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ChatGPT provides false information about people, and OpenAI can’t correct it (noyb.eu)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] then_three_more 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

It's just short for automatic transmission, opposed to manual transmission. I think Americans call manual cars sticks though. But they're not sticks, because sticks are wood and cars are almost always metal. Not metal like the music though.

Edit - thinking on it you could play metal through the car stereo though.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I know the difference between an automatic & manual car & transmission. The analogy just doesn't make sense, because when you say "automatic / manual car" you're still referring to something within the car, the transmission system - you're not actually calling the car to be "automated" or whatever. Calling LLMs "AI" however is nothing but a misnomer and that analogy simply does not compare at all.