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Today we had a fire alarm in the office. A colleague wrote to a Slack channel 'Fire alarm in the office building', to start a thread if somebody knows any details. We have AI assistant Glean integrated into the Slack, and it answered privately to her: "today's siren is just a scheduled test and you do not need to leave your workplace". It was not a test or a drill, it was a real fire alarm. Someday, AI will kill us.

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[–] context@hexbear.net 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

actually statistically, that's almost always the correct response for the ai to give

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 7 points 1 day ago

This is why I removed all my smoke alerts!

[–] DasRav@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] ea6927d8@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I really wouldn't doubt it. I think there are more fire drills than actual fires in a workplace setting.

[–] DasRav@hexbear.net 0 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

You do need to leave your desk for a fire drill tho.

[–] context@hexbear.net 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

if it's a drill, sure. but if it's just a test of the system, then typically not. at least in all the places i've worked over the years, i've been told plenty of times to keep working during a scheduled maintenance test, and i've never had to leave due to an actual fire.

[–] DasRav@hexbear.net 1 points 11 hours ago

Interesting. I've never had a test that didn't involve a drill as well. Different local laws maybe.

[–] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Who the hell's first response to a fire alarm is to post to slack and not immediately evacuate?

[–] chgxvjh@hexbear.net 2 points 15 hours ago

They posted on slack after evacuating.

[–] Moidialectica@hexbear.net 1 points 16 hours ago

Panic response was probably to learn more so you're not caught off guard, it's understandable