[azan_]

I suggest you read the parent comment again. The poster clearly was laughing at the capabilities of AI and its utility:

> the value in having a personal assistant AI agent that can lie about the time for your appointment and autonomously delete your entire calendar

[greggoB]

Sure, but 1) they're clearly being quite facetious with the above, and 2) it is also pretty clearly contextualised by the rest of what they said, which is making an equally sarcastic comment about how much AI is costing society.

The overall template is "look at how much we're giving away, but hey guess it's worth it for <insert stupid reasons here>".

Instead of immediately listing off whatever instance AI has shown some value in isolation, it might be worth considering its net effect on society as a whole. IMO that picture is not so rosy.