Where I stand, in 10 years time, AI will just be another tool. Like CGI (remember when that a cheating?). The current youngsters won't even understand what the issues were.
Each new technology has a breaking in period.
Personally, I use Bing to create images for my blog. I also enjoy talking to Chat GPT, and frequently use it to make the first draft of blurbs for the posts which have blurbs. (I suck at blurbs, and frankly Chat GPT frequently isn't much better, but it at least gets me thinking the right direction.)
I expect that chat bots will be used more for creating pro forma mail and things like that than creative stuff. The kind of things they were using mail merge for a generation ago. But they will have to be watched closely. If nothing else, because they lie.
That's what I think will happen with AI too. I think the issue is more on who controls it. Will be the artists or will it be the moneyed men who see art as nothing but a business?
And yes, it's crazy seeing chat bots spouting inaccuracies. "Lying" may not be the right term for it, but it certainly feels that way. Then again, we're not supposed to trust everything we read on the Internet. Apparently, that includes ChatGPT (and the likes).
Interesting article, Michael, on a hot topic, I would say.
I think “don’t let kids use calculators until they have learned to do math on their own” should be our attitude. AIs are useful tools for speeding up routine processes or solving complex tasks in certain fields, they definitely are not creative tools.
And I think the more we let AIs do the work, the more we lose skills.
You should have stopped at saying it's a cheat. I'm a writer and artist. Hubby is an artist and composer. Why should we compete with AI generated crap? And now LinkedIn has incorporated AI for writing posts. I'll have to be very careful about which posts I care to even read, let alone respond to.
Where I stand, in 10 years time, AI will just be another tool. Like CGI (remember when that a cheating?). The current youngsters won't even understand what the issues were.
Each new technology has a breaking in period.
Personally, I use Bing to create images for my blog. I also enjoy talking to Chat GPT, and frequently use it to make the first draft of blurbs for the posts which have blurbs. (I suck at blurbs, and frankly Chat GPT frequently isn't much better, but it at least gets me thinking the right direction.)
I expect that chat bots will be used more for creating pro forma mail and things like that than creative stuff. The kind of things they were using mail merge for a generation ago. But they will have to be watched closely. If nothing else, because they lie.
That's what I think will happen with AI too. I think the issue is more on who controls it. Will be the artists or will it be the moneyed men who see art as nothing but a business?
And yes, it's crazy seeing chat bots spouting inaccuracies. "Lying" may not be the right term for it, but it certainly feels that way. Then again, we're not supposed to trust everything we read on the Internet. Apparently, that includes ChatGPT (and the likes).
Interesting article, Michael, on a hot topic, I would say.
I think “don’t let kids use calculators until they have learned to do math on their own” should be our attitude. AIs are useful tools for speeding up routine processes or solving complex tasks in certain fields, they definitely are not creative tools.
And I think the more we let AIs do the work, the more we lose skills.
Where can I see your preview image?
Thanks for reminding me on that. I put it on a reply to a note that restacked this post.
You should have stopped at saying it's a cheat. I'm a writer and artist. Hubby is an artist and composer. Why should we compete with AI generated crap? And now LinkedIn has incorporated AI for writing posts. I'll have to be very careful about which posts I care to even read, let alone respond to.