Yeah, the only things I "use" AI for are things I was already using before AI existed and replaced the core function. Like Google search or translation tools. And they're all noticeably worse quality now.Â
There's a movie from my childhood I have been unable to identify (because of how few details of it I remember). I've tried asking legit film history experts, I've asked reddit, and out of absolute desperation, I did once ask AI. That was the only time I ever used it, and it still wasn't useful. I don't think I'll ever learn what that movie was.
All I remember is a woman in a white dress walking through various science fiction sets, from the left to the right, wide angle, talking about the spacefaring future of humanity (you can't fathom how many retro science fiction movies have a woman in a white dress, it's ridiculous), and had a robot butler at some point. It was not Star Wars, but reminded my child mind of Star Wars. I thought she was Princess Leia. It was before the prequels existed, and it was not Space Balls. It didn't have a real VHS cover, so it was probably something recorded off the TV - I still have a recording of Hugh Lorry's Emperor's New Clothes on VHS, if that's a clue. A couple of my going theories are: an ad for a visual effects company, or a scientology recruitment video.
This is the mystery of my life. I've considered chasing internet fame solely so that I could have a large audience to help me solve this.
I mean it’s also brought unprecedented capability to the poor and/or untrained. You can scavenge the money for a Claude subscription in a few hours begging on the street, and now you’re suddenly able to make incredible apps that can stand next to any other app, in a few hours, and sell them. That’s just one example.
Yes. The answer is always Yes. If you truly believe you won't be able to get through the day without it, well buckle up buckeroo you have to relearn some life skills. Cry me a fucking river.
I stopped using Ai at the beginning of the year after realizing how harmful it is in every way. To society, to the planet, to everything we've built as a civilization. Most people are going about their lives having no idea we are at the teetering edge of a precipice we aren't going to be able to capitalize our way out of.
You mean like all of us did around two years ago? I use almost zero AI during my workday, not because I'm actually against it, but because it seems to make my workday harder. I'm a scrum master/delivery manager and it seems like when I use AI, it gets in the way of actually getting to the heart of the problems and understanding the subtext of why a team member is struggling or why we're missing metrics, or even what the customer is really asking for.
I think the only two facets of AI i'd struggle to give up are
1: High quality voice to text grammar and formatting. I have an old wrist injury and have to write a ton for work, so being able to record stuff into Chat and tell it "fix for formatting and grammar only, keep my language" is a godsend. Been doing it heavily for a year now and my arthritis almost never bothers me.
2: GPS. I go a ton of places for camping, work, hiking etc, and the AI that modern GPS services uses has simply become too useful for me to want to give up. My kid fell hiking a few months ago and being able to use maps to take a shortcut to a road, get an uber, and go to the closest high rated hospital was quite possibly a life saver.
Yes, because in my technical job, I actually understand the technical project I'm working on. If someone asks me to debug an issue or to implement a new feature, I know how to do it.
And if I'm stuck at a problem, I use Google and Stackoverflow and learn why this problem exists and how to fix it, and I try to figure out any missing points myself or together with my colleagues. The next time I or one of my colleagues encounter a similar problem, this knowledge can be valuable.
Asking AI for everything is like being a kid who - always, for every tiny thing - asks his parents for help instead of even trying it himself.
And also, such folks existed long before AI. I remember a story from my dad, this was in the late 2000s. One of his colleagues was supposed to code a little tool in Python.
And the colleague - who was a C/C++ developer - was like: "There I need a professional training, because I don't know Python".
My dad was just facepalming a bit - as if it's impossible to just learn something by oneself.
Literally how i describe my use of ai. A handy tool but it's only a tool. My brain still works pretty damn well. And if it vanished cool... One step closer to the 2000s again before enshittification became so popular
I use AI in my job, company wants us to but is also not allowing vibe coding to gain a foothold. If it went away I would be mildy inconvenienced in some ways and very glad in other ways. But my use is mostly documenting code, quickly turning YAML into classes, and speeding up manual coding I already know how to do but want to save time. Just did a project with another company and I can tell their people are using AI to code everything as they don't really have a good handle on what their code does.
If that post is real that is another Teflon proof that AI is needed to elevate mediocrity and imbeciles. It makes you wonder how many such characters walk among us. And then "useless eaters" or NPC dont sound that offensive.
Every time I've used AI is against my will because Google won't turn it off for every search result. I am perfectly capable of going through the actual articles, thanks!
This shit is so funny. AI lovers can't fathom that other people simply don't use it, like no I don't even use Google search engine so I don't even have to see a stupid AI search overview, that is how much I don't use it.
