Post #1058554
2026-03-28 17:34 UTC
Screwfix have got an LLM answering questions about their products now. Of course, it's posting confident, authoritative-sounding, and completely wrong answers. About electrical wiring. What could possibly go wrong?
Replies (3)
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@raynerlucas@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 17:35
Anyway, if you were thinking of learning a trade to get away from all this shite, I'm afraid I have bad news
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@Extelec@mstdn.social 2026-03-28 17:54
@raynerlucas@mastodon.social Ive come across this. The example i have is it can only read the description on the page, so for further info it just rephrases what you can already can see , badly, 100% useless.
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@Foritus@toot.dusepo.co.uk 2026-03-28 18:42
@raynerlucas@mastodon.social Even with the disclaimer stuff like this should be illegal. We have proper certification for sparkies for a reason!