Artificial Intelligence: How are you using it in everyday life?
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I actually used it last night to save our dog's life.
Long story short, she stole a significant amount of extremely potent and concentrated 98% THC* (Screaming Gorilla and Ice Cream Cake strains to be precise) and I noticed about 10 minutes later. No place is open in time to get her stomach pumped and they are fast absorbing so we had little time. I called a dog poison hotline and it asked for like $89 up front and I was already freaking out because I can't really do anything and am trying to get my wife down to do what I say.
Rather than spend 10 minutes searching and reading and digging to find how bad THC is for dogs, what limits are lethal, how to induce vomiting, etc, I just called my ChatGPT automation on my iPhone. I asked it the lethal limits of THC for dogs, if vomiting would be sufficient, how to force it, what to do when she doesn't, etc. The back and forth, follow up questions, etc would have taken far too long.
In the end, it worked and she lived. She could not walk straight for about 18 hours though and is just now looking like she's back on Earth.
*Purely medicinal with medical card
Long story short, she stole a significant amount of extremely potent and concentrated 98% THC* (Screaming Gorilla and Ice Cream Cake strains to be precise) and I noticed about 10 minutes later. No place is open in time to get her stomach pumped and they are fast absorbing so we had little time. I called a dog poison hotline and it asked for like $89 up front and I was already freaking out because I can't really do anything and am trying to get my wife down to do what I say.
Rather than spend 10 minutes searching and reading and digging to find how bad THC is for dogs, what limits are lethal, how to induce vomiting, etc, I just called my ChatGPT automation on my iPhone. I asked it the lethal limits of THC for dogs, if vomiting would be sufficient, how to force it, what to do when she doesn't, etc. The back and forth, follow up questions, etc would have taken far too long.
In the end, it worked and she lived. She could not walk straight for about 18 hours though and is just now looking like she's back on Earth.
*Purely medicinal with medical card
Yeah, it was funny afterwards. Unfortunately, Mochi and I both took the meds at the same time so my "giving directions" to my wife may have consisted of saying I like her hair or something, lol.
It’s absolutely crazy the generative art stuff, especially when you use your own images as reference.
One thing that is awesome is that ChatGPT can be set to remember you and the details over time. So it knows my family structure, names, sizes, ages, health, etc so I can ask for images and it automatically knows what to include. It remembers I have a white beard, use a walker (only includes in images it knows it would be in contextually), I wear ISU only, I wear a silicone beaded Bipolar awareness bracelet, I’m right handed, etc.
One day before all of the recent health stuff and I thought we could afford it, I described a series of couple’s tattoo. When I described one simply as two hearts interlocked at an angle, it did it but gave several versions that included various things it knew would be special. Like one that had a small bear paw print in one and a small bunny in the other (I’m bear, like JerBear, and she is bunny). One that had the other’s first initial. One where the two hearts had swapped half solid and the other blank. It even knew I only would want line art for this vs my Jack Trice Stripes or Simba ones.
It seems trivial but it knew a few options before I even described them. Awesome, but I can see the scary side too.
One thing that is awesome is that ChatGPT can be set to remember you and the details over time. So it knows my family structure, names, sizes, ages, health, etc so I can ask for images and it automatically knows what to include. It remembers I have a white beard, use a walker (only includes in images it knows it would be in contextually), I wear ISU only, I wear a silicone beaded Bipolar awareness bracelet, I’m right handed, etc.
One day before all of the recent health stuff and I thought we could afford it, I described a series of couple’s tattoo. When I described one simply as two hearts interlocked at an angle, it did it but gave several versions that included various things it knew would be special. Like one that had a small bear paw print in one and a small bunny in the other (I’m bear, like JerBear, and she is bunny). One that had the other’s first initial. One where the two hearts had swapped half solid and the other blank. It even knew I only would want line art for this vs my Jack Trice Stripes or Simba ones.
It seems trivial but it knew a few options before I even described them. Awesome, but I can see the scary side too.
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I want to utilize it more and am exploring various use cases professionally (commercial real estate investment) and personally. I'd rather just use one platform rather than using ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, etc, etc. Is ChatGPT the best one stop shop? For what it's worth I'm willing to spend the $20/mo or whatever for one of the subscriptions but would rather not have multiple subscriptions.
Same boat.
I recently made the Gemini plunge. Figured I'd test the paid service waters along with my new Galaxy Z Fold 7. Been great so far. Kinda creepy how well it keeps up with a "conversation", talking to it back and forth like it's a person (from both the phone and the new Samsung Galaxy 8 watch).
