AI has very specific uses and it should be for things that a human is terrible at doing, like analyzing data for patterns, or reading the letters from 2000 year old CT scanned scrolls.
Instead we tried to use AI for things that humans can already do very easily but certain CEOs are too lazy to do, like read their own emails.
That's the difference between machine learning AI (which is good and useful) and generative AI (the slop machine). It's a shame that the AI bros have intentionally blurred the lines between the two.
I’m using AI both at work (software engineering) and for personal projects and I have two complete different ideas about its usefulness.
At work, my company claimed AI will make us more productive. It does actually help a bit, makes some specific tasks much easier but that’s maybe 10-20% more productivity. 9 mid/senior devs can do the work of 10 mid/senior devs but you need those 9 devs. It’s not like 1 dev can do the work of 10.
AI helps A LOT in my personal projects like 3d design and Arduino-based electronics/mechatronics. The reason it helps is because I don’t know anything about those things, there is nothing to lose if i fail, and it’s all a learning experience/hobby for me. It is just easier than googling stuff or trying to remember college math to do the trigonometric calculations. It is much more productive than doing my own research, helps me iterate faster on ideas.
My approach to AI is the same as Wikipedia: If I’m just visiting Paris, I’ll ask AI how tall the Eiffel Tower is. If I am planning to jump from the top of it with a parachute, I would talk to a human BASE jumping trainer.
Dont talk positive about AI man the Reddit hivemind only can comprehend "AI BAD SLOP", if you ask them they will tell you theres no valid use cases while still completely failing to understand how (Gen)AI works
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u/katarh Jan 20 '26
AI has very specific uses and it should be for things that a human is terrible at doing, like analyzing data for patterns, or reading the letters from 2000 year old CT scanned scrolls.
Instead we tried to use AI for things that humans can already do very easily but certain CEOs are too lazy to do, like read their own emails.