Have you used AI yet?

Nope. Don’t plan to. Can create something interesting myself without that help.

Just curious, did you credit the AI at the end of your presentation?

I have an app on my phone that offered me 1 free pic created by AI. After that, there would be a charge to use it. I did my free pic but I wasn’t that impressed with the result. Since I only got 1 pic out of the deal, I didn’t pay to experiment to determine if it was my fault or if the AI just wasn’t that good. A 2 y/o could have drawn something better. I have friends who have commented about what wonderful pics that they got in return for a basic request. I don’t know which AI they used though. I doubt that I’ll completely give up but I also don’t plan on pushing it either. Elon Musk & the guy who helped to create AI say that it’s dangerous to use. I might back off a little until it becomes a bit more mainstream.I’ve managed to live my entire life without it. I don’t think I’ll be harmed by waiting just a little while longer!!!

Sure- most of my “intelligence” is quite artificial. ;)

@smudges Of course not. I have the knowledge of the subject to know if the information provided was correct, as instructed to do by Google. It saved me at least an hour’s worth of work.

i haven’t but my granddaughter uses it to make herself look dreamy and ethereal, at least that’s what i assume her goal is. Unfortunately it doesn’t look like her, and I’m not a fan. i would delete her pictures, but these are the only ones she is willing to send. It’s unfortunate.

It seems too much like cheating so I couldn’t do it.

I have used it and I’m very impressed by the speed of the response and the quality of the answer. I have caught it out a few times when it has confidently asserted as true what I know to be false. It is early days in AI but it is already disturbingly good.

I use it all the time. Typically for inspiration when writing. If I have a brain lock, I will use chatGPT and enter a few phrases. several different variations. I then copy and paste the results into a word doc, read it and gather some ideas before I write. It is productive about 30% of the time but does help when I am blocked.

Thank you for the inspiration. I just asked it to write song lyrics about migrating birds returning. Incredible!

Yes. I’ve recently been attempting to come up with designs for a new line of wine labels. I have ideas, but lack the artistic skill to create them, so I’ve used DALL·E 2 to create the placeholder art. It’s been fantastic at capturing the gist of what’s in my brain, enough to share with others (and document for my future self), have a conversation with my boss and get early feedback from relevant people about the idea (“Hi Susan, you fit our target demographic. What do you think of this? Are we on the right track?”), without having to invest a ton of time and money on hiring an artist (and then fall victim to the sunk cost logic).

The images aren’t good enough to use themselves, but would be a great starting place to have a conversation with a real artist and say “this is very crudely what we’re looking for, but please put your own ideas and magic into whatever you make.”

After some afterthought, I suppose I could do it but could not take credit for it.

I mean, I write AI for computer games, and have done so for decades.

As for modern AI products, I’ve been dabbling with AI art (which can generate some pretty impressive things, along with a lot of not so great stuff). And AI that can play verbal adventure role-playing games (it’s pretty awful, and can’t remember context, but pretends, which is only really useful for generating ideas).

I haven’t.

I’m wondering how it would work when college students and others who are expected to write papers will be asked to do the bibliography or otherwise indicate where they got their information from. I remember what a pain in the ass it was to keep track of my sources and to type those sources in the proper format. Will it be acceptable in the future to not have to put sources? I am guessing this is one of the dilemmas that universities are facing. Even on Wikipedia pages, sources are indicated.

I know of friends on Facebook who do art and use it (and are honest about using it to create drawings and paintings.

I’m wondering what will happen to the true artists, writers, musicians, etc. now that any Tom, Dick, and Harry can “create” with AI.

@smudges That is one of my worries, too. I can tell you that I know writers who are using AI for prompts to get their creative juices flowing. They say it’s a good tool.

I had a long chat with a very good friend last night about AI. He’s a computer scientist, and he was very blunt that AI has the potential to destroy civilization in the very long run.

He was also helpful in saying that what we are witnessing right now is not intelligence like what we all share. It is a neural network doing that kind of amalgamation work. It is not creative.

But it will get there. True intelligence from a machine will get there. What he’s hoping is that we can have a say in its creation that will set in on a trajectory to be benevolent.

The scary thing is that not everyone working on AI around the world are doing so with benevolent intentions.

I’m scared because AI can soon start writing its own code and programming itself. We are the ones creating that code right now, and we are flawed. It is regenerating itself and including our flaws. The outcome will be flawed.

Very scary. Sounds like a wise man. btw, I don’t have a problem with using it to prompt the thought process; I think that’s a constructive way to use it.

The CEO of OpenAI has been testifying before congress about the risks of AI. The godfather of AI quit his job at Google so he can openly warn people about the dangers of AI. I’m back to my wait & see attitude before going all out using it. The speed with which it’s taking over makes me feel nervous!!!