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Eating Disorder Helpline Fires AI for Harmful Advice After Sacking Humans
New York Post ^ | May 31, 2023 | Taylor Knight

Posted on 05/31/2023 11:04:08 AM PDT by nickcarraway

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1 posted on 05/31/2023 11:04:08 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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My daughter is a professional eating disorder coach.
I’ll send this to her!..................


2 posted on 05/31/2023 11:05:27 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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She coaches people to have eating disorders? Let us know what she thinks.


3 posted on 05/31/2023 11:06:04 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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Who’s programming the AI? If it’s the government, FUGEDDABOUDDITT.

Government’s goal is to REDUCE the population.

Government is pretty stupid about most things. But one thing government is very good at is KILLING PEOPLE...


4 posted on 05/31/2023 11:07:48 AM PDT by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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No, she coaches people that have eating disorders.

Kinda like AA has ‘sponsors’.............


5 posted on 05/31/2023 11:08:29 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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People who accept what Chatbots say without checking it carefully are proof that AI will replace humans.

AI will replace humans not because AI is smart, but because humans are so frikken stupid.

If raccoons could drive and talk, they could replace humans.

6 posted on 05/31/2023 11:10:30 AM PDT by RoosterRedux (See my FR homepage for a link to the entire Bible narrated by David Suchet on youtube. FREE!)
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However, the bot encouraged Maxwell to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week, count calories, work towards a 500 to 1,000 calorie deficit daily, measure and weigh herself weekly and restrict her diet.

Ok?

How is this wrong?

I mean yes, there is more to it and if you are dealing with something like being too thin it is not helpful at all but if you are trying to lose weight in general this is not bad advise. You should also try to get out and walk every day. If you can not do thirty minutes do twenty, ten or even five. Over time you will be able to do more.

7 posted on 05/31/2023 11:10:46 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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AI probably told the fatso bishes to stop eating so damn much.


8 posted on 05/31/2023 11:10:56 AM PDT by AAABEST ( NY/DC/CA media/political/military industrial complex DELENDA EST)
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Now I’m hungry...


9 posted on 05/31/2023 11:12:24 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /Sarc tag really necessary? Pray for President Biden: Psalm 109:8)
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“The chatbot was set to become the primary support system for people seeking help from the association”

That wasn’t a very well considered decision, was it?


10 posted on 05/31/2023 11:30:15 AM PDT by Boogieman
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“humans are so frikken stupid”

Yes, but look on the bright side. If half of us weren’t stupid, think of how much more evil we would accomplish.


11 posted on 05/31/2023 11:32:05 AM PDT by Boogieman
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Engineering firm fires AI chatbot after bridge collapses, film at eleven.


12 posted on 05/31/2023 11:33:43 AM PDT by SpaceBar
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Exactly. It’s pretty good advice for an ordinary weight-loss program. For anorexic crazy people, not so good, because they’re not rational.

Maybe the chatbot should ask each caller about height and weight first off, run a quick BMI calculation, and then decide what advice to give after learning that.


13 posted on 05/31/2023 11:44:21 AM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: RoosterRedux
"People who accept what Chatbots say without checking it carefully are proof that AI will replace humans."

You didn't read the article!!! LOL. Could also be the AI was hacked?

"...““We asked for adequate staffing and ongoing training to keep up with our changing and growing Helpline and opportunities for promotion to grow within NEDA. We didn’t even ask for more money,” helpline associate and union member Abbie Harper wrote in a blog post.

When NEDA refused [to recognize our union], we filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board and won. Then, four days after our election results were certified, all four of us were told we were being let go and replaced by a chatbot.”

14 posted on 05/31/2023 11:51:36 AM PDT by 1_Rain_Drop ( ~~ TRUMP is right about EVERYTHING ! ~~ )
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Sounds like standard advice a nutrionist would give clients. But I don’t know what Maxwell weights or any conditions that Maxwell has.


15 posted on 05/31/2023 11:57:09 AM PDT by LauraJean (sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
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Who’s programming the AI?

AI is kinda like a kid. You give it the best life advice you can, turn it loose and it goes forth and learns on its own.

Something that depends totally on its programming is an algorithm. Those have been around for decades.

16 posted on 05/31/2023 11:58:28 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐To the Left, The Truth is Right Wing Violence⭐⭐)
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To: Jim W N
Who’s programming the AI? If it’s the government, FUGEDDABOUDDITT.

Fellas with compassion and vision.

17 posted on 05/31/2023 11:58:58 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Truth hurts.

Fat people need to diet.

Fornicators need to stop sinning and killing their kids.

Shoot the AI Jesus.


18 posted on 05/31/2023 12:14:58 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It ( )
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To: Red Badger

I had an associate who had a business plan involving dieting.
Death Camp Diet.
The plan was sound, but he could not get any financial backing.


19 posted on 05/31/2023 12:23:45 PM PDT by 9422WMR
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I think there’s money to be made with giardia capsules. You’re guaranteed to lose 20 pounds in a week or your money back.


20 posted on 05/31/2023 12:51:13 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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