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Fake dentist arrested after Googling how to do a root canal - Dexerto

www.dexerto.com Fake dentist arrested after Googling how to do a root canal - Dexerto

The fake dentist and two so-called assistants, all family members, pleaded guilty to a “number of charges.”

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Of all the jobs you could try to fake, why choose dentist?

It needs costly equipment, vast medical knowledge and high precision with you hand. At the same time, it is very high risk, if you mess up something.
- Bob Mortimer said all you need is a reclining chair and some Fuji 9
  
  I get that reference
- Just pretend to be a lawyer. What are they gonna do, sue you?
He should've asked ChatGPT instead. That's how "modern developers" seem to get by
- I’m not a developer, I do not work in a technology field, but I used to. I know Linux sysadmin, security, and a very small amount of python.
  
  ChatGPT has allowed me to “write” code that I use everyday in my business. So, I’m not a developer, but it lets me do things I otherwise would not be able to.
  
  My business is still too small to even consider hiring a developer, so it’s allowing me to grow my business.
  
  I’m just writing this to point out that “devs” are not the only people using chatgpt to write code.
  
  Chatgpt and other LLMs are fantastic technical task assistants but, and this is a big but, you need to treat their work the same way you'd treat work from a new intern. Verify the output before you trust it.
- Could just go full Luddite and pull his tooth by tying string to it like developers who refuse to use AI.
  
  Not using the nonsense machine doesn't mean we have to abandon the whole rest of the toolbox.
  
  Jumping on the new shiny thing and relying on it over all the other tried and tested tools is the core re-occuring mistake in development.
  
  So google how to do a root canal is cool with you?
  
  Go sit in his chair. Moron
  
  It's not a panacea like they're saying it is. This is going to kill the software developer space.
Hi everybody!

Hi Dr Nick!

Ok, ok, everybody settle down. Just gotta do a quick root canal! The most painful proceedure in all of dentistry if done wrong. But first, let me do a quick google search on how to do it! I'm sure the fact that google is so heavily reliant on AI descriptions right now won't make this situation any worse! What could possibly go wrong???

cut to outside the dentist surgury room door to the sounds of drills, tortured screaming, and the lights flickering
- Google AI recently told me that caimans protect cappybaras so that they can eat their feces.
  
  I would not want it responsible for my root canal
  
  I asked Google's AI if I could use gasoline to cook spaghetti faster and it rightfully told me no, then it suggested using gasoline to make a spicy spaghetti sauce
- https://www.coleman.com/grills-stoves/camping-stoves/single-burner/guide-series-compact-dual-fuel-stove/SAP_3000003654.html
  
  A friend has the dual fuel double burner model and that thing is great, I didn't realize they had a single burner model. I really like the idea of being able to run a cook top on unleaded gas in a surival/shtf situation but I'm not sure how that's relevant to this thread.
  
  Hey friend I think you pasted the wrong thing here
I knew Harry Vanderspeigle was real!
Yep, that happened here. It is as much WTF for me as fo anybody else.
Never thought this could happen in the Czech Republic

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