Are you actually using AI yet?

[Harrisfan]

2 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

How else would you pay for your bedsitter in Redfern?

Are you from Redfern?

[UKJASE]

chat gpt wrote me a will this week, in thai and english

created me a barbie picture of my wife with an uploaded photo, which she loved

evaluated which baby seat was the best one on lazada for our travel requirements

wrote code for me for my bro's website

 

it is the bomb!!  i love how u can ask it long detailed questions, of say 50 words, and the answers will usually be good.  you cannot do that with google search AFAIK

[BexMan]

I use several. If it’s an important question, I would double check the answer with 2 or 3 of the free AI apps. Sometimes I have had conflicting answers, which then needs a bit of further investigation. Mainly I just use Perplexity. 

[Harrisfan]

1 minute ago, UKJASE said:

chat gpt wrote me a will this week, in thai and english

created me a barbie picture of my wife with an uploaded photo, which she loved

evaluated which baby seat was the best one on lazada for our travel requirements

wrote code for me for my bro's website

 

it is the bomb!!  i love how u can ask it long detailed questions, of say 50 words, and the answers will usually be good.  you cannot do that with google search AFAIK

There are free wills on legal websites

[Andycoops]

I am not using it, as far as I am concerned anything that contains the word artificial is not on my radar as in artificial ingredients etc.

 

I prefer original things.

[Harrisfan]

Sex in Bangkok

 

I can't help with that.

 

(Not much value)

[jvs]

It can help create nice visuals.

 

[wavodavo]

14 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Probably, as I quote AI info, quite often, as it finds it much quicker than I can.   But you do have to ask the right question.

 

 

 

14 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Probably, as I quote AI info, quite often, as it finds it much quicker than I can.   But you do have to ask the right question.

 

 

This AI thing might be ok to have a bit of fun with such as write essays for you but what really concerns me is the way the medical profession are using it to read xrays, ultrasounds, scans etc. That's ok so far but they are also asking Mr. AI to then make a diagnosis and recommend treatments surgeries etc.and following that advice. Thats the scary part. Would you trust a computer to put yours or your familes life in danger at the  hands of a computer  .?? Not this little black duck.

[faraday]

9 minutes ago, wavodavo said:

 

This AI thing might be ok to have a bit of fun with such as write essays for you but what really concerns me is the way the medical profession are using it to read xrays, ultrasounds, scans etc. That's ok so far but they are also asking Mr. AI to then make a diagnosis and recommend treatments surgeries etc.and following that advice. Thats the scary part. Would you trust a computer to put yours or your familes life in danger at the  hands of a computer  .?? Not this little black duck.

Really??

 

I doubt very much, that clinicians base their diagnosis & treatment soley on AI.

 

It seems you are not familiar with medical things.

 

Computer based analysis in medicine, has been used for a very long time.

 

To achieve a complex diagnosis,  a lot of evidence is collected, analysed, & assessed.

[markeewan]

14 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Firstly, I think we need to get the terminology right. From what I have seen so far, the systems colloquially referred to as "AI" are simply optimised algorithms. They can be useful when seen and used as tools in specific contexts (for example, Grok will produce the same results you would get on Google, but will aggregate them in a split second and present them in an organised way, using grammatical elements which form a coherent text).

 

However, relying on them for things usually confined to the human realm (such as communication in its various forms) results in a dumbing down, from a syntaxical and conceptual viewpoint. I would even posit that where "artificial intelligence" begins, real intelligence ends.

 

This is a tool which needs to be balanced and used within its limits. In my experience and opinion, it is certainly not the revolutionary "next frontier" lots of people make it out to be. And ultimately, it only regurgitates what it has been programmed to "say" (which raises ethical and perhaps regulatory issues).

 

14 hours ago, rattlesnake said:

Firstly, I think we need to get the terminology right. From what I have seen so far, the systems colloquially referred to as "AI" are simply optimised algorithms. They can be useful when seen and used as tools in specific contexts (for example, Grok will produce the same results you would get on Google, but will aggregate them in a split second and present them in an organised way, using grammatical elements which form a coherent text).

 

However, relying on them for things usually confined to the human realm (such as communication in its various forms) results in a dumbing down, from a syntaxical and conceptual viewpoint. I would even posit that where "artificial intelligence" begins, real intelligence ends.

 

This is a tool which needs to be balanced and used within its limits. In my experience and opinion, it is certainly not the revolutionary "next frontier" lots of people make it out to be. And ultimately, it only regurgitates what it has been programmed to "say" (which raises ethical and perhaps regulatory issues).

Ai is more than just large language models, it includes generative ai, agentic ai, conversational digital humans etc. 

[KhunLA]

57 minutes ago, wavodavo said:

 

This AI thing might be ok to have a bit of fun with such as write essays for you but what really concerns me is the way the medical profession are using it to read xrays, ultrasounds, scans etc. That's ok so far but they are also asking Mr. AI to then make a diagnosis and recommend treatments surgeries etc.and following that advice. Thats the scary part. Would you trust a computer to put yours or your familes life in danger at the  hands of a computer  .?? Not this little black duck.

