AI for the general population

[TooOldToCare]

AI is all over the news and is being used in nefarious ways, blah, blah, blah.

What is YOUR general opinion on using it yourself for work, rewriting things/emails/etc., or doing something real with it compared to creating pictures of Wolfgut Van Hefty? We have Copilot at work, and I find it a pain in the ass. I've tried using it to create PowerPoint presentations or rewrite emails, but it always sounds artificial, and I need to revise the mistakes it still makes. I've not found strong utility in using it (yet).

Other experiences?

[Danzig in the Dark]

Artificial = fake as opposed to man-made.

It's just hopped up autocomplete. It's less helpful than Jobu.

[keyofgee]

ppl using it to create art that have zero talent or are hacks, sucks.. I have some friends that can't play any instruments at all and have no music ability, saying the are "creating songs" that are theirs with AI. And that its' "their creation". it's not. it's a prompt at best...
college kids are using it to write term papers with it...

but AI is something that is already out of the bottle and here to stay and only will improve. Before long companies will be using your dead relatives to video call you and tell you to make your rent a center payments on time.
Human beings are suckers and amazed at shiny objects and this one is as bright as the sun as it slowly pulls them in...

AI, like the internet is being sold as a "tool" to help create and improve lives. What has it turned into? This place was a cesspool but was to be expected about thrashing on 80's musicians. But Facebook for example is just used to trash people. All the other socials are too. Of course there is some good but there is a lot of bad....AI will be no different, just more manipulative.

[Love_Industry]

AI, like the internet is being sold as a "tool" to help create and improve lives. What has it turned into? This place was a cesspool but was to be expected about thrashing on 80's musicians. But Facebook for example is just used to trash people. All the other socials are too. Of course there is some good but there is a lot of bad....AI will be no different, just more manipulative.

Internet was cool as long as it was this DIY, everyone can find their tribe thing. Then came the one-size-fits-all corporates like Facebook, Amazon and LinkedIn and when governments made their own massmarket socials - Russia X and China TikTok- then it became beyond shite. Boomers arguing about politics in between a thousand repetitive ads. And bots reposting the most offensive and often inaccurate things. RIP Internet, 1994-2009. You had a good run.

[TooOldToCare]

I’ve checked out of a lot of the internet except what I need for work, paying bills, and some shopping and booking travel. I’ve left all social media. I get joy when someone sends me an invitation or announcement (like my class reunion) and I can’t access what they send bc I have no Facebook or whatever.

AI and the bots and the people have ruined the rest. Haven’t been on Twitter/X for at least 4-5 yrs. I’m sure it’s like a third world country by now.

[Sleek]

I've been using it in some video work. It is GREAT for that. Haunted house in the rain? I got that. Female goth commander walking past troops? Got it. Monster bursting through a wall? Sure.

Been dropping people's faces into AI generated imagery in potatoshop, then using AI to animate it. Right now people are like: "That's me in that scene!" Much good.

I also have been using it for pre-visualizations when I pitch an idea. It is super amazing for showing a vibe and illustrating a concept.

I am thinking I will do something soon where we go for a BIG concept, mixing live footage and AI to create something really cinematic on the cheap.

[TooOldToCare]

That dude on YouTube who painstakingly edited and improved KISS Meets the Phantom using traditional editing and CGI should have waited another year or two. It sounds like AI would have done it dramatically better and easier.

[Sleek]

You could improve KISS meets the Phantom with AI now by just using the prompt: "Two hours of dogshit in mime makeup".

[eddie lee roth]

Human beings are suckers and amazed at shiny objects and this one is as bright as the sun as it slowly pulls them in...

[the_man_incognito]

Somewhere I read that AI is the new 'grift' and it fits.
Every company feels they need to advertise AI as part of every release to not feel like they're behind everyone else, but they're not sure what it really does.
We have an internal AI chat at work and leaders keep telling us to use it, but they have no idea on how we're supposed to use it. They just give a vague kind of 'figure it out' answer.
The only real use case I've heard to to check emails that you're already written to 'make them better'.
Only the mouth breathing millennials that didn't learn basic grammar skills seems to need that shit.

[Sleek]

AI has become the buzzword of the century, and every company feels the pressure to flaunt it in their releases to avoid feeling outdated. Yet, the reality is, many don't really understand its practical applications.

At work, we have an internal AI chat that leadership encourages us to use, but their guidance is as vague as 'figure it out.'

The only concrete use case mentioned is for refining already written emails, seemingly catering to those who missed the boat on basic grammar skills. It's become the latest 'grift,' and it fits.

[Kid-Wicked]

i used it to take a bikini top off a friend of mine to see her tiddies.

it worked