What is the legitimate use-case for generative AI? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by B1naryB0t@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I promise this question is asked in good faith. I do not currently see the point of generative AI and I want to understand why there's hype. There are ethical concerns but we'll ignore ethics for the question.

In creative works like writing or art, it feels soulless and poor quality. In programming at best it's a shortcut to avoid deeper learning, at worst it spits out garbage code that you spend more time debugging than if you had just written it by yourself.

When I see AI ads directed towards individuals the selling point is convenience. But I would feel robbed of the human experience using AI in place of human interaction.

So what's the point of it all?

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[-] scytale@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

The winter storm was set to arrive while I’m traveling, and I needed to drip our faucets to avoid our pipes bursting. I didn’t want to waste water from a dripping faucet for more than a week, so I asked duckduckgo AI to calculate how much water will 1 drop a second accumulate and if it will overflow on a standard baththub with the drain closed. I can do the math myself, but it’s easier for AI to do it.

[-] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

that could've gone catastrophically wring lmao. LLMs don't do mathematic computation.

[-] scytale@lemm.ee 1 points 2 weeks ago

Of course I didn’t just take its word for it. I still didn’t trust it enough to leave it at that. It was a fun exercise to do though.

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