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At the AI Chatbot conference, an event suffused with use cases for guillotines (www.nplusonemag.com)

submitted 4 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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[–] FredFig@awful.systems 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It must be exciting when you find out your startup is in the only industry that's in VCs sightlines, and it must be fucking exhausting crafting a pitch for them.

The VERA story of pet euthanasia reinforces my bias that there is nothing good to be gained at an industry conference, so I'm tempted to believe it's true. Either it's truly insane marketing copy crafted to suck up sociopathic VCs attention because these people live in hell, or it's actually real and they're happy that they've created ~~Uber~~ a killbot for dogs because these people live in hell.

Even when you luck out and somehow get a chance to win at capitalism by a coincidence of destiny, it still eats your soul.

[–] saucerwizard@awful.systems 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

https://askvet.app/ I think this is it…

[–] sailor_sega_saturn@awful.systems 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

From their blog: Acupuncture for Dogs: What You Should Know -- I can't tell if it was written by a chatbot or not, but it could very well be based on the article quality.

There are no real systemic side effects of using acupuncture as a treatment for your dog because it covers a more holistic approach. For dogs in poor health who could be at higher risk when undergoing certain surgeries or using certain medications, acupuncture might prove a suitable alternative.

Also note how they call their chatbot "brand-supportive". Of course it's not just an unlicensed robo-doc, but a billboard masquerading as an unlicensed robo-doc.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 8 points 4 months ago

I hope that's generated, because the section you quote makes only a dim amount of sense, and then only if you take on most of collaborative work of communication as the reader

Actually the main reason I'm commenting is because I wanted to say, I love your username!