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Do you use AI?

TheCatWoman

I don't, but I know lots do and I wonder why? I find AI sumeries when I do searches limited and irritating and they just take up space on the page.

I can't imagine talking to Ai about personal problems, or even something simple like where to get trousers the right length.

I've seen some of our posts put through AI and I'm not sure how I feel about it if I'm honest. If it has to learn then I guess we're better teachers than some, but what does it ultimately do with our conversations?

What does it do with our feelings and emotions, it can't feel or emote, isn't it rather like a mask talking to a mask?

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  • I use Ai to find literature on a specific subject from multiple sources. It saves having to scroll through online indexes and it gives me a starting point to find out more in depth information. If I was writing an academic piece I could use this as a starting point for research, but I would also search ‘the old fashioned way’ using traditional online indexes. 

    TheCatWoman said:
    What does it do with our feelings and emotions, it can't feel or emote, isn't it rather like a mask talking to a mask?

    It can’t feel emotion but it can say things that appear empathetic. It is concerning that Ai is imperfect and has harmed vulnerable people because it has said inappropriate things.

    I once used Ai to paint some fun things and to write poems in the style of famous poets like Wordsworth, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Rabindranath Tagore, but I haven’t used it for that sort of thing since. 

    I am concerned that people will lose their ability to think for themselves if they become too reliant on Ai. This is something that researchers have discussed and it’s a valid concern.

    Theoretical question (Science -fiction?): If one country wipes out the internet in several countries, will the country that survives longest be the one which has limited Ai, valued and cultivated original creative thinking or the one that used mainly Ai to seek its advancement?

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  • I use Ai to find literature on a specific subject from multiple sources. It saves having to scroll through online indexes and it gives me a starting point to find out more in depth information. If I was writing an academic piece I could use this as a starting point for research, but I would also search ‘the old fashioned way’ using traditional online indexes. 

    TheCatWoman said:
    What does it do with our feelings and emotions, it can't feel or emote, isn't it rather like a mask talking to a mask?

    It can’t feel emotion but it can say things that appear empathetic. It is concerning that Ai is imperfect and has harmed vulnerable people because it has said inappropriate things.

    I once used Ai to paint some fun things and to write poems in the style of famous poets like Wordsworth, Gerard Manley Hopkins and Rabindranath Tagore, but I haven’t used it for that sort of thing since. 

    I am concerned that people will lose their ability to think for themselves if they become too reliant on Ai. This is something that researchers have discussed and it’s a valid concern.

    Theoretical question (Science -fiction?): If one country wipes out the internet in several countries, will the country that survives longest be the one which has limited Ai, valued and cultivated original creative thinking or the one that used mainly Ai to seek its advancement?

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