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I don't understand the point of AI

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I genuinely don't get it. Not being awkward (although there might be a bit of a fear of change influencing my thinking) but when I ask people 'what is the point of AI?' they seem to think it's a rhetorical question. But it's not, it's a real question that I don't know the answer to. As far as I can see, it's a computer thinking for us which will eventually result in a loss of skills and an inability to learn new things. For example, when I write, I want to learn how to improve the grammar, sentence structure etc, not have software do it all for me. Same with everything in life. I don't mind getting things wrong if feedback allows me the opportunity to improve.

Can anyone see the advantages? Rather than be dismissive of AI and shut it down, I'd like to learn from others and find out what they get out of it and maybe find something I am missing, or how it could benefit me.

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  • I don’t particularly like AI, but I see it’s potential for things related to health, climate change mitigation, criminal investigations and so on. Holocaust survivors have entrusted their memories to AI to ensure their stories continue to be told down the generations. 

    I have used AI to write personalised poetry. I enjoyed inputting the relevant information and WhatsApping the finished poem, complete with personalised AI picture. Having done that a few times, I don’t feel the need to do it again, but it was fun at the time. I hope that AI wouldn’t deter potential future poets, as the AI versions can’t match the literary depth of human endeavours.

    I think the potential for abuse of AI is rather frightening and the difference between fact and fiction could become increasingly blurred as technology becomes more sophisticated. In many ways, I would rather that we didn’t have AI, but now that we do, we just have to get on with it, as most of us are already using it, even if we don’t realise.

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  • I don’t particularly like AI, but I see it’s potential for things related to health, climate change mitigation, criminal investigations and so on. Holocaust survivors have entrusted their memories to AI to ensure their stories continue to be told down the generations. 

    I have used AI to write personalised poetry. I enjoyed inputting the relevant information and WhatsApping the finished poem, complete with personalised AI picture. Having done that a few times, I don’t feel the need to do it again, but it was fun at the time. I hope that AI wouldn’t deter potential future poets, as the AI versions can’t match the literary depth of human endeavours.

    I think the potential for abuse of AI is rather frightening and the difference between fact and fiction could become increasingly blurred as technology becomes more sophisticated. In many ways, I would rather that we didn’t have AI, but now that we do, we just have to get on with it, as most of us are already using it, even if we don’t realise.

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