Friday AI - We welcome our robot overlords

[Angie]

Do you use AI in your daily life? How so? How do you feel about it? (There’s a decent chance I’ve already asked this question, sorry if so.)

I use it to write emails or intro paragraphs that need to be in a certain style that isn’t my forte. I can use it to organize my day, or make playlists. Generating lists with it is also great.

 

[BoxsterCy]

Do you use AI in your daily life? How so? How do you feel about it? (There’s a decent chance I’ve already asked this question, sorry if so.)

I use it to write emails or intro paragraphs that need to be in a certain style that isn’t my forte. I can use it to organize my day, or make playlists. Generating lists with it is also great.

Is this Angie asking or her AI?

 

[cycloneG]

I use it to proof read longer emails to help with clarity. I write a lot of technical documentation so I'll use it there as well, again for clarity.

The biggest use we have for AI in our company is helping with medical imaging analysis. It's the bees knees!

 

[MJ29]

I don't use it at all. As someone who is creative (at least as a hobby), AI makes me uneasy.

 

[IcSyU]

My wife uses it constantly for writing reports, emails, job offers, etc. and then edits what AI kicks out.

I use it occasionally for tax research for clients. The problem with using it for tax research is there are always 13 other things you need to look up and it is hit or miss with the next steps.

 

[Turn2]

Being over 60 it's far easier and more practical to use AE (actual experience) than someone else's AI.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

Bot reported

 

[pourcyne]

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[1UNI2ISU]

I've been going through some health stuff lately and it's great for taking raw medical reports and having it broken down into more accessible language.

Oh and playlists and other completely unnecessary fun stuff too.

 

[keepngoal]

My roomba gets the weekends off. Playing nice now so that they know I am friendly.

 

[pourcyne]

Being over 60 it's far easier and more practical to use AE (actual experience) than someone else's AI.

Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?

 

[Cyclonepride]

Do you use AI in your daily life? How so? How do you feel about it? (There’s a decent chance I’ve already asked this question, sorry if so.)

I use it to write emails or intro paragraphs that need to be in a certain style that isn’t my forte. I can use it to organize my day, or make playlists. Generating lists with it is also great.

Not really, though I will look at the AI answer on a Google search before digging any deeper (particularly if it's an easy question).

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Saw a tiktok advertising a site that can use AI to solve students math homework and to do papers.

No Bueno.

 

[Turn2]

Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?

 

[enisthemenace]

I like to use it to give me recipes with what little ingredients I might have on hand.

 

[BoomerClone]

I’ve never used AI to write anything and don’t have any plan to. I like to believe that the human mind is always better than AI, even with our insufficiencies. It is not hard to identify an email or news article written or edited by AI. I automatically discount those and immediately place their opinion at the bottom of all others. This is especially true at work. People know how you normally interact through email. If all of a sudden your messages change structure, it’s AI and I am not going to entertain it.

 

[pourcyne]

Saw a tiktok advertising a site that can use AI to solve students math homework and to do papers.

No Bueno.

¿Cuál es el problema?

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[KnappShack]

I probably interact with it more than I know.

Frankly it scares the **** out of me. My company/industry is diving in head first.

The AI brings up the performance of the lower half of employees. It'll be fun when the bottom feeders are getting the same production scores as the better workers.

It has the potential to dull the need for humans to actually learn or create.

The technology is introducing a new wave of fraud that we cannot detect.

It honestly makes me concerned for humanity. Ted Kaczynski was an evil man, but he wasn't completely wrong.

But the AI promoters will piss on our leg and tell us it's raining. It'll create NEW jobs. Sure. New jobs that AI will perform.

In a nutshell....I'm not optimistic

 

[Entropy]

Saw a tiktok advertising a site that can use AI to solve students math homework and to do papers.

No Bueno.

It's not as effective and still "hallucinates" or gives BS answers.
I've found that students who use it a lot struggle with deeper critical thinking.
Maybe that will change, but the amount of natural resources it consumes to power these programs troubles me.

 

[Cyclonsin]

I used it to write my most recent resume and cover letter. I fine tuned it a bit myself, but the heavy lifting was done by the bots. Saved a ton of time (cranked both out in abotu 15 minutes) and got the job.