given the end of Flamez experiment I wanted to open a discussion what real usecases there are for AI that you can think of or already use. I know the term is incorrect and these are just clever toasters, but you know what I mean with AI (chatgpt, perplexity and so on).
I tried several different use cases, with mixed results:
- in the early stages I tried using it for work to change texts from third person to first person and it was so bad that I had to manually check the text again so that it didn't reduce workload.
- I used it to monitor the data of my pool water and it was very good. it can read the description of the chemicals and then calculate given the amount of water my pool has etc. I completely changed my pool routine which saved a lot of work and a little bit of money.
- I used it for a legal dispute I have with the return of my leased car to check the car assessement. it was ok, it gave me some info I didn't see myself but I had to correct it quite a bit. I'd say it was a low improvement
- I used it to read the instruction of my thermal heat pump when I had problems last week. although I couldn't find the problem, it's a great time saver
- I tried to find the correct size for my tire nuts on my new car, because I want them black for the black rims. it couldn't help me and I had to ask my car-expert-friend
- I used it to find a cheap solution to make my new dryer smart with a tuya bridge and a energy monitoring socket
- I tried finding cheap insurance for my wifes coming company car, and it gave me false information
so quite a bit! I find it helpful in reading descriptions for things. sometimes problems are too specific and the language part of the large language models is the one I find the least useful. how are your experiences?[/list]
Just the other day I took a photo of my automatic garage door opener which had no identifying information on it. AI was able to determine what company and model it was enabling me to find the correct replacement remote for it.
I find AI is a better google than google these days "search for X, provide links" usually yields far more useful results.
As a teacher, it is really good at writing formal emails. "Write a email to X about the following <insert dot points>" big time saver.
There was a fast food steak house that used to do the beeeeest slow cooked steak when I was younger, sadly in the era of uber eats it had died off. AI was able to give me a recipe for how they did the steaks including the rub. 10/10 result, best steak I have ever cooked.
I find AI is as good as your prompt is. The more detailed your prompt, and the defined you want the answer to be the more likely you are to get useful stuff out of it.
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I don't. I've trained it and manually given "this answer is good, this one is not" sort of training, but I generally don't use it. I do, however, think it is a good tool for things like photo editing or sound editing (getting rid of people in a photo and replacing them with the background, or taking out a kid screaming in an otherwise fine audio recording of like, a wedding or something). I know depending on the LLM, a lot of them get trained on things they shouldn't be or have no right to be trained on (fanfics, blog posts, etc.) and of course I have a giant issue with AI doing any "art" for a myriad of reasons.
I don't deny there are things it's great for! Medical or actual tools and the like are great! Sometimes they really can compute things a human cannot for science and I'm here for it! But otherwise I'm bigmad about AI most of the time.
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I now use AI only for AI Sora slop like steven hawking on a skateboard and steve irwin wrestling a stingray. I even made a tiktok account just for this!
On topic, ChatGPT has basically replaced Google for me when I'm looking for a quick answer to a low-stakes question. It's also great for reviewing and polishing documents and resumes. If they're all read by AI anyway, why not have an AI help write it?
Also as a software developer, my workflow is slowly moving from "write code" to "review AI generated code". Not sure how I feel about it but if I want to stay relevant then that's how it's gotta be.
half a year later and I can safely say that I almost don't use AI anymore for anything that couldn't be handled by a google search. I can't believe how little progress was made and how bad the results are as soon as you think you can use it as more than a google search. there are so many errors and it can't even find basic items on the internet anymore.
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EverPhoenix wrote:
Also as a software developer, my workflow is slowly moving from "write code" to "review AI generated code". Not sure how I feel about it but if I want to stay relevant then that's how it's gotta be.
Can't say the rise of AI dramatically impacts my day job as a manager of a game store. But as a freelance writer I am only the tiniest bit concerned about losing opportunities to generative AI. I am *more* concerned about being accused of using AI to write since I am able to crack out my work at a very fast pace.
Then you have those things that happen to be both the a sign of AI and... you know a competent writer.
i.e. - I often use the em dash in my work because my writing style is basically flow of consciousness. But now Gen Z is convinced if there are any em dashes a bot wrote it.
Jason Tandro wrote:
Can't say the rise of AI dramatically impacts my day job as a manager of a game store. But as a freelance writer I am only the tiniest bit concerned about losing opportunities to generative AI. I am *more* concerned about being accused of using AI to write since I am able to crack out my work at a very fast pace.
Then you have those things that happen to be both the a sign of AI and... you know a competent writer.
i.e. - I often use the em dash in my work because my writing style is basically flow of consciousness. But now Gen Z is convinced if there are any em dashes a bot wrote it.
I remember reading some of your stuff like a decade ago, good to hear you’re still writing!
AI is definitely really hurting creative things like writing since yeah - people can just shit out pages and pages of slop with minimal effort. It’s still noticeably worse quality than anything even an inexperienced a human can write but it’s also drowning out the actual creative content.
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EverPhoenix wrote:
I remember reading some of your stuff like a decade ago, good to hear you’re still writing!
Yes sir. I'm way better at it than I was in my 20s, lol. I've gotten a few CYOA books published through KupoCon - a Final Fantasy fan convention I've been attending / part of the community for since 2016. Also did other freelance work like writing D&D one-shot modules for this company called GameTee. And some short stories and original fiction when I have time,
AI is definitely really hurting creative things like writing since yeah - people can just shit out pages and pages of slop with minimal effort. It’s still noticeably worse quality than anything even an inexperienced a human can write but it’s also drowning out the actual creative content.
It's not about people noticing AI - though it's getting harder to tell with each passing month which is scary for a whole host of reasons - but just the ease with which major companies can throw together slop and tell actual professional artists to eat shit is unwholesome.
That's why I fully support bullying large corporations who use generative AI. I've repeatedly had to tell my Gen Z marketing guy at my store in no uncertain terms that we will never be using generative AI for any reason as a part of the business model.
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