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Most average consumers do not care. Which proves exactly what I said.
AI is still all hype and fluff with little substance.
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Most average consumers do not care. Which proves exactly what I said.
AI is still all hype and fluff with little substance.
Why does it feel like this reply was generated using chatGPT?Why does it feel like this reply was generated using chatGPT?
And yes, I still read it.
Haha, that’s a fair observation! It’s true that sometimes responses can come across as a bit formal or structured, especially when discussing topics like AI. The key is to strike a balance between leveraging the efficiency of AI tools and maintaining a personal touch in our communications.
Call me old fashioned, but I have spent upwards of an hour crafting some of the responses that I post here. And I do it because I want to respect the time of everyone who reads what I post (even if they do not agree with what I say) and make them feel like it’s been worth it. And I don’t feel like it’s work.
Perhaps that’s the difference between posting on Macrumours on a topic I happen to feel passionately about, vs clearing emails at work which can be described as tedious at best and soul-crushing at worst. In this context, I can understand the desire to automate the process so as to spend less time on it overall (which in turn frees up your time for other tasks).
I may have been too hasty in passing judgement earlier.
For me, my school’s management hierarchy is more flat, and I am just as comfortable walking over to my colleague’s cubicle (even to my principal’s) or texting / calling them as I am to respond via email. So email is still fairly manageable.
I also recently had a similar encounter at work where I was tasked with vetting a colleague’s write up for our yearbook. One look and I felt it was written by chatGPT (it felt repetitive and rambling), and she also admitted to it later. I did spend a fair bit of time editing it in the process. Mine isn’t exactly original, in that I do refer to samples online for inspiration before re-writing in my own words, and this does make me wonder if my end product is really all that different from something produced by chatGPT, and in less time as well.
For what it’s worth, the person reviewing my write-up did feed back that there were fewer edits overall.
And I am about to get started on writing class remakes for my students, and I know of a few of my colleagues who are exploring the use of chatGPT to streamline the process, and I guess my feelings on this remain mixed. On one hand, yes, it’s a tedious task. We have to be mindful of the language we use, to the point where they sometimes come across as rather generic. The idea that I could feed a few prompts into a browser and be done in an afternoon is very tempting, and I suppose I really don’t know anymore.
Like how would you feel if you realised the testimonial written for you by your form teacher was AI generated? There is this sense of pride when I finish said tasks. Don’t know if I will still feel the same with something churned out by chatGPT, because can it even be considered my work anymore?
Like even if nobody else knew, I still would.
Maybe I am old-fashioned in this regard.
I think that’s a good question to ask ChatGPT.Call me old fashioned, but I have spent upwards of an hour crafting some of the responses that I post here. And I do it because I want to respect the time of everyone who reads what I post (even if they do not agree with what I say) and make them feel like it’s been worth it. And I don’t feel like it’s work.
Perhaps that’s the difference between posting on Macrumours on a topic I happen to feel passionately about, vs clearing emails at work which can be described as tedious at best and soul-crushing at worst. In this context, I can understand the desire to automate the process so as to spend less time on it overall (which in turn frees up your time for other tasks).
I may have been too hasty in passing judgement earlier.
For me, my school’s management hierarchy is more flat, and I am just as comfortable walking over to my colleague’s cubicle (even to my principal’s) or texting / calling them as I am to respond via email. So email is still fairly manageable.
I also recently had a similar encounter at work where I was tasked with vetting a colleague’s write up for our yearbook. One look and I felt it was written by chatGPT (it felt repetitive and rambling), and she also admitted to it later. I did spend a fair bit of time editing it in the process. Mine isn’t exactly original, in that I do refer to samples online for inspiration before re-writing in my own words, and this does make me wonder if my end product is really all that different from something produced by chatGPT, and in less time as well.
For what it’s worth, the person reviewing my write-up did feed back that there were fewer edits overall.
And I am about to get started on writing class remakes for my students, and I know of a few of my colleagues who are exploring the use of chatGPT to streamline the process, and I guess my feelings on this remain mixed. On one hand, yes, it’s a tedious task. We have to be mindful of the language we use, to the point where they sometimes come across as rather generic. The idea that I could feed a few prompts into a browser and be done in an afternoon is very tempting, and I suppose I really don’t know anymore.
Like how would you feel if you realised the testimonial written for you by your form teacher was AI generated? There is this sense of pride when I finish said tasks. Don’t know if I will still feel the same with something churned out by chatGPT, because can it even be considered my work anymore?
Like even if nobody else knew, I still would.
Maybe I am old-fashioned in this regard.
The worst is that it doesn’t even features AI out of the box but rather a beta version that is incomplete on top of that.
It should only be fully available in 2025 in the USA in English
I couldn’t care less about AI and in fact I don’t even know if I want it on my devices. Apple and other tech companies going all in on this is unsettling to me, like there has to be something sinister about it which is why we’re all off a sudden hearing about it so much now and why it’s such a big deal to them. It’s off putting.
I’m sure AI will have its uses but I don’t even use Siri like at all to handle tasks for me, why exactly do I need another fake person or machine to do things on my phone or computer I can just perform myself?
I’ve seen people using chatGPT, I’ve seen “AI generated” images. I just don’t care about it and am not impressed. It doesn’t do anything for me.
I’m sure AI will have its uses but I don’t even use Siri like at all to handle tasks for me, why exactly do I need another fake person or machine to do things on my phone or computer I can just perform myself?
I’ve seen people using chatGPT, I’ve seen “AI generated” images. I just don’t care about it and am not impressed. It doesn’t do anything for me.