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I would have no problem with AI if it could be useful.
The problem is no matter how many times I'm promised otherwise it cannot automate my job and talk to the idiots for me. It just hallucinates a random gibberish which is obviously unhealthful.
I've found it useful for a few things. I had had a song intermittently stuck in my head for a few years and had unsuccessfully googled it a few times. Couldn't remember artist, name, lyrics (it was in a language I don't speak) - and chatGPT got it in a couple of tries. Things that I'm too vague about to be able to construct a search prompt and want to explore. Stuff like that. I just don't trust it with anything that I want actual facts for.
It’s really good at answering customer questions for me, to be honest.
But, I still have to okay it. Just in case. There’s no trust.
However that still does take a lot less bandwidth for me because I’m not good at the customer facing aspects of my business.
I still would, as the increased productivity, once again, does not lead to reduced hours. Always more productive, always locked into a bullshit schedule.