Social media is full of posts of how to use and prompt AI - but mostly for very generic content. There is a whole pandemic of AI generated comments too, which always makes me smile.
As a founder of an AI-assisted data analysis tool, for us it's important to use AI for it's strength and not to hand over the analysis itself. We output insights based on statistical rules, which then AI can speculate on and give context. The word speculate here is very important. AI is a tool to help in work, but you need to always fact check whatever it outputs. It loves to hallucinate. If you are a student, especially make sure not to sound like everyone else using AI to apply for a job.
Exactly. We are in a strange era of technological stupidity. In the past, when new tech came out it was exciting and I could see how my life would be, even if marginally, improved. I remember the early days of the Smartphone. I got a Blackberry Curve, having access to live mapping and being able to coordinate bar hopping with friends in real time was great. Now all those sites I used to use, like Facebook, are garbage, filled with AI spam, and idiotic algorithms that make them useless as a tool.
I look at that new Apple vision thing and the only thought I have is how stupid and useless the whole thing is. How will my life be better if I sat on the couch with a idiotic eyepiece next to my wife in her idiotic eyepiece. Are the morons who come up with this garbage even human?
Nice one, Monica. Puts together several important insights - the trivialization is a point that isn't addressed enough in most of the writing about this issue.
Excellent article, Monica.. In the UK we are now getting AI generated robo calls, suggesting the potential of AI to put hundreds of phone scammers from India out of work.
I have had robotic surgery, when I was wheeled into the operating theatre I was in awe of the big machine above me that’d be going inside of me. SUPER cool stuff.
I saw the other day a video about AI and education, the woman was speaking about how running a tool to check for AI is going against the current of change. Suggesting that students should use the tools to write something then use their time analysing it. I love that idea!
As the flow of technology moves forward, I do use some of it, but this year I’ve been moving analog again with my first physical diary in years and a record player. I realised I’d not listened to an album straight through since my CD player was my only source of music. 🎶
"ChatGPT spits out factually incorrect answers regularly, with the certainty of an ignorant human." OMG -- this!!
At my last job, I was required to use ChatGPT to write long-form articles and blogs. It was appalling how much incorrect scientific info Chat gave, and with unwavering confidence. I have a very resentful relationship with ChatGPT because of how many people have hopped on the bandwagon and succumbed to "shiny object syndrome."
There's so much (really bad) Chat-written content out there now. I've seen a lot on Medium and it's frustrating to see people engaging with it and taking it at face value. And of course there are all the other issues you mentioned about copyrighted work, threats to creativity and concentration, etc.
I'm worried to see the impact this will have in a few years, but I'm trying to stay optimistic and hope that there will be an even bigger appreciation for human-created work. At the end of the day, ChatGPT doesn't have soul or the ability to speak to very real human emotions and experiences. And we need that rawness more than ever.
This was a very thought-provoking and wonderfully-written post! Thanks for sharing, Monica.
I've been open to playing around with ai in various forms, partly because as a working creative I want to know what I'm up against. In my experience ChatGPT output alway sounds a little bit the same, even with carefully crafted prompts everything has a very specific tone that's hard to put your finger on. It is far from creative. Creativity comes from remixing ideas and adding a person touch of innovation to create something new. Ai is just the idea remixing on a massive scale and you can see and hear that in it's output. I think people like Adobe have the right idea about embedding AI into a creative workflow for things like background removal, image editing etc...but I think we're a long way off it replacing creative jobs... However there was a very interesting podcast episode that says otherwise, would recommend a listen to this!
Social media is full of posts of how to use and prompt AI - but mostly for very generic content. There is a whole pandemic of AI generated comments too, which always makes me smile.
As a founder of an AI-assisted data analysis tool, for us it's important to use AI for it's strength and not to hand over the analysis itself. We output insights based on statistical rules, which then AI can speculate on and give context. The word speculate here is very important. AI is a tool to help in work, but you need to always fact check whatever it outputs. It loves to hallucinate. If you are a student, especially make sure not to sound like everyone else using AI to apply for a job.
Great read as always Monica :)
Exactly. We are in a strange era of technological stupidity. In the past, when new tech came out it was exciting and I could see how my life would be, even if marginally, improved. I remember the early days of the Smartphone. I got a Blackberry Curve, having access to live mapping and being able to coordinate bar hopping with friends in real time was great. Now all those sites I used to use, like Facebook, are garbage, filled with AI spam, and idiotic algorithms that make them useless as a tool.
I look at that new Apple vision thing and the only thought I have is how stupid and useless the whole thing is. How will my life be better if I sat on the couch with a idiotic eyepiece next to my wife in her idiotic eyepiece. Are the morons who come up with this garbage even human?
Great article, thank you.
Nice one, Monica. Puts together several important insights - the trivialization is a point that isn't addressed enough in most of the writing about this issue.
(Also, A plus for the title. ;))
Excellent article, Monica.. In the UK we are now getting AI generated robo calls, suggesting the potential of AI to put hundreds of phone scammers from India out of work.
Wow... this in new and very smart. I liked this one :)
Brillant! I liked it very much. Thank you, Moni
Great topic!
I have had robotic surgery, when I was wheeled into the operating theatre I was in awe of the big machine above me that’d be going inside of me. SUPER cool stuff.
I saw the other day a video about AI and education, the woman was speaking about how running a tool to check for AI is going against the current of change. Suggesting that students should use the tools to write something then use their time analysing it. I love that idea!
As the flow of technology moves forward, I do use some of it, but this year I’ve been moving analog again with my first physical diary in years and a record player. I realised I’d not listened to an album straight through since my CD player was my only source of music. 🎶
Thanks for looking past the hype, Monica. Great article!
Excellent, Monica. I love the way you think and how you express it.
"ChatGPT spits out factually incorrect answers regularly, with the certainty of an ignorant human." OMG -- this!!
At my last job, I was required to use ChatGPT to write long-form articles and blogs. It was appalling how much incorrect scientific info Chat gave, and with unwavering confidence. I have a very resentful relationship with ChatGPT because of how many people have hopped on the bandwagon and succumbed to "shiny object syndrome."
There's so much (really bad) Chat-written content out there now. I've seen a lot on Medium and it's frustrating to see people engaging with it and taking it at face value. And of course there are all the other issues you mentioned about copyrighted work, threats to creativity and concentration, etc.
I'm worried to see the impact this will have in a few years, but I'm trying to stay optimistic and hope that there will be an even bigger appreciation for human-created work. At the end of the day, ChatGPT doesn't have soul or the ability to speak to very real human emotions and experiences. And we need that rawness more than ever.
This was a very thought-provoking and wonderfully-written post! Thanks for sharing, Monica.
I've been open to playing around with ai in various forms, partly because as a working creative I want to know what I'm up against. In my experience ChatGPT output alway sounds a little bit the same, even with carefully crafted prompts everything has a very specific tone that's hard to put your finger on. It is far from creative. Creativity comes from remixing ideas and adding a person touch of innovation to create something new. Ai is just the idea remixing on a massive scale and you can see and hear that in it's output. I think people like Adobe have the right idea about embedding AI into a creative workflow for things like background removal, image editing etc...but I think we're a long way off it replacing creative jobs... However there was a very interesting podcast episode that says otherwise, would recommend a listen to this!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5FSMv8ph4kuNEoygmVAvl0?si=9EH7b-CqSCSDBsvhrfB2Bg