Right. So, generating training data :-)
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CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months agoFinancial services, so probably transcribing people’s shitty scribbled expense reports into actually usable structured data, and doing it flawlessly enough they don’t get sued.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 2 months ago
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 months ago
Can we start placing bets on when we find out that the “AI tools” they’re using are just sweat shop workers in Bangladesh processing invoices?
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Eh, I know this is the anti-AI instance, but reading and interpreting things like that is something you can verifiably get AI to do 90% of the time.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Because 90% accuracy is acceptable for financial institutions …
XLE@piefed.social 2 months ago
I’ve got an idea. If 90% of AI’s output is accurate, just have humans review the 10% that will be inaccurate.
(Yes I am an AI expert, how did you know)
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
No, it’s really not. Thus the 6000 remaining employees.
(Assuming this is a significant part of their business)
scintilla@crust.piefed.social 2 months ago
Hell USPS has been using machine learning (yes a kind of AI but not the kind they are implying) for years to do that kind of thing.
Paradox@lemdro.id 2 months ago
Kind of
They’ve had several address resolution centers around the country, where reviewers look at mail and figure out it’s address. They don’t physically handle the mail, it’s an image on a screen.
Iirc they’ve been doing it this way since the 70s
Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip 2 months ago
Until you realize those 10% errors missed the decimal point.
CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Again, that’s what the 6000 remaining employees would be for.