17 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

AI is the most dangerous thing to happen to humanity in the last 50 years, and 10 to 20 years from now we are not going to recognize civilization as a result of the extraordinarily dangerous implications that AI represents.

AI is a plague

AI is a scourge

AI is absolutely horrific

I bet you made the same claim over the adoption of the Internet.

Like always: For those who use it wisely AI is great. For those who use it badly it's a disaster.

Like always: Will the goods trail the bads again?

18 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

AI is the most dangerous thing to happen to humanity in the last 50 years, and 10 to 20 years from now we are not going to recognize civilization as a result of the extraordinarily dangerous implications that AI represents.

AI is a plague

AI is a scourge

AI is absolutely horrific

I use various AI programs daily. I find that as long as I don't accept everything they say as gospel, we get along fine. It can be a very useful tool, and I wouldn't want to have to go back to ordinary search engines.
That said, I have three acquaintances who have already lost their jobs to AI, and as they are in their late 60s-early 70s, they will not be able to find replacement income in their fields. More to join them, I'm sure.

16 hours ago, save the frogs said:

Isome people will not use AI much or at all, people living in remote villages ..

some people will go the other extreme and become cyborgs ...

danger of your own mental faculties declining if you outsource all your decisions to AI and let AI write all your blog posts on AN.

This has become a real worry for psychologists. As we age, we need MORE, not less, mental challenges. Too many are using AI to replace their own critical thinking and asking AI to do the mental work for them.
At my age, I look for more puzzles to work out just for my own aging brain health!
AI should be a tool we use, not a servant who waits on us hand and foot.

9 hours ago, PhilipHabib said:

be careful what you wish you :

.. And then there are the outrageous mistakes that AI makes so often.
Very few people will take the time to verify AI answers before using them. Sure, egregious errors like the one above may be easily noticed, but so much of what we get as answers is stated in such a positive manner that most won't bother to check.

AI is a brilliant tool that was released for public use before the bugs were worked out. But unlike so many automobile recalls for safety, people are 'driving' AI without getting those accuracy recalls. And people are crashing into the median strip, never even knowing why!

We don't even know what the mistakes will be when we use AI today, but it's full speed ahead, and damn the torpedoes.
AI 'could' be the greatest invention of all time... or it could sink civilization as we know it. We will have the answer to this sooner than expected.

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I'm guessing the guys who don't like or use apps or still think cash is king wont be using AI, resistance to change is strong

3 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

"resistance to change is strong"

It most certainly is in Thailand. The usual retort when pointing out an easier way to do something is, 'You not understand Thai way'. Which is just as well in most cases.

19 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

AI is the most dangerous thing to happen to humanity in the last 50 years, and 10 to 20 years from now we are not going to recognize civilization as a result of the extraordinarily dangerous implications that AI represents.

AI is a plague

AI is a scourge

AI is absolutely horrific

I agree 100% AI will prove to be the biggest mistake over time that the world has ever made .Tech companies , banks and hundreds of others are already laying off staff left right and centre saying they no longer require them.What about the creation of deep fake nude photos of young people that are be circulated and the AI singer that has a top 40 record. I particularly worry about it being used in the medical profession. Say you were diagnosed with cancer and you were sent for scans / mri. A I reads the scans , recommends treatment and the surgeons go ahead with it. Would you trust a computer to make these decisions rather than a specialist who has had 12 years of training and years of experience ? It will be the scourge of society in my opinion.

17 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

In my very humble opinion:

You should be far more worried about Altman.

AI is a godsend.

But, obviously, Sammy-Boy was not sent to us by God.

He is a messenger from the Devil, for sure....

Here is my supporting evidence:

INCOMPETENT

SOCIOPATH

Such an understatement....

I have never seen.

Sam Altman is a grifter and OpenAI will never see a profit.

The application of AI generates a lot of rubbish postings on the internet.

1 hour ago, TedG said:

Sam Altman is a grifter and OpenAI will never see a profit.

Both statements are correct.

