Many people are just negative about most everything... I've always been curious and I love to learn about technology. I use ChatGPT every day in my work as an independent English teacher and in my hobbies as a photographer, a writer, and graphic designer. I can't wait to see the next big thing. BTW, I'm 62 years old... Yes, I'm a Boomer!
ChatGPT Is a Gimmick
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#153These “AI is a gimmick that does nothing” articles mostly just communicate to me that most people lack imagination. I have gotten so much value out of AI (specifically ChatGPT and Midjourney) that it’s hard to imagine that a few years ago this was not even remotely possible. The difference, it seems, is that I’ve been looking at these tools and thinking how I can use them in creative ways to accomplish a goal - and n…
Yeah, it’s misplaced frustration at the surrounding overhype. I always imagine the authors would be vocal advocates if they “discovered” the service & no one else knew about it.
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#154Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, not really. This stuff is being used everywhere, from universities to offices around the world. It’s far more than a gimmick.
Having something shoved in your face because you bought the snake oil is definitely one take. If you talk to workers being forced to use these tools you come away with a different conclusion.
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#155>AI cannot save us from the effort of learning to live and die
You could substitute pretty much anything for the word AI and the sentence would be true. Cars, houses or love also cannot save us from that but it doesn't show they are gimmicks.
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#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
In a more perfect world where we were just discussing the merits of the tech, I would be more inclined to agree. But I have to impress that the entire point of the tech is to do everything. AI receives so much funding and support from the wealthy because they believe that they can use it to replace humans and reduce labor costs. I strongly suspect that AI being available to us at all is merely a plot to get us to tra…
Oh you strongly suspect a global cabal of wealthy elites are manipulating the world? What does your unsupported musings about global power have to do with AI use cases?
Wealthy people are manipulating the world in their favor, and frequently explicitly tell us so. They can do it without forming a global cabal because they're wealthy.
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#157Re: ChatGPT Is a Gimmick
#158These “AI is a gimmick that does nothing” articles mostly just communicate to me that most people lack imagination. I have gotten so much value out of AI (specifically ChatGPT and Midjourney) that it’s hard to imagine that a few years ago this was not even remotely possible. The difference, it seems, is that I’ve been looking at these tools and thinking how I can use them in creative ways to accomplish a goal - and n…
So basically, you are happy because AI could replace a human for cheap?
I mean sure, from a purely profit oriented point of view it's good but you need to realize the human being replaced isn't feeling too good about it. Especially when the AI works because it has used input from works of people like him.
The people possessing the capital for AI are pretty happy about the results for sure but they need to think about sharing the wealth created because otherwise this is just an unfair transfer of value to an already rich and powerful small group of people.
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#159These “AI is a gimmick that does nothing” articles mostly just communicate to me that most people lack imagination. I have gotten so much value out of AI (specifically ChatGPT and Midjourney) that it’s hard to imagine that a few years ago this was not even remotely possible. The difference, it seems, is that I’ve been looking at these tools and thinking how I can use them in creative ways to accomplish a goal - and n…
So basically, you are happy because AI could replace a human for cheap? I mean sure, from a purely profit oriented point of view it's good but you need to realize the human being replaced isn't feeling too good about it. Especially when the AI works because it has used input from works of people like him. The people possessing the capital for AI are pretty happy about the results for sure but they need to think about…
No, that isn’t an accurate description of what I wrote.
In my situation there were no humans being replaced, because I didn’t have the budget to spend thousands of dollars hiring illustrators to make images or academics to review my writing. No one lost work because of AI, but I was able to create new value by using AI. That’s pretty much the pattern of every new technology, from photography replacing portrait painters to widespread literacy replacing letter writers.
Maybe one could make the argument that across the economy as a whole, some jobs are being replaced by AI. Which is indeed true - however, my point was about using these tools for creative individual purposes.
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