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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://fedi.simonwillison.net/users/simon/statuses/112560177813145885">Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 05:45:44 JST</a><a href="https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon" title="simon@fedi.simonwillison.net"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/18625-48-20221108165340.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Simon Willison" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Simon Willison</a></section><article><p>I got a good quote in this story about that dumb Zoom Idea to have "digital twins" attend meetings in your place <a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/zoom-ceo-envisions-ai-deepfakes-attending-meetings-in-your-place/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/zoom-ceo-envisions-ai-deepfakes-attending-meetings-in-your-place/</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/3193242#notice-6309705">In conversation</a><time datetime="2024-06-05T05:45:44+09:00" title="Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 05:45:44 JST">about 8 months ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112560177813145885" rel="external" title="Sent from fedi.simonwillison.net via ActivityPub">fedi.simonwillison.net</a></span></span><a href="https://fedi.simonwillison.net/@simon/112560177813145885">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/2737110">When we specifically asked Simon Willison about Yuan's comments about digital twins, he told Ars, "My fundamental problem with this whole idea is that it represents pure AI science fiction thinking—just because an LLM can do a passable impression of someone doesn't mean it can actually perform useful 'work' on behalf of that person. LLMs are useful tools for thought. They are terrible tools for delegating decision making to. That's currently my red line for using them: any time someone outsources actual decision making authority to an opaque random number generator is a recipe for disaster."</a></label><br><a href="https://cdn.masto.host/fedisimonwillisonnet/media_attachments/files/112/560/177/388/682/676/original/8ca1212303e69487.jpeg" rel="external">https://cdn.masto.host/fedisimonwillisonnet/media_attachments/files/112/560/177/388/682/676/original/8ca1212303e69487.jpeg</a></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.arstechnica.net</div><h5><a href="https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/zoom-ceo-envisions-ai-deepfakes-attending-meetings-in-your-place/">Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending meetings in your place</a></h5><div> from <span>@benjedwards</span></div></header><div>Eric Yuan told The Verge that "digital twins" are the future of work.</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Simon Willison (simon@fedi.simonwillison.net)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Jun-2024 05:45:44 JST Simon Willison
I got a good quote in this story about that dumb Zoom Idea to have "digital twins" attend meetings in your place https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/zoom-ceo-envisions-ai-deepfakes-attending-meetings-in-your-place/
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1. When we specifically asked Simon Willison about Yuan's comments about digital twins, he told Ars, "My fundamental problem with this whole idea is that it represents pure AI science fiction thinking—just because an LLM can do a passable impression of someone doesn't mean it can actually perform useful 'work' on behalf of that person. LLMs are useful tools for thought. They are terrible tools for delegating decision making to. That's currently my red line for using them: any time someone outsources actual decision making authority to an opaque random number generator is a recipe for disaster."
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  Zoom CEO envisions AI deepfakes attending meetings in your place
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  Eric Yuan told The Verge that "digital twins" are the future of work.

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