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

[psycln11]

All my intelligence is artificial!!

 

[Cyclonepride]

Basically just for the search summary on non-critical information. Certainly saves time there.

 

[nfrine]

All my intelligence is artificial!!

AI has been used extensively in Washington DC for some time now...

 

[somecyguy]

I have used it. Probably in a different way than most. I've used copilot at work and used a few chatgpt prompts. The usual stuff.

But I've also got ollama and openwebui running on a machine at home. I use it to interpret a series of images from my doorbell camera to get a text description (frigate). I might eventually use it for locally hosting something similar to an Amazon Echo / Google home device (home assistant). That tech is evolving fast though.

I've also used it to make up a bedtime story for my kids (that's honestly probably been it's best use).

There are without a doubt things it will be useful for, but at this point it's another tool in the toolbox.

I'm jealous, I used to "geek" out on that kind of stuff, but I don't have the time (or current knowledge) for those things much any more.

 

[LeaningCy]

- Perplexity to get up to speed quickly on new tech areas, literature reviews, market characterization, and patentability searches
- ChatGPT when I'm stuck staring at a blank page and need an outline to build around (e.g. internal policy/procedure documents) or when I need to summarize a long document I don't have time to read
- A specialized tool for proposal writing that lets us build off past proposals and our own proprietary info without releasing our ideas into the wild

 

[CyCoug]

It’s great for debugging code. Or asking how to do something and getting a good head start.

 

[nrg4isu]

My biggest question about AI is privacy. If you're using free chatGpt or similar in a workplace, is your employer ok with that? Are you uploading documents to be summarized?

I know there's a lot of fighting about the datasets that have already been used to train models. Seems to me it would be a good idea to keep interaction with an AI localized if at all possible.

 

[Nolaeer]

I am using an ai to edit my most recent book instead of a human editor. I also used Ai to design the book cover image. It is hit ot miss, but a fraction of the cost.

 

[BCoffClone125]

I recently applied for a new job and had ChatGPT read my resume and suggest edits specifically for the position I applied for. Super helpful and helped me land some interviews and feel more prepared to answer situational questions.

 

[simply1]

 

[demoncore1031]

My company is plunging headlong into using AI and we're all tasked with becoming familiar with the ways it can help us, both as a business tool and personally. What are your go-to tools and uses?

I've started using it for more complex queries I would usually go to Google for. I've also used it to create performance review goals. I've played with generative AI for images, Teams backgrounds, custom-written songs, turning a document into a podcast, and of course, dirty limerick composition.

How about you?

I don't use it and am 100% against it.

 

[dmclone]

My biggest question about AI is privacy. If you're using free chatGpt or similar in a workplace, is your employer ok with that? Are you uploading documents to be summarized?

I know there's a lot of fighting about the datasets that have already been used to train models. Seems to me it would be a good idea to keep interaction with an AI localized if at all possible.

My employer is 100% not fine with you using a non corporate version. We have our own AI assistant, which is powered by one of the big boys.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

It’s great for debugging code. Or asking how to do something and getting a good head start.

Debugging code is brilliant. I might actually finishing learning to code now.

 

[CYedUp]

It's like at Ask Jeeves that works. Saves time finding an answer and explanation for exactly what you want to know.

I have a conversation going with it on likes and dislikes for meal planning ideas.

And if I'm sending an email more than a couple sentences long, I'll copy it in and have it review for clarity. I'll usually prompt it to ensure it's clear for non native English speakers too.

This is somewhat accurate. It will give you answers that are usually correct. The problem is when it doesn't know the answer and instead of telling you it doesn't know it will essentially lie to you in a very convincing fashion.

 

[mramseyISU]

I've been playing around with copilot a little bit, mostly to help me remember how to create an MBSE model in Cameo when it's a diagram I haven't had to create in a while.

I do know people are using it to capture notes in teams meetings but they haven't rolled that out to everybody yet. Like somebody else said that would be super useful for somebody like me who sucks at taking notes when I'm also facilitating the meeting.

 

[OscarBerkshire]

I think it will eventually be transformative but unfortunately I believe there is a technological limit on the current method… we need an innovation in the space for it to be truly transformative

 

[TXCyclones]

I think it will eventually be transformative but unfortunately I believe there is a technological limit on the current method… we need an innovation in the space for it to be truly transformative

You are correct, but we are mere weeks/months from an inflection point. My wife is with a startup with a number of legitimate geniuses working on some massive breakthroughs and it is stunning how close they are. If anyone is interested they are actively recruiting people w/ machine learning experience and AI HPC and GPU cluster management. It's kind of fun to see quantum physics in action!

 

[mramseyISU]

Obligatory.

 

[cowgirl836]

I own a small electrical and solar company and it saves me so much time. I ask it to create marketing copy, it organizes some of my operational notes so I can quickly get them out to people. I bounce ideas off it. In many cases it's replaced google as my go-to search. For example, I was needing some specs for a generator. Rather than google search the spec sheet and look for the info there, I just asked chat GPT for the info, it did the search for me and spit out the info.

What's really helpful is that it "recalls" who I am and what I've asked it previously, so when I ask a random business or electrical related question, it already understands the context of my request. That's a subtle but powerful feature.

I use a couple different iterations and I definitely noticed that as I build on questions, it'll pull stuff in from prior responses, over different sessions. That is extremely useful.

 

[nrg4isu]

My employer is 100% not fine with you using a non corporate version. We have our own AI assistant, which is powered by one of the big boys.

See that's what I would expect from almost every employer. But it's not currently the case. People will eventually learn that they're both the product and the consumer eventually.