2 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

I use various AI programs daily. I find that as long as I don't accept everything they say as gospel, we get along fine. It can be a very useful tool, and I wouldn't want to have to go back to ordinary search engines.
That said, I have three acquaintances who have already lost their jobs to AI, and as they are in their late 60s-early 70s, they will not be able to find replacement income in their fields. More to join them, I'm sure.

This has become a real worry for psychologists. As we age, we need MORE, not less, mental challenges. Too many are using AI to replace their own critical thinking and asking AI to do the mental work for them.
At my age, I look for more puzzles to work out just for my own aging brain health!
AI should be a tool we use, not a servant who waits on us hand and foot.

.. And then there are the outrageous mistakes that AI makes so often.
Very few people will take the time to verify AI answers before using them. Sure, egregious errors like the one above may be easily noticed, but so much of what we get as answers is stated in such a positive manner that most won't bother to check.

AI is a brilliant tool that was released for public use before the bugs were worked out. But unlike so many automobile recalls for safety, people are 'driving' AI without getting those accuracy recalls. And people are crashing into the median strip, never even knowing why!

We don't even know what the mistakes will be when we use AI today, but it's full speed ahead, and damn the torpedoes.
AI 'could' be the greatest invention of all time... or it could sink civilization as we know it. We will have the answer to this sooner than expected.

AI is so stupid it can't even handle the most simple task like dictation, without making a half dozen mistakes in one paragraph. I think for the most part we're only getting access to the $6 version at this point.

7 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

AI is so stupid it can't even handle the most simple task like dictation, without making a half dozen mistakes in one paragraph. I think for the most part we're only getting access to the $6 version at this point.

I can get complex workout routines. It also gives out economic data quickly. For a free resource it is great.

17 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

AI is so stupid it can't even handle the most simple task like dictation, without making a half dozen mistakes in one paragraph. I think for the most part we're only getting access to the $6 version at this point.

I'll take you to task on this one. Normally I agree with your usually well-thought out responses here.

It depends what you're using it for and what model you're using. For average users of the internet, yes it is pretty stupid as it's mostly used for mundane photo edits and time-wasting videos. The in-built AI on all current modern web browsers suffices for this usage (for me as well)

I started using Claude Cowork 3 weeks ago. I am 17 years in the same technical manufacturing industry, 13 years here in Thailand at the same factory.

I can tell you Claude is transformational. I mean, REALLY transformational. My workload will be cut in half or less once I am fully up and running with it. I will not lose my job, it will just become easier and I will become even more knowledgeable as it sucks up all my thousands of pages of documentation and data and can parse it instantly when I have a problem to troubleshoot.

I have created an entire QC database in MS Azure to take the place of the spreadsheet-based system we have been using for many years now. When I graduated uni 20 years ago in IT Management, it would have taken me a few months of full-time labor to make this same relational object oriented database with multiple web-app UIs using MS Access. We're a small company and never before had the resources to attack a project like this. The modern Azure DB took me 3 days to get going.

Good friend of mine is software developer for large company here. 3 years ago they started developing their own LLM. 6 months ago we were hanging out. He said he does the work of 3+ experienced coders now, and in far less time.

That is NOT "Stupid"

2 hours ago, FolkGuitar said:

This has become a real worry for psychologists. As we age, we need MORE, not less, mental challenges.

There was a study that showed taxi drivers in New York city has low incidence of cognitive decline. I guess navigating the New York streets is challenging. Now it's all GPS.

3 minutes ago, n8sail said:

He said he does the work of 3+ experienced coders now, and in far less time.

But don't get too excited.

That will grow exponentially to the point where no coders are needed soon.

One guy predicts plumbers will be one of the highest paid occupations soon because the physical tasks are more difficult to automate. Anything that can be done on a computer is easier to hand over to AI. But not sure how long before AI takes over.

One prediction is that large companies will be run by one human CEO and AI will do all the work. No employees. But that could be Silicon Valley bragging. Maybe that's 100 years off.

