Does everyone hate it though? As much as I personally agree, I do not see the same sentiment bearing out in public sentiment. If an app that previously didn’t have an AI feature suddenly adds on, regardless of how arbitrary, I feel like people generally consider that an objective upgrade.
I’m curious what everyone else sees w/regard to public sentiment towards AI? Seems like it’s usually indifference or enthusiasm.
I agree in the sense that there are always people who will see “Now with X!” and interpret that as a selling point even if they have no idea what X is or what it does for the product. I would wager there are more people out there that couldn’t describe what part of the product is the “AI” than there are people who are genuinely enthused by what the AI is doing.
My perception is that people are tacitly accepting it. When directly questioned about the pros and cons of AI tools, they will admit on principle that it’s generally not a good idea to rely on them. But then they use them anyway, seemingly without a second thought.
It’s like calling cars into question in an area that’s built around cars. People will admit that cars kinda suck and that a car-dependent society isn’t great, but they won’t do anything to change it.
I writhe heavily every time I see google spit out half true AI answers. Messed me up a few times when it just blindly combined 2 unrelated paragraphs together as one fact. What is the point, if I have to read the page anyways to confirm the validity?
It was the final straw that made me never use Google again. I mean come on, you search for something and 100% of the screen is now just adds or half true AI garbage.
AI art has also largely ruined wallpaper apps and sites. There’s this uncanny look most AI images share and it makes my skin crawl. Then we have the abominations that are AI avatars and emojis…
OH! Can’t forget AI customer support! What a steaming pile of shit! It barely works and lies! Once I wanted to pick up an order my self, because it was taking WAY too long, and the little shit lied about contacting the restaurant! Not to mention the refund policy is now effectively whatever the AI spits out today. Needless to say, we now always demand an actual human.
Honestly, besides apps that are centered around AI and it’s abilities, any other place where it has been forced into has beed objectively worse for me.
Does everyone hate it though? As much as I personally agree, I do not see the same sentiment bearing out in public sentiment. If an app that previously didn’t have an AI feature suddenly adds on, regardless of how arbitrary, I feel like people generally consider that an objective upgrade.
I’m curious what everyone else sees w/regard to public sentiment towards AI? Seems like it’s usually indifference or enthusiasm.
I agree in the sense that there are always people who will see “Now with X!” and interpret that as a selling point even if they have no idea what X is or what it does for the product. I would wager there are more people out there that couldn’t describe what part of the product is the “AI” than there are people who are genuinely enthused by what the AI is doing.
My perception is that people are tacitly accepting it. When directly questioned about the pros and cons of AI tools, they will admit on principle that it’s generally not a good idea to rely on them. But then they use them anyway, seemingly without a second thought.
It’s like calling cars into question in an area that’s built around cars. People will admit that cars kinda suck and that a car-dependent society isn’t great, but they won’t do anything to change it.
I writhe heavily every time I see google spit out half true AI answers. Messed me up a few times when it just blindly combined 2 unrelated paragraphs together as one fact. What is the point, if I have to read the page anyways to confirm the validity?
It was the final straw that made me never use Google again. I mean come on, you search for something and 100% of the screen is now just adds or half true AI garbage.
AI art has also largely ruined wallpaper apps and sites. There’s this uncanny look most AI images share and it makes my skin crawl. Then we have the abominations that are AI avatars and emojis…
OH! Can’t forget AI customer support! What a steaming pile of shit! It barely works and lies! Once I wanted to pick up an order my self, because it was taking WAY too long, and the little shit lied about contacting the restaurant! Not to mention the refund policy is now effectively whatever the AI spits out today. Needless to say, we now always demand an actual human.
Honestly, besides apps that are centered around AI and it’s abilities, any other place where it has been forced into has beed objectively worse for me.