Friday, June 12

Tag: AI

Perplexity is STEALING from users, violating Law and hiding behind their AI bots Sam
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Perplexity is STEALING from users, violating Law and hiding behind their AI bots Sam

This is not about the money. It’s about the principle. ​We are constantly told that AI is here to "help" us, but multi-million dollar companies like Perplexity are weaponizing their own AI to steal from regular users, stonewall our complaints, and blatantly violate consumer rights. It is systemic corporate greed, and they are getting away with it because people are too exhausted to fight back against a machine. ​Well, I am fighting back, and you should too. Here is the absolute scam Perplexity is running right now. ​How they steal your money: ​Living in Latvia, I pay for my Education Pro subscription in Euros (equivalent to $10/month). ​April 27: A payment was due, but my card declined. Fair enough. Perplexity froze my account immediately. I had ZERO access to Pro features. ​May 16: I manu...
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The measured productivity gain from AI is 7.8%, not 10x, and I think that gap explains the backlash

Operator perspective. I use AI daily across three companies and I am bullish on it, but the gap between what gets shouted on stage and what the data shows is enormous. Best measured number across hundreds of engineers is about 7.8%, and 66% of the people who hit a peak gain saw it fade the next quarter. At the same time, people are being pushed onto it under threat of their jobs while the return is not even proven to the people mandating it. My read is the anger is not really “AI is bad,” it is “my boss profits from me using it and I do not.” Where do you land - is the resistance cognitive (it erodes skill) or economic (the gain is not shared)? submitted by /u/Alternative_Letter72 [link] [comments]
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