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[I literally had this thought in the shower this morning so please don't gatekeep me lol.]

If AI was something everyone wanted or needed, it wouldn't be constantly shoved your face by every product. People would just use it.

Imagine if printers were new and every piece of software was like "Hey, I can put this on paper for you" every time you typed a word. That would be insane. Printing is a need, and when you need to print, you just print.

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[–] krypt@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

You shoved it in my face now

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

I have found one use for it: getting information from behind login/paywalls.

It still feels gross to use AI at all though. It's like putting my hand in toilet water.

The market flooding is a classic silicon valley strategy of free today charge tomorrow except they're over invested in this one financially, in global supply for GPUs, and land with viable power infrastructure.

[–] krakenx@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

ChatGPT is quite good and it's not in my face at all, it's just in a bookmark I access when I need it.

Copilot is hot garbage, and it's plastered all over Windows, Edge, and Office.

I haven't tried the Samsung AI, but it won't let me forget it's there.

OP absolutely has a point. The more in your face the AI is, the more garbage it is.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago

It’s the only thing holding the US economy afloat now. Do you want to fight your neighbours for the last piece of hardtack?

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