AI is all the rage these days. Anyone using it for their job or hobbies or any other reason?

I've been using Github Copilot for a few months now. It gives me the AI help while writing code and outside of a few annoyances it's a pretty useful tool. It does a good job of inferring what I want to write on the next line so I just just hit TAB instead of typing out the entire line. It's also pretty good at taking plain english instructions and turning it into working code.

I've been using the free version of ChatGPT for various things, mostly copywriting and coding questions.

I've dabbled a little with the image generation AI services, just asking for ridiculous pictures and seeing what they come up with. For example, a schnauzer in a canoe.

No. Hope this helps.

Regularly for work. Chat GPT 4 is pretty amazing. 

posted by Automatik

Regularly for work. Chat GPT 4 is pretty amazing. 

I haven't subscribed yet, but will probably pull the trigger soon. My boss was showing me his work with GPT 4 vs the free version and I think it'll be well worth the $20/month.

AI is now indistinguishable from reality.

It's hard to believe, but this ad was AI generated. It's not real.

The future is here. pic.twitter.com/paDtYhGVT2

— gaut (@0xgaut) April 25, 2023

This is the end.  I am fully convinced that AI is the end.  We have a front row seat.  

posted by justincredible

My boss was showing me his work with GPT 4

is it really his work in that scenario?

i have tried both bing and google's "AI" search and lost interest in it pretty quickly.

posted by MontyBrunswick

is it really his work in that scenario?

i have tried both bing and google's "AI" search and lost interest in it pretty quickly.

He showed me how he was using it and what it was able to output for him. While you're right in that the output isn't necessarily his work, the future likely belongs to those who learn to be the most productive while leveraging AI as essentially an unpaid intern.

posted by ernest_t_bass

This is the end.  I am fully convinced that AI is the end.  We have a front row seat.  

I'm not too worried about AI taking over yet, though I understand the concerns.

I strictly use it to just make emails and work shit easier. I don’t copy and paste and tailor everything to my liking, but for overall speed and accuracy…you can’t beat it. 

I’m in the process of updating my resume. It’s been a huge help. 

It is not far off from writing entire papers and projects for kids. And it wont be plagiarism because it will take bits from all the information out there. It is not a good thing for the youth to have access to.

posted by Laley23

It is not far off from writing entire papers and projects for kids. And it wont be plagiarism because it will take bits from all the information out there. It is not a good thing for the youth to have access to.

Aren't they also developing tech to basically catch these scenarios?  I've heard of a higher education institution putting zero tolerance on Chat GPT.  If caught there is potential expulsion. 

posted by ernest_t_bass

Aren't they also developing tech to basically catch these scenarios?  I've heard of a higher education institution putting zero tolerance on Chat GPT.  If caught there is potential expulsion. 

Higher edeuction can maybe do this. I am more worried about our 5th-10th graders advancing through school without actual knowledge of the basics for math and science and english. 

posted by Laley23

Higher edeuction can maybe do this. I am more worried about our 5th-10th graders advancing through school without actual knowledge of the basics for math and science and english. 

Seems like that's already happening.

posted by justincredible

Seems like that's already happening.

Listen. I cheated my way through some classes. I think the difference is for my cheating, I still had to put in work to construct it and read for what I wanted to copy or whatever. In hindsight, it was a tremendous waste of time. I spent more time doing it and I definitely gathered information while cheating. I think we are dangerous close to "type me a paper on this subject. 5000 words.". And you don't even have crack wikipedia...

posted by Laley23

Higher edeuction can maybe do this. I am more worried about our 5th-10th graders advancing through school without actual knowledge of the basics for math and science and english. 

I don't know about math so much (people have been leaning on calculators for years), but I think it will definitely cause issues with students not developing the ability to put their own coherent thoughts down on paper. There's already plenty of people who can't do that and AI might exacerbate the problem. 

I was discussing a similar phenomenon with a colleague a few months ago. Most technology, specifically computers, got a lot "simpler" over the past 15 years and we have subsequently produced a generation of youth that weren't encouraged to fix things when they're broken. As such, people ~25-26 or younger have very poor troubleshooting skills which is a necessity in pretty much any technological field. Even those who progress through college and get a degree in computer science or whatever are bad at it.

I think the same thing could happen with AI if people lean upon it too heavily for various tasks

If you remove natural development/practice in that area and kids just lean on a machine to do it for them, it'll never stick... and you might produce a generation of people who are absolutely terrible at authoring content that requires a certain level of finesse.

The resume that Automatik mentioned is a good example. If you don't have a proper foundation for a resume in the first place, AI probably isn't going to be able to help a whole lot. That requires a fair amount of personalization and uniqueness in order for it to be relevant. AI tends to spit out generic content.

No, I haven't even dabbled in it. I don't even use Siri lol!

The most advanced thing I've done to my house is put in energy efficient light bulbs. 

All these posts and no one has mentioned porn yet?

I once tried using Chat GPT, but didn't want to create an account.  Could definitely see myself using it for the rare occasions I need a bit of SQL or excel coding.

Definitely seems like it could put an awful lot of finance and accounting folks out of work in the next 10-20 years.  Though I wonder how people will really trust and understand the numbers without ever actually learning how to make the sausage.

I think AI will definitely replace a majority of call center customer service roles. Most inquires can likely easily be answered by an AI, anything that can’t can easily be passed on to a human for more in-depth support. 

posted by justincredible

I think AI will definitely replace a majority of call center customer service roles. Most inquires can likely easily be answered by an AI, anything that can’t can easily be passed on to a human for more in-depth support. 

Just take me directly to a human!

Except if you use the call center model to train that AI, it will probably be a much more frustrating experience.  And in some cases that will be intentional.

posted by ernest_t_bass

This is the end.  I am fully convinced that AI is the end.  We have a front row seat.  

Here you go:

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— Declaration of Memes (@LibertyCappy) May 9, 2023

Since the image is cropped in the tweet:

Some are saying we could lose millions of jobs in the next decade.  I don't NOT believe that, and glad I'm not graduating in finance/accounting today.  AI will probably do the same to that group as MS Office.

Which is pretty unbelievable that, over the course of my career, computers and AI will have reduced my field probably 99%.

But I also saw this threaten a lot of computer science majors.  Learn to code?  All you have to do is be able to speak to ChatGT!

It's almost hard to imagine non-creative type jobs where AI WON'T be better.  Pretty much any job that even involves presenting or persuasion - like teaching - could be done by an AI which is trained to be more perceptive and instantly knows the most effective approach.

Doctors?  AI could revolutionize medicine.  Read an article that it might be the key to filling the shortage of nurses and L-T care professionals.

Even creative-type jobs may eventually be replaced with AI

posted by Laley23

Higher edeuction can maybe do this. I am more worried about our 5th-10th graders advancing through school without actual knowledge of the basics for math and science and english.