• lemmyvore@feddit.nl
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    5 months ago

    How has it helped you personally in every day life?

    And if it’s doing some of your job with prompts that anybody could write, should you be paid less, or should you be replaced by someone juggling several positions?

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      I’m using LLMs to parse and organize information in my file directory, turning bank receipts into json files, I automatically rename downloaded movies into a more legible format I prefer, I summarize clickbaity-youtube-videos, I use copilot on vscode to code much faster, chatGPT all the time to discover new libraries and cut fast through boilerplate, I have a personal assistant that has access to a lot of metrics about my life: meditation streak, when I do exercise, the status of my system etc and helps me make decisions…

      I don’t know about you but I feel like I’m living in an age of wonder

      I’m not sure what to say about the prompts, I feel like I’m integrating AI in my systems to automate mundane stuff and oversee more information, I think one should be paid for the work and value produced

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      Your question sounds like a trap but I found a bunch of uses for it.

      • Rewriting emails
      • Learning quickly how to get popular business software to do stuff
      • Wherever I used to use a search engine
      • Setup study sessions on a topic I knew very little about. I scan the text. Read it. Give it to the AI/LLM. Discuss the text. Have it quiz me. Then move to the next page.
      • Used it at a poorly documented art collection to track down pieces.
      • Basically everything I know about baking. If you are curious my posts document the last 7 months or so of my progress.
      • Built a software driver (a task I hate) almost completely by giving it the documentation
      • Set it up so it can make practice tests for my daughters school work
      • Explored a wide range of topics

      Now go ahead and point out that I could have done all this myself with just Google, the way we did back in the day. That’s the thing about this stuff. You can always make an argument that some new thing is bad by pointing out it is solving problems that were already solved or solving problems no one cares about. Whenever I get yelled at or hear people complain about opposite things I know that they just want to be angry and they have no argument. It’s just rage full throwing things at the wall to see what sticks.

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        5 months ago

        You can always make an argument that some new thing is bad by pointing out it is solving problems that were already solved or solving problems no one cares about.

        That’s not the issue. I’m not a luddite. The issue is that you can’t rely on its answers. The accuracy varies wildly. If you trust it implicitly there’s no way of telling what you end up with. Human learning process normally involves comparing information to previous information, some process of vetting, during which your brain “muscles” are exercised so they become better at it all the time. It’s like being fed in bed and never getting out to do anything by yourself, and to top it off you don’t even know if you’re being fed correct information.

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          The issue is that you can’t rely on its answers.

          Cough… Wikipedia…cough. You remember being told how Wikipedia wasn’t accurate and the only true sources were books made by private companies that no one could correct?

          Human learning process normally involves comparing information to previous information, some process of vetting, during which your brain “muscles” are exercised so they become better at it all the time. It’s l

          Argument from weakness. Classic luddite move. I am old enough to remember the fears that internet search engines would do this.

          In any case no one is forcing you to use it. I am sure if you called up Britianica and told them to send you a set they would be happy to.