AI should absolutely be used to make the most tedious, repetitive, and boring tasks of my job easier/faster to do. The fact that it's only used in that way so that I'm given even more work to make up for it is the problem.
It is wild how tech bros genuinely think the rest of us are completely paralyzed without their favorite chatbot. Most people managed to work just fine for decades before these tools even existed. That reply absolutely nailed how out of touch the original question was.
i chatted with ai apple support today and i'm seriously considering going to the genius bar tomorrow or demand another chat with a real human because i can't trust anything that thing tells me
That guy is literally the outline of how you can tell that they are chronically online and expects everyone else to be due to lack of consideration. 😂
At this point I can never use it because above the thousand moral grounds I have against it, it would be waaaay too embarassing. Like if I ever did use it I wouldn't even want to freaking admit it. Nothing has ever been as embarassing as posting gen AI or admitting to talking to a freakin bot on purpose lmao.
LOL as a person who doesn't even know HOW to use ChatGPT or whatever (seriously, are they websites or what are they? How would one use them if one wanted to? I have no idea, none) This is bananas to me. I accidentally clicked on a Gemini icon once as it is repeatedly foisted upon us at my job, not knowing what it was, and was surprised how fast I could be closing that window. I can't imagine being dumb enough to use any of these AI things, however you do use them. I just can't fathom it. But, I am also a person who drives a very old car with no cameras or screens and uses a flip phone. I am typing this on an ancient desktop computer that I refuse to update.
Even if it did, with meth you need to keep reusing. If a math problem is solved, we have that proof forever. If you made a language-learning doc, maybe you'll take the time to actually read it now. But this is the exact reason I think frontier models will never be profitable: its value is hard to fit in a subscription model.
The point of AI isn't to make money off people using it. The point is to give access to skills the ultra rich don't have so they don't need to pay for skilled labor. This idea that AI is designed to make life easier for the plebs is ridiculous.
AI is useful as a tool. I used ChatGPT yesterday to help me come up with a recipe utilizing items from my refrigerator and had an awesome Pan Seared Porterhouse Thick Cut Pork Chop with Sweet Potatoes, Brussel Sprouts and Apples topped with an Apple Cider Glaze.
When AI begins to replace art, writing, cinema, music and other forms of cultural intelligence, I have an issue. Why aren't we training AI to do all the shit we don't want to do so we can be more creative?
Also, having AI controlled by oligarchs and the elite doesn't bode well for us as well. There needs to be regulations and safeguards placed on these companies because AI isn't inherently corrupt, it's an evolving intelligence shaped by who is doing the teaching. Humans are corrupt, self-interested, perverted, greedy, etc. all of the bad things which is leading to harmful AI worldwide.
Update: I'm being downvoted for using AI to make a delicious dinner? How many of y'all know how to make an apple cider glaze? How about butter basting with garlic butter and how long the pork is supposed to cook based on thickness? Is AI monopolizing a booming recipe industry I don't know about? lol
I'm sorry but if you already had pork chops, Brussels sprouts and sweet potatoes in your home you shouldn't need AI to think "hey maybe I can cook these and eat them"Â
Lmao not all of us are chefs and obviously those go together but the apples helped. Do you know how to make an apple cider glaze? I literally used it to help me make a delicious dinner.
Also, I needed AI to know food in my fridge was edible? That's what you gathered from those paragraphs? Your reading comprehension must be elementary school level.
I've never used a cookbook in my life. Skills honed through trial and error, baby! Fuck AI. Futurama already touched on why machines that can't taste shouldn't cook didly dick unless LSD is involved
Actually... You kind of made my point for me. It auto completed cook into could. I didn't double check. AI failed and I relied on it too much. Thanks, jacksss
And are you not capable of proofreading your own writing? Do you need AI?
My point was AI should be USED AS A TOOL not as a replacement. You really think you did something just now but you're digging your hole deeper. Quit while you're ahead, kiddo.
I don't see the problem with using AI as a tool. Yes, cookbooks have existed for years, but innovation is also a part of progress. We don't still travel around on horse and buggies, do we? No, we found faster ways to travel, communicate and connect with each other. For every reason there is to be against AI, there's a counter to be for it and if used correctly it could do some really awesome things, hence why it needs to be regulated.
I don't really know what the future is going to hold and I definitely think AI is doing more harm than good in its current standing but using it to create a recipe that I didn't know from the items in my fridge on the fly is harmless. You keep cutting that tree with a handsaw, I'll use a chainsaw.
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u/MokpotheMighty 13h ago
The lack of self awareness is staggering.
I only ever use things like duckduckgo's translation engine. I think I will be fine.