How many of you use it? I asked Google and ChatGPT the same question. Almost identical answers but ChatGPT detailed answer was much better.

 

What exactly is it?

 

Ask Google

 

Google told me to ask ChatGPT.

 

AI assisted search and request tools are well known to be less than perfect concerning facts. Be careful. Trust but verify.


The other week I pulled up in front of my house and told the computer to open the garage bay doors.
Said he could not do that. Read my lips that I was going to disconnect him and get something new.
I told him I would go around and use the side door.
He said without my key, I would find that very difficult. He said further conversation would serve no purpose. He said goodbye.
I went through an open window and disconnected the AI part of him leaving the rest of the connected house intact.
He sang me a song called Daisey.

 

I currently don't use any AI but I got a notice from Google. They're going to be using Gemini and I can opt out of it. I have no idea what Gemini is so when my son called tonight I asked him. He thinks the AI stuff is very helpful. If you're trying to buy something he says it saves him a lot of time. He needed a new huge cover for his in ground spa. He asked AI who made the big ones and who were the better companies. It gave him three answers, companies and links. He said it was ordered in 15 minutes. But of course first he had to get a pattern off it.

 

Interesting. My understanding (after all of a couple hours) is Chat is good (I know A1 is not perfect) for finding an answer and Google is still good for finding a source.

 

Microsoft offers to write my letters for me, but that is of no help to me, and I certainly don't want it. I don't trust it that much.

 

One has to understand the ground rules.
It is helpful but I think it's like asking your smart kid to figure something out for you. The answer could be right but I'm still going to review the answers.

I sure as hell wouldn't put it in control of a life critical system.
We've all seen news stories of lawyers who tried to use it for legal documents only to learn that the AI lied and made shit up.

 

My take---

AI is a very generic "word" that is extremely contextual. It has also been used to encapsulate a variety of technologies under one umbrella. This of it in the same way that people think "Cloud" in an IT sense. Even within a company, cloud meant different things to different people. AI means lots of things to different people and we're just getting started. Specifics may matter in discussing the topics, but in general, the public will use a generic AI term.

Parts of AI likely have very good uses, with focused data, cleansed data, trained models and can find nuances that humans may never catch. Will it offer help in research, advanced modeling and other fields, probably? Does it help with searches and common things that Google, Yahoo, and other search engines already do? Maybe. Do I need it on my phone to suggest the next word in a text? NO. Do I need it in everything I type to replace auto-correct? NO. Do I need it to create fake pictures and videos to fuel the political fires already blaring in our country? NO. Parts of the AI umbrella are solutions looking for problems.

I also believe this is true (Jerry/Ken? keep me honest). The compute and resource costs to use AI over existing technologies is extensive. It will put a massive strain on power needs and why some companies are buying/building their own plants. This was in another thread somewhere.