33 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

AI is so stupid it can't even handle the most simple task like dictation, without making a half dozen mistakes in one paragraph. I think for the most part we're only getting access to the $6 version at this point.

We are only accessing 1% of AI capabilities.

One goal is to put ChatGPT into humanoid robots. That will change society massively.

Self-driving cars are AI and the tech is ready to be rolled out. That's massive.

For us, it means no more being cheated by taxi drivers.

3 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

But don't get too excited.

That will grow exponentially to the point where no coders are needed soon.

One guy predicts plumbers will be one of the highest paid occupations soon because the physical tasks are more difficult to automate. Anything that can be done on a computer is easier to hand over to AI. But not sure how long before AI takes over.

One prediction is that large companies will be run by one human CEO and AI will do all the work. No employees. But that could be Silicon Valley bragging. Maybe that's 100 years off.

Nowhere near 100 years off. Try maybe 10-20 max. Datacenters orbiting earth using solar for power and vacuum of space for heat radiation are probably 10-15 years off, allowing for the sort of GPU power necessary for serious AI like this. AI will make sure these massive engineering projects happen efficiently as well. Project management is one of the key strengths of these tools.

And yes, I would definitely not get into software development if I were young nowadays. There will be no need for coders; there already barely is, mostly they are just for overseeing the process now.

2 hours ago, wavodavo said:

What about the creation of deep fake nude photos

I think AI gives plausible deniability to the real thing - "that's not me, it's an AI fake". The Epstein Island videos have a limited shelf-life, for example, as do all the secret videos made from light bulb cams like this.

On 4/16/2026 at 8:43 AM, msadasd said:

We’ve moved past the initial 'magic' phase of AI, but I’m curious—how is it fundamentally changing your day-to-day reality?

For me, the real shift isn't just in chatbots; it's in how we automate mundane tasks, restructure our learning, and solve complex problems that were previously out of reach. Is AI becoming an invisible layer in your life, or a tool you consciously wield?

What’s one specific way AI has changed your personal or professional workflow this year?

Think you need to put your keyboard, tabalet & phone into the 2nd drawer for a while.

Get out more.

Maybe find a silent partner instead of a "chatbot" (whatever that is?)

Oh yeah....and give soi Boukhao a miss.🙃🙃

18 minutes ago, n8sail said:

Nowhere near 100 years off. Try maybe 10-20 max. Datacenters orbiting earth using solar for power and vacuum of space for heat radiation are probably 10-15 years off, allowing for the sort of GPU power necessary for serious AI like this.

This is the most glaringly ignorant statement in the entire text, demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of basic thermodynamics. The vacuum of space is an insulator, not a coolant. Because there's no matter in a vacuum to conduct or convect heat away, spacecraft must rely entirely on radiative cooling, which is incredibly inefficient. A datacenter generating the massive thermal output required for "serious AI" would melt itself into slag in orbit without impossibly massive, highly vulnerable radiator panels. You also ignore cosmic radiation (which causes bit-flips and destroys unshielded microprocessors), latency constraints (the speed of light creates hard limits for data transmission to Earth), and the exorbitant cost of lifting millions of tons of heavy compute infrastructure into orbit. 10-15 years? This is a fantasy completely divorced from aerospace engineering realities.

I'm not even going to go into your complete lack of understanding what software engineers do. Obsolete? Lol, you have no idea what you're talking about.

6 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I'm guessing the guys who don't like or use apps or still think cash is king wont be using AI, resistance to change is strong

I'm 75, and still think CASH is King.

Yes. I use apps....many...

Banking: Local and overseas

My AIS,

WISE,

Airlines

Bus apps for live info in HK.

Windy

Spotify

Etc, etc

AI searches, mainly medical queries, are great....as are

...installation instructions as opposed to trying to read the paper ones (if) included in fine print, and translated from Chinese.

Mechanical.."can I use E20 gasoline in my Honda Click" (no)

How to adjust the upper cut out pressure on my Hitachi water pump...

So much time saved for clear, concise. easily read and understood answers including multiple references if required.

