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

submitted 11 months 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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[–] Schorsch@feddit.org 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's kinda handy if you don't want to take the time to write a boring email to your insurance or whatever.

[–] Odelay42@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I sorta disagree though, based on my experience with llms.

The email it generates will need to be read carefully and probably edited to make sure it conveys your point accurately. Especially if it's related to something as serious as insurance.

If you already have to specifically create the prompt, then scrutinize and edit the output, you might as well have just written the damn email yourself.

It seems only useful to write slop that doesn't matter that only gets consumed by other machines and dutifully logged away in a slop container.