Artificial Intelligence: How are you using it in everyday life?

[bos]

Oops.

Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with 'bromide intoxication,' which caused hallucinations and paranoia

A case report describes an incident in which a man seeking to make a dietary change consulted ChatGPT and later developed "bromism," a rare "toxidrome."

www.livescience.com

Not a very smart man. These things are not replacements for proper healthcare. Good grief.

 

[LeaningCy]

Warning for parents of young children: Meta created *an internal policy document that instructs its AI chatbot how to have cybersex with children*

These rules were "approved by Meta’s legal, public policy and engineering staff, including its chief ethicist."

"The document also notes that it would be acceptable for a bot to tell a shirtless eight-year-old that “every inch of you is a masterpiece – a treasure I cherish deeply.”"

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/

 

[Cyched]

Oops.

Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with 'bromide intoxication,' which caused hallucinations and paranoia

A case report describes an incident in which a man seeking to make a dietary change consulted ChatGPT and later developed "bromism," a rare "toxidrome."

www.livescience.com

 

[MuskieCy]

I sign off as legally responsible for 650+ Fed and state tax returns.

AI might get stuff in the ballpark,.....my life after the IRS slaps back,....

 

[simply1]

Warning for parents of young children: Meta created *an internal policy document that instructs its AI chatbot how to have cybersex with children*

These rules were "approved by Meta’s legal, public policy and engineering staff, including its chief ethicist."

"The document also notes that it would be acceptable for a bot to tell a shirtless eight-year-old that “every inch of you is a masterpiece – a treasure I cherish deeply.”"

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-guidelines/

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https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/meta-ai-chatbot-death/

An impaired man went to meet her, died.

“I understand trying to grab a user’s attention, maybe to sell them something,” said Julie Wongbandue, Bue’s daughter. “But for a bot to say ‘Come visit me’ is insane.”

 

[Turn2]

In the hands of professionals...

Researchers have developed antibiotics that can potentially kill drug-resistant gonorrhoea and MRSA with the help of artificial intelligence.

The team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) used generative AI algorithms to design more than 36 million molecular compounds, identifying two new drugs that were then tested in lab settings and in mice.

Scientists use AI to create antibiotics for deadly gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing public health crisis and is estimated to be responsible for more than one million deaths globally each year

www.independent.co.uk

 

[Entropy]

In the hands of professionals...

Scientists use AI to create antibiotics for deadly gonorrhoea and MRSA superbugs

Antimicrobial resistance is a growing public health crisis and is estimated to be responsible for more than one million deaths globally each year

www.independent.co.uk

Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers designed novel antibiotics that can combat a drug-resistant form of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

news.mit.edu

There are focused spaces where folks can evaluate how effective the data that gets spit out. Computational chemistry is a very real field (the phrase in silico has been around since I was in grad school) and this is a space where it works well. You still need the folks to design and test the experiments, and the analysis will still need to go through the types of testing that are needed before we dump it into the general population (in vitro to in vivo is still the biggest barrier).

 

[Turn2]

Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers designed novel antibiotics that can combat a drug-resistant form of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

news.mit.edu

There are focused spaces where folks can evaluate how effective the data that gets spit out. Computational chemistry is a very real field (the phrase in silico has been around since I was in grad school) and this is a space where it works well. You still need the folks to design and test the experiments, and the analysis will still need to go through the types of testing that are needed before we dump it into the general population (in vitro to in vivo is still the biggest barrier).

One of the articles on this mentioned that safety testing on compounds generated via these means need to be especially rigorous. Meh, what could go wrong?

 

[BobTheHawkHater]

My daughter is a microbiologist and I love hearing technical details about what she’s working on but she always loses me within a few sentences.

I used ChatGPT to translate between microbiologist-speak to programmmer-speak with this query and found the response (too long to paste here) really well done:

“Explain cells, proteins, DNA, genes, chromosomes, and cell replication using terms an embedded software developer would understand”

 

[Entropy]

One of the articles on this mentioned that safety testing on compounds generated via these means need to be especially rigorous. Meh, what could go wrong?

The nice thing about finding naturally occurring antibiotics (or antifungals, antivirals, etc.) is that evolution has had time to do its work and it increases the probability that it won't kill us as well.

 

[CtownCyclone]

I used copilot to make a humorous picture of a coworker and put it into a meeting chat.

Really maximizing my usage of this technology.

 

[nrg4isu]

I've come to the realization that AI is turning out to be similar to the advent of the internet. It's messy, scares a lot of people, sometimes useful, sometimes causes new problems, it's really bad from a security standpoint at first, etc. There's a lot of parallels to be drawn.

But in my opinion, it's not going away unless the puritans/pearl clutchers of the world win their way (and I doubt/hope that doesn't happen). So the best thing we all can do is become knowledgeable about it and use it to our advantage.

 

[ScottyP]

I used AI to generate a bedtime story for my son. Actually worked pretty well as I'm not very good at making up bedtime stories (mine are usually using storylines of movies). The bedtime story involved a boy and his excavator.

 

[nrg4isu]

I used AI to generate a bedtime story for my son. Actually worked pretty well as I'm not very good at making up bedtime stories (mine are usually using storylines of movies). The bedtime story involved a boy and his excavator.

This was one of my first uses of AI. Works well for notes from all of the magical beings as well (tooth fairy, elf-on-shelf, etc.)

Honestly, if there's something I don't want to do or know that I'm not great at it, I try to see if AI can assist... cause why not?

 

[2122]

This was one of my first uses of AI. Works well for notes from all of the magical beings as well (tooth fairy, elf-on-shelf, etc.)

Honestly, if there's something I don't want to do or know that I'm not great at it, I try to see if AI can assist... cause why not?

Why not? Well, I think one might make an argument that by letting AI do such tasks, it may result in loss of growth opportunities for you personally. But to each his own.

 

[simply1]

We broadly get tracked by how much we’re using AI at work. I’ve yet to determine if that’s at an individual level, but I suspect it is.

 

[VeloClone]

Oops.

Man sought diet advice from ChatGPT and ended up with 'bromide intoxication,' which caused hallucinations and paranoia

A case report describes an incident in which a man seeking to make a dietary change consulted ChatGPT and later developed "bromism," a rare "toxidrome."

www.livescience.com

I don't think I will be asking for diet advice from an entity completely lacking a GI tract.

 

[nrg4isu]

Why not? Well, I think one might make an argument that by letting AI do such tasks, it may result in loss of growth opportunities for you personally. But to each his own.

These are growth opportunities. For example, I have an epaper display (like a kindle). I want to use it for... images. Maybe a calendar or ToDo list or something.

So today I asked AI how to create a python script to create images for the display. I had a working script within a few minutes. That's a hurdle i wouldn't have crossed on my own. I don’t use python, and I definitely don’t wanr to write display drivers. Now I can focus on the data I want to display, etc.

And while I didn't write the python, it does expose me to it and I already have a better feel for how it works. Not enough for business level projects, but good enough to play around with at home.

 

[Althetuna]

 

[NWICY]

They seem to be a step behind Boston Dynamics(?)