Cash is still King!!

(I jokingly apologise to 7/11 checkout staff for using cash after waiting 5 minutes behind someone buying 1 small bottle of water using their phone app !!)

3 minutes ago, orchidfan said:

I'm 75, and still think CASH is King.

Yes. I use apps....many...

Banking: Local and overseas

My AIS,

WISE,

Airlines

Bus apps for live info in HK.

Windy

Spotify

Etc, etc

AI searches, mainly medical queries, are great....as are

...installation instructions as opposed to trying to read the paper ones (if) included in fine print, and translated from Chinese.

Mechanical.."can I use E20 gasoline in my Honda Click" (no)

How to adjust the upper cut out pressure on my Hitachi water pump...

So much time saved for clear, concise. easily read and understood answers including multiple references if required.

Cash is still King!!

(I jokingly apologise to 7/11 checkout staff for using cash after waiting 5 minutes behind someone buying 1 small bottle of water using their phone app !!)

You are right about using banking apps can be slow, personally i get the app ready to scan whilst queuing, so can be really quick. In 7 Eleven i use truemoneywallet app, get the QR ready in advance for them to scan. People can be slow with cash also, searching for exact change

4 minutes ago, captain_shane said:

This is the most glaringly ignorant statement in the entire text, demonstrating a complete lack of understanding of basic thermodynamics. The vacuum of space is an insulator, not a coolant. Because there's no matter in a vacuum to conduct or convect heat away, spacecraft must rely entirely on radiative cooling, which is incredibly inefficient. A datacenter generating the massive thermal output required for "serious AI" would melt itself into slag in orbit without impossibly massive, highly vulnerable radiator panels. You also ignore cosmic radiation (which causes bit-flips and destroys unshielded microprocessors), latency constraints (the speed of light creates hard limits for data transmission to Earth), and the exorbitant cost of lifting millions of tons of heavy compute infrastructure into orbit. 10-15 years? This is a fantasy completely divorced from aerospace engineering realities.

I'm not even going to go into your complete lack of understanding what software engineers do. Obsolete? Lol, you have no idea what you're talking about.

So my good software engineer friends who are 20 years in the industry are incorrect then, eh?

Don't put words in my mouth, I never said obsolete; I said they are barely necessary (I could have added 'at entry level' for clarity) and mostly for overseeing. The role as a software engineer will be around for a while. Same as my job as a manufacturing manager will not be 'obsolete' yet. It's just that the role of the human involved will change.

There are obviously massive hurdles for data centers in space. Radiative cooling is of course inefficient, but it can be engineered around. In fact, it probably is being as we type. xAI/SpaceX are already envisioning this for use in the next few years, never mind decade. And Musk, love him or hate him, is not the only one. Google, Amazon and China's CASC are also exploring space-based AI.

Musk's pretentious statement of a single Starship alone having capability of upwards of 150,000 tons of cargo to LEO in a year, if it was actually able to launch 3x per day, seems ridiculous right now. However, it could be plausible given their pace of development. Within a few years there will most likely be far more Starships launching than the already insane number of Falcon 9s currently punching most of the way out of the atmosphere. Just over 10 years ago SpaceX vertically landed their first rocket. 580+ have successfully landed since. Imagine what they'll do in the next decade. Again, SpaceX is not the the only one with these sorts of mass-to-orbit goals. Getting mass to LEO will be relatively cheap and easy within a decade.

But I have no idea what I'm talking about.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/millions-of-americans-are-talking-to-ai-about-health-and-some-are-dangerously-skipping-real-doctors/#google_vignette

2 minutes ago, n8sail said:

But I have no idea what I'm talking about.

Yeah, you have zero clue what you're talking about. Go back and huff the farts of the ceo's selling you the future.

2 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

The application of AI generates a lot of rubbish postings on the internet.

It does but the power of AI is mind boggling. I can't wrap my head around the potential. It takes some effort to learn how to use it and everybody will have unique needs. If I had to choose between my beautiful caring wife and AI, I would still choose her but the gap is closing.