The LLMs I use all the time. They have flattened the knowledge gap and taught how to do things I could never. Im struggling with the automation agents to do anything meaningful.
In some ways its seems all the automation thats already been done needs to be redone with AI, be curious what others think. Automation designed to interface with humans at least.
I think this is the first technology where I become like my grandparents and say it’s not for me. Unless I’m forced to use it. I won’t do it. I’m old enough to not need it. Props to all that do but I am pretty sure my technology advances ended with smart phones
I use it for a lot of things. At work it's nice for Excel formulas and SQL queries. Non work, some random questions, helped plan my trip to Dublin and London. Still need to watch it, as it's not always accurate.
As a life-long nerd, AI is the most revolutionary thing in forever and mind-boggling. At the same time, it scares me more for my kids' ability to maintain high paying, rewarding jobs in the future. As much as long term disability sucks donkey ass, at least I don't have to spend the next 30 years waiting for my job to be next, even with how complex and wide ranging it was.
What scares me though is I have no idea what to tell my 13 year old to go into. The high paying tech jobs I would have said 5 years ago are going to be some of the first 30% replaced because of said high costs and the ability for AI to understand complex code and UI/UX. I'd be more scared if he was going into say Marketing in the next couple years, but there isn't a great way to give advice any longer.
What scares me though is I have no idea what to tell my 13 year old to go into. The high paying tech jobs I would have said 5 years ago are going to be some of the first 30% replaced because of said high costs and the ability for AI to understand complex code and UI/UX. I'd be more scared if he was going into say Marketing in the next couple years, but there isn't a great way to give advice any longer.
Interestingly, it's great at creating caricatures and the likes or creative thinking, but ask it to lower the camera 15 degrees, or give it real world coordinates for the camera, and watch it completely go off the rails. I liken AI (at this point in time) to the old theory that 'computers' were going to be the end of paper, when what actually happened was a complete explosion in paper sales. It would take decades and the mobile phone before paper sales started to decline per capita. AI is similar in that I'm spending an exorbitant amount of time, correcting the incredible artwork that AI creates to adjust it for perspectives and lighting. I have no doubt AI will improve in this area, but only time will tell.
My 'technical' use of AI will, likely, be above a lot of people's heads (no disrespect). But, I'm currently working with two AI projects: one is the psychological growth of the consumer's mind, to help streamline marketing strategies. The other is a complex social platform, of which the likes have yet to be seen. I'll touch back when I'm done with these.
And my complete opinion: the first and best application of AI is in the legal industry. Ask AI to draw up a contract, and you'll be astounded at what you'll save on legal fees. I see the legal industry shifting to an insurance entity along the lines of "will you back this contract in case it's successfully challenged down the road?" But, wait just a minute here. Who owns the law? Congress. So, expect career saving legislation preventing AI's use. Sad, but likely.
And how AI will impact EVERYONE whether they use it or not: one thing no one will dispute is the energy requirements of AI. Who's going to pay for this? I'll bet the farm, we all are in the form of taxes because of its ubiquitous use. Even Amish won't escape this one.
My 'technical' use of AI will, likely, be above a lot of people's heads (no disrespect). But, I'm currently working with two AI projects: one is the psychological growth of the consumer's mind, to help streamline marketing strategies. The other is a complex social platform, of which the likes have yet to be seen. I'll touch back when I'm done with these.
And my complete opinion: the first and best application of AI is in the legal industry. Ask AI to draw up a contract, and you'll be astounded at what you'll save on legal fees. I see the legal industry shifting to an insurance entity along the lines of "will you back this contract in case it's successfully challenged down the road?" But, wait just a minute here. Who owns the law? Congress. So, expect career saving legislation preventing AI's use. Sad, but likely.
And how AI will impact EVERYONE whether they use it or not: one thing no one will dispute is the energy requirements of AI. Who's going to pay for this? I'll bet the farm, we all are in the form of taxes because of its ubiquitous use. Even Amish won't escape this one.
As a fellow nerd, may I offer some suggestions for your 13 year old? White collar jobs are the most threatened, so I recommend dual relatable careers. For example, if you're to be a network/security specialist, be prepared to install wiring, routers, control centers etc. If you pursue marketing, pair it with the ability of tethering trucks, robotic packaging, drone delivery, etc. If one is to pursue Architecture, make darned sure you're a carpenter always staying abreast of the latest construction methodologies and their return on investment. You see, IMO, the days of a book degree are over. Hands on ability is the savior of a long career.
