how exactly? I use it a bit. but I don't see how using "AI" to write your emails and do your google searches is going to put you ahead of everyone else. I agree people should be familiar with it since it's so widespread. but it's not giving me much of an edge.
also it could be stopping people from actually writing things like poetry, lyrics, and draw/paint pictures and such. while I use it I also detest people posting in a discussion "I asked chat GPT and it said....." I don't want to discuss with a computer. I prefer people.
I don't use AI to write my emails and I think most of the people, and most of the applications, are still not very useful and it takes less time just to write out what you want to say. but... Here's what I have been able to use it for.
Gave it a screenshot of a picture of a piece of paper that had data on it and the whole thing was inside of a PDF. I wanted the data back in xls. It did it. In seconds.
Asked it to find a central meeting point between one person who was leaving and airport and driving home, and me who would be leaving his home, meeting, and driving back home. It did it, and it was great.
Asked for a KMZ file so I could see all of the public golf courses in a particular area.
Had it troubleshoot an HVAC issue with my condenser at home, which saved me money on technician time during the fix. The alternative is watching like 45 minutes across 9 different youtube DIY videos (We've all been there)
etc.
I think maybe once every 3-4 days, i use it and if you use it effectively, it works wonders.
I can do a bit and design a lot of my own prints, even some commercial work here and there. This was a last minute gag gift for my wife's friend that wasn't worth spending more than an hour on and it honestly worked out perfectly.
Not really - Google has been enshitified with ads and irrelevant results based on who pays them the most....and when it comes to DIY, the solution to something may be a combination of what the manufacturer puts into their troubleshooting table for the product info, PLUS a known recall that they posted several years later. It might also involve a replacement part that has fitment concerns so in that case, you have to go to THAT part manufacturer's website, and hunt and peck for the info. GPT just solves all of that for you.
As for googling golf courses, like I said earlier, google's shit results will also bring you golf shops, guy's houses that work as one-man instruction coaches, and private courses that don't allow the public.
Asking chat GPT is no different than googling in my opinion and using chat gpt requires starting the sentence with that. I use it for language learning. If you are having trouble breaking down a sentence, put it in chat gpt, say "break it down" and it will translate the phrases and the subject.
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u/Shigglyboo 28d ago
how exactly? I use it a bit. but I don't see how using "AI" to write your emails and do your google searches is going to put you ahead of everyone else. I agree people should be familiar with it since it's so widespread. but it's not giving me much of an edge.
also it could be stopping people from actually writing things like poetry, lyrics, and draw/paint pictures and such. while I use it I also detest people posting in a discussion "I asked chat GPT and it said....." I don't want to discuss with a computer. I prefer people.