This morning I had a two our discussion with AI about my blood work and fluid retention after running and sitting for hours. I had my theories and AI had its theories. In the end, I was able to design a plan that should definitely improve upon some blood numbers and fluid retention. I'm a health nut and know more about health than most but compared to AI, I'm a fool. If you ask the right questions and provide the correct context, it can do amazing things.

Spend less time researching things on internet, and ask AI first. Sort thru those suggestions, and sometimes enough.

Helps lately finding pet friendly hotels, as info hard to sort sometimes, and conflicting at others.

Helps in so many ways, but nothing life changing, that I couldn't find on my own, just get the info a bit faster, most times. Debunks or confirms a lot of my 'info / news' sources, before posting, so I don't sound like all the other ignorant posters 🙄

So much fake news & info around that people hear repeatedly, so believe all the BS.

Things I post in the 'political' thread, if not for comic relief, are sadly accurate. Which sometimes is hard to believe.

7 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/millions-of-americans-are-talking-to-ai-about-health-and-some-are-dangerously-skipping-real-doctors/#google_vignette

I get why doctors can be useful but compared to AI for general information and diagnosing most issues they are at a huge disadvantage. THey don't have time to spend hours with you and that is what is needed for them in many cases to provide the advice that AI does. Doctors are far from infallible and that has been my experience for decades. It is rarely that I meet with a doctor that provides information that I can use.

In Thailand where you rarely need a prescription and can learn incredible amounts of info about your ailments with AI, it is ideal. I'm off to the pharmacy in a few minutes to get some magnesium supplements after a long discussion with AI. My situation is odd and doctors never would have given my the time to explain it and show them the data.

Doctors are nice when you have an emergency and I would be dead many times over if they hadn't put me back together.

8 minutes ago, atpeace said:

I get why doctors can be useful but compared to AI for general information and diagnosing most issues they are at a huge disadvantage.

You should probably use both.

Go see the doctor, get a diagnosis (especially for serious issues), and you can cross reference with AI or doctors putting out content online.

1 minute ago, save the frogs said:

You should probably use both.

Go see the doctor, get a diagnosis (especially for serious issues), and you can cross reference with AI. But actually I don't use AI since there are a lot of health experts putting out content online.

Doctors putting out content online is a form of "AI" ... it's like having your own personal doctor who wouldn't have time to spend with you in a real hospital to explain things because they are over-worked with far too many patients.

That makes sense depending on your situation. From what I gather you have some serious health issues and probably see specialists. I'm just guessing and may be wrong. Specialists that have seen 1000s of patients in the area they specialize in are much different the general doctor I see. I would probably take the same approach as yourself in your situation.

My hope, depends much on luck, I can avoid serious issues for a few more decades. AI will assist me to that end :)

10 minutes ago, atpeace said:

My hope, depends much on luck, I can avoid serious issues for a few more decades. AI will assist me to that end :)

AI cannot be fully trusted because in the health field, there are many contradictory studies. You will need to query it carefully ... all the best

On 4/16/2026 at 3:43 AM, msadasd said:

What’s one specific way AI has changed your personal or professional workflow this year?

Getting utterly irritated over my brand new LG laundru machine with AI, which don't work and repeat the same function for hours, one day it used 900 litres water for repeated flushing the clothes. The machine supplier gave up helping after some resultless trials, excusing with that they were too busy handling other's problems with AI... Now, I carefully chose my laundry functions manually to avoid the machine's advanced artificial memory doing something silly and use all water in the storage tanks. I'm getting really skeptical with ealy AI bulit into machines – feels a bit like fighting with HAL...

On the other hand, AI can be a great help when searching for some information. Often usefull short conclusion and links for sources and details. The latter is important, as you really need to check if it is realiable sources – some AI-solution use too much Facebook, Reddit and even TikTok as souce... – but if you do your homework, AI is quite cool to use here...

However, I really hate AI generated fake stories and especially ditto images, when used to to fool one to believe it is something real... – actually quite a bit worrying trend...