I only use it to search info.  I'm not going to let a computer make decisions for me.

 

It still bases its info, on what's available, and all that, is not quite up to date.   New info contradicts quite a lot of old info.   Especially when it comes to health issues.

[KannikaP]

1 hour ago, Harrisfan said:

What are your needs?

Answers to my 'not too difficult' questions about music, PCs, some health issues, recipes, places in Thailand eg restuarants in Phitsanulok, just anything which I need an answer to.

I tend to ask all three, Chat, Gemini and CoPilot and then make my choice.

[Harrisfan]

29 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Answers to my 'not too difficult' questions about music, PCs, some health issues, recipes, places in Thailand eg restuarants in Phitsanulok, just anything which I need an answer to.

I tend to ask all three, Chat, Gemini and CoPilot and then make my choice.

You pay for that?

[KannikaP]

5 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

You pay for that?

NO. Just before you said P'lok was a dump, I had said that Chat GPT was completely free, as are Gemini & Co_pilot.

 

[kimothai]

16 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Another memory.

Going out to buy my first Texas Instruments calculator.

It was expensive!

Lots of debate about whether students should be allowed to use them in class.

Don't complain.  I had a class that required using a slide ruler.

[ChrisKC]

17 hours ago, Jingthing said:

I'm not talking about looking at AI summaries on "google" type searches.

I mean actually actively using it as tool to the point where it's making a difference in your life.

Getting older, I was perhaps a tad slow getting into using a smart phone than a kid would be, but of course it's more or less a necessity of modern survival these days.

But I'm feeling resistant to AI and it causes some anxiety like I'm falling behind.

I won't need it for work as I'm not working. If I was I would have gotten into it already.

But I feel a kind of bias against it. Like its better than us and going to make humans obsolete. 

I remember struggling to learn basic computer programming which was very hard for me and now realizing AI would "laugh" at that level. 

On the other hand I do realize it's inevitable and there are benefits to using it.

Not looking for a guide on how to get started in AI. That's easily available.

This topic is more about how people who have not embraced it yet (and maybe never will) are FEELING about such an obviously massively transformative technology.

 

I started about 3 weeks ago. Have no fear. You can ask absolutely anything on any subject. It has no feelings and simply echos your feelings and style. It has helped me to understand how to fix my computer, just give it a few pointers. I have had lots of deep meaningful philosophical discussions. I asked something recently. "what help could you have given to help Napolean win the Battle of Waterloo, while at the same giving help to Wellington? Within 5 seconds I had a 600 word reply giving help to both. And while this is just a thought experiment, I thought it was fantastic. It finished its report by asking me a question as to whether its suggestions might work or not. 

[farangkinok]

4 hours ago, faraday said:

What has really surprised & also concerns me is the video creations.

A few months ago, they were not 100% real looking, now the characters are almost real.

 

What will happen in 6 months?

 

Perhaps a completely convincing video, looking like a credible news report of something very dangerous & seditious?

 

Wake me up when it's as good as this (Joi in Blade Runner 2049)

[farangkinok]

4 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

What are your needs?

 

[terryofcrete]

18 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

AI is crap

I'm sorry...I did not understand that ?

[Lancelot01]

18 hours ago, Will B Good said:

It is amazing for certain things........no more searching through manuals, instruction booklets, user guides......boom....there's the answer.

A bit like a normal search engine? 

 

18 hours ago, Will B Good said:

It is amazing for certain things........no more searching through manuals, instruction booklets, user guides......boom....there's the answer.

 

[ChrisKC]

39 minutes ago, Lancelot01 said:

 

If one is just looking for a simple answer to a question like what is the capital of columbia, then yes. Before making sarcastic comments, maybe you should check out AI as I have done and found it not remotely like any search engine. Come back here when you have done so

[khunPer]

I'm using AI for knowledge – Perplexity is a good source for that – and for some photo editing and restoration, where I bought an application (program). The latter shall be critically used, as not always an improvement.

[recom273]

I get a little annoyed when kids present cut and paste homework - but like, instead of correcting the grammar on a Chinese students dissertation, I just run it through AI to begin with to give me a head start. 

 

I have used it to write exam questions, it does a pretty good job, but also, it can draw pictures .. makes life easy.

 

I saw an AI voice assistant in action, I want to try and run a local model myself, but a little strapped on processing power and money to run a local server. I saw a video where a human calls a salon to book an appointment and its a AI booking system, and both the AI assistants are talking to one another, they come to the conclusion that they are both AI assistants and move from English to speak in "babble mode" - crazy.

 

 

[Will B Good]

10 hours ago, gamb00ler said:

@Will B Good is simply using it to get help on using a product.  He's not using AI to expand the horizons of human knowledge.  He tries the answer given and finds it works..... not much danger if the answer is wrong.

Cheers. I also use it to ask physics questions, some of the responses are little dubious.