AIneOneOne: I understand your concern that you had an accident and hit a tree — a lost limb hurts, but did you know that oak trees are are hosts to more caterpillar species than any other species in North America?
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One of the most fascinating facts about oak trees is that they function almost like wildlife restaurants—especially for caterpillars, which are essential food for birds and many other animals.
Here are some useful facts:
🌳 Oaks are the No. 1 caterpillar-producing plant genus in North America. Ecologist Doug Tallamy and colleagues compiled host-plant records and found that oaks (Quercus) support more species of caterpillars than any other plant genus.
🐛 In the Mid-Atlantic alone, oaks support about 557 species of caterpillars. That's [wall of text]
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Would you like to learn more about the different species of oak around the world?
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I hate this stupid AI hype.
Press 1 if your being raped press 2 if someone is trying to kill you please hold.
You have selected "regicide". If you know the name of the king or queen being murdered, press 1...
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What kind of stupid politician is claiming to be working as the people's representative with this policy?
People need to police their neighborhoods. Using AI as the touchpoint for routing emergencies sends a really clear message; the cops aren't prioritizing the public safety aspect of their job. But then again, acab exists because they've always prioritized the power of the state and the financially connected.
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There will be plenty of lawsuits in the Red Run Louisiana Oblast.
If anyone bothered to read the article, it's not nearly as stupid as it sounds. That's not to say it's a good idea, just that not nearly as dumb as people are making it out to be.
It's designed specifically to handle multiple callers who are calling about existing/known incidents, as a tool to relieve human operators, and simply gather additional details, or provide information to the callers.
So while I can't say that I'm in favor of it, the actual scope of deployment is much different than what the headline would have you believe.
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Have these people never used AI on phones before? Its horrible. Worse than horrible.
Wow. This was a really bad decision. I can't imagine how many people are going to die from this
Setting aside the obvious, what's the worst that can happen?
The people responding to emergencies will be notified by AI slop with no human filter.
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I predict a dramatic increase in the number of suicides. Specifically among those desperately calling 911 for help.
But higher satisfaction from those calling 911 for cookie recipes!
Jfc such abysmal concern for human life
Wow! With all the calls in NOLA… seems like one of the dumbest things to use during someone’s emergency! What if someone was being kidnapped and an open line and the AI voice is going to try to keep talking therefore, killing the individual because they heard the damn AI voice repeating shit to try to answer the call!
People are going to die and many civil suits and wrongful death suits are going to be filed and TAX payers are going to have to pay for each damn suit! So in the long run… NO AI for a damn EMERGENCY LINE! This will NOT save money or lives!!
Fuck this is dark.
If the people profiting from this were to be executed when the system cost the first human life, it wouldn't make it to a proposal.
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What could possibly go wrong?
what's the polymarket over/under for how many people have to die before they roll this back?