answer, and i was having a casual conversation over it.

such as with over simplified rounding and truncation errors that some calculators give.

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is casual about the situation in the screenshots? You keep bringing that up as if it changes anything.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

by that logic, what does arguing about the semantics of a word choice where the initial idea by the post was obviously understood, else we would not be talking about it?

seems off topic like i warned about, and a waste of time

[–] ech@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I explained why the word matters in my very first comment, and several since. You're the one that started the argument on semantics, so you tell me.

[–] WraithGear@lemmy.world -2 points 1 day ago

the fact we are still arguing is why. and now i am leaving there is nothing else to be said.

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