Yeah I use chatgpt and Gemini for targeted tasks, data collection and organizing for blog posts and work proposals (yes I verify the data, I know about A.I. hallucinations), and how to’s for tasks I don’t do often or have never done.
Just yesterday I told it “I just bought the PC (linked to product page) I want to install Linux Mint but first I want to disable secure boot, provide a step by step guide to accomplish this” and after about a minute it spit out and detailed guide referencing the manufacturer’s website, their forum, and a third party guide. It even pulled tips and tricks from the forum with things like “tip: users report if you see this screen do this to correct it (link to forum thread)”
I’m not giving these access to my email or calendar or anything like that, once I can have a locally hosted LLM that can access that stuff then sure, as long as I can control my data. Until then I just use commercial LLMs as tools that I don’t fully trust.
AI is a tool. Or more exactly, AI is an accelerant. There are things you could have done yourself, but the AI can do it in seconds and now you just have to verify it and modify it. When used to create things within your skill set, more power to ya. Companies are shoving it into their products with no understanding of this.
Yeah I use chatgpt and Gemini for targeted tasks, data collection and organizing for blog posts and work proposals (yes I verify the data, I know about A.I. hallucinations), and how to’s for tasks I don’t do often or have never done.
Just yesterday I told it “I just bought the PC (linked to product page) I want to install Linux Mint but first I want to disable secure boot, provide a step by step guide to accomplish this” and after about a minute it spit out and detailed guide referencing the manufacturer’s website, their forum, and a third party guide. It even pulled tips and tricks from the forum with things like “tip: users report if you see this screen do this to correct it (link to forum thread)”
I’m not giving these access to my email or calendar or anything like that, once I can have a locally hosted LLM that can access that stuff then sure, as long as I can control my data. Until then I just use commercial LLMs as tools that I don’t fully trust.
AI is a tool. Or more exactly, AI is an accelerant. There are things you could have done yourself, but the AI can do it in seconds and now you just have to verify it and modify it. When used to create things within your skill set, more power to ya. Companies are shoving it into their products with no understanding of this.