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.