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submitted 1 month ago by AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

While I'm never excited about these general uses, it seems like they did a reasonably good job with this experiment. Hopefully other Dept's don't just loosely 'throw it in'...

Some tidbits:

The AI operated on a fixed dataset. It did not collect information, nor did it tap into the main client record systems, so privacy risks were low.

It did not learn from the queries staff made or the information they used with it, and did not add that information to its learning banks, the reports said.

The two tests - first with 25 staff, then with 300 - found that along with boosts to service came gains in employee wellbeing, such as helping people with ADHD or poor hearing focus more in meetings, or those with dyslexia to revise content.

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submitted 1 month ago by AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

I was curious to hear what people think of the telecom breakup into chorus (and wasn't there a third party as well?) after all these years?

I was working there at the time, so some of the staff training was entertaining. I felt like they seemed to be on board with the general thrust of the changes, which I was a little surprised about (I expected a little more lip-service, I guess?)

Has it been a good change? I feel like the national fibre has been great but that's not actually related (but may have relied on the breakup as a precursor?)

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 5 points 4 months ago

I've been looking at our electricity usage and discovered our meter stopped reporting it's usage a few months ago - that really skews things!

I chucked in a manual reading which wasn't too far off their estimate, but I'm irked that 'something' has stopped talking. Gave it a few pokes to see but no new data. On the ph to provider now, jooyyyeeee. Powershop really do have some strangely funky hold music, it's quite enjoyable - pity it's mono and basically 8kHz or whatever the phone lines do to muddy everything!

Also, is it just me or have many of the gentailers stopped publishing their actual rates / seeking new customers?

My son bought a cold home last week which is working it's way through the house. Sucks...

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submitted 4 months ago by AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz to c/politics@lemmy.nz

What got me the most was:

"I am really comfortable with asking government agencies to consider, are there ways that you can innovate to deliver the same level of service while taking less taxpayer dollars to do it."

"In fact, that should be how we conduct ourselves every day, not just in the lead up to a Budget"

Honestly, we've been doing that every year for decades, now!

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 5 points 5 months ago

while it's great there's robust debate (elsewhere in this thread), gven all the other self-serving things this govt has done, I think we can take this as unlikely to go well for 'the rest of us'...

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 4 points 6 months ago

That sucks!

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 4 points 7 months ago

This is a great cover for doxxing as a service!

/s - sorta...

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 5 points 7 months ago

This is really interesting - will done (I know, it's not done yet)

I fear you'll spend months occasionally retraining it though? (I have no experience in this, I just knows how brittle my code is)

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah, it probably is - in terms of low overheads and electricity. Not great for long term, as SSDs can fail spectacularly, but if it's a staging post for cloud syncing or another device elsewhere rather than the ultimate endpoint, that's probably good.

To be fair, I'm way behind in this topic myself

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 4 points 7 months ago

I never thought about it like that. Sickness v accidents...

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 8 points 7 months ago

I love ACC, it would be good for some of the nightmares of 'not covered' to become covered though. I thought the tone of this was bang-on (along the lines of too many beancounters have eroded it's scope)

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 5 points 7 months ago

Solid description, you're the greatest, Dave!

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 7 points 10 months ago

Quality Dave reference, well done!

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 4 points 10 months ago

Being crowded must magnify all those little annoyances, it seems?

[-] AWOL_muppet@lemmy.nz 5 points 10 months ago

Unnecessary shopping?? Fuck no!

The last thing I need is more hassle, Christmas carols and horrible shit I really don't need :)

I just can't understand how some shop as a hobby/past-time...

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