It turned into my replacement of Google for shallow questions.
Might be worth keeping in mind that AI-tools 1) consume huge amounts of electricity and 2) tend to hallucinate.
Why it’s not great:
1) is self-explanatory.
While 2) isn’t relevant for creative tasks, it is problematic when you expect facts. Unless you know the answer yourself, you can’t be sure the AI hasn’t just given you some bullshit, even if it’s only about spellchecking.
Many who use the energy usage argument against AI usage are extremely often unaware how much energy the things use which they use daily… and a lot.
Binge watching streaming videos, gaming, and google searching, YouTube etc. All uses energy and if you calculate usage per person per day per hour average it’s often the casually used stuff that adds up way more
I see. I think I‘ll be sticking to different search engines for now. Maybe I‘ll check out leChat or something similar when nothing comes up. Though most search engines will give you AI answers already anyway and they‘re not really helpful in my experience. My browser already has a spellchecker so I‘m good on that front too.
It’s about breaking habits.
And that can be difficult, especially if it’s not a conscious habit. I noticed that when I canceled amazon and audible and chatgpt, etc.
How is ChatGPT already such a habit? What are you people prompting about all day? I am genuinely curious.
It turned into my replacement of Google for shallow questions.
I now use leChat which has less intelligence but more crisp unemotional up to date information.
I also use it for most texts as spellcheck or feedback.
Right now I’m using it as a step by step guide to figure out why I am failing to install Ubuntu on wsl to try it out. Not quite working yet though.
Might be worth keeping in mind that AI-tools 1) consume huge amounts of electricity and 2) tend to hallucinate.
Why it’s not great:
1) is self-explanatory.
While 2) isn’t relevant for creative tasks, it is problematic when you expect facts. Unless you know the answer yourself, you can’t be sure the AI hasn’t just given you some bullshit, even if it’s only about spellchecking.
Yea, as someone who uses it daily I know it’s limitations very well exactly because I use it so much.
Ps: playing graphics intense computer games costs more energy.
If your alternative to using AI is gaming, that’s sure a valid point.
It’s more about the discussion itself.
Many who use the energy usage argument against AI usage are extremely often unaware how much energy the things use which they use daily… and a lot.
Binge watching streaming videos, gaming, and google searching, YouTube etc. All uses energy and if you calculate usage per person per day per hour average it’s often the casually used stuff that adds up way more
I see. I think I‘ll be sticking to different search engines for now. Maybe I‘ll check out leChat or something similar when nothing comes up. Though most search engines will give you AI answers already anyway and they‘re not really helpful in my experience. My browser already has a spellchecker so I‘m good on that front too.