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Rua M. Williams
Broken record here, but so many of these uses start with “how can we get people to use a chatbot” rather than “how do we solve a problem” or “how do we fill a need.”
The “problem” according to the companies is that people aren’t using chatbots enough.
Finally, it has found its home as the first satire published in ACM RESPECT.
Check it out! "ProMe: Supporting the new Merit-Based Professoriate through AI-powered Robot-Assisted Professional Development" 5/5
dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
good time for a reminder that after 2 years of promising this, DMs are not end-to-end encrypted (outside of external services like Germ)
One way you can tell LLMs are good and safe is when they are haunted by a mysterious lighthouse keeper
The ProMe system admonished me for my ums and for playing with my hair. And for being sarcastic. The robot also evaluated my attire and refused to "pass" me until I removed my vest and tie, and brought out a string of pearls. 2/5
I first imagined this peice while in gradschool, though the idea was that a corrective "socially assistive robot" meant for autistic children would harass the researcher during a demo until they crashed out. 3/5
