Examples of AI in Everyday Life

sharka on 08/11/2023 - 10:59

Hey OzB Fam,

I've been diving into the world of AI and how it's weaving into the fabric of our daily routines. From smart home devices that learn our preferences to AI that curates our shopping lists or even suggests new hobbies, it seems there's no limit.

Wondering if anyone here has integrated AI into their day-to-day life? Have these smart tools truly elevated your lifestyle or efficiency, or are they more trouble than they're worth? I'm all ears for your stories, especially any tips on navigating the quirks of living with AI.

Poll Options

  • 25
    Yes AI has helped reduce the time on tasks i used to complete
  • 1
    AI has taken over my job
  • 9
    No AI has not helped my life
Computing Artificial Intelligence

Comments

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 08/11/2023 - 11:03
    +1

    Nsfw ai chat bots 🤙

  • Hybroid on 08/11/2023 - 11:05
    +7

    “AI” is a marketing buzzword. Most of those are actually “machine learning” which has existed for years.

    Predictive text is “AI”…

    • jellykingdom on 08/11/2023 - 12:42
      +1

      I was thinking of that whenever I see the MYOB ads which claim "AI powered invoicing". It sounds like it just automatically sends reminder emails…

    • Chandler on 08/11/2023 - 16:40

      My old Sony Ericsson mobile had AI - it was called "T9", and it was good…

    • foxmulder on 08/11/2023 - 18:50

      I asked Bard one time and it gave me the wrong answer, then I corrected it then it apologize then I asked the same first question in same chat and it still repeat me the same wrong answer. Weird.

  • jugsy on 08/11/2023 - 11:06
    +2

    ChatGPT and Bard have been super useful for me at work. Also personally for drafting documents.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2018/09/17/ai…

  • AustriaBargain on 08/11/2023 - 11:07
    +2

    AI helps a lot with coming up with social media posts. It knows all the emojis, it makes jokes, and it is great with coming up with funny hashtags. I was always taught that hashtags should be useful, but these days it seems normal to just list of random made up hashtags, and AI understands that.

    Adobe's new AI is pretty amazing too, the generative fill is amazing. What used to take an hour takes 30 seconds now.

    The cameras around my house use AI to detect pets and stuff. Great at detecting cars, it's still learning how to tell the difference between a cat and a person. Or a door squeak and a cat meow.

  • SnowDragon on 08/11/2023 - 11:18
    +3

    I use it in my work to do complex Javascript and SQL and save myself a few hours of screwing around.
    Also use it at the supermarket if some protein is on special and I want to create a meal around it. No preamble 10,000 word essay about the meal - just ingredients and a guide.

    Occasionally useful for asking questions nobody else has asked

    • El cheepo on 08/11/2023 - 11:34

      Love how the ai rounded .33 up.

      And people say its out take our jobs and get us..

      • coxjon on 08/11/2023 - 15:29
        +1

        I would say it picked the sensible option as that allows the work to get done in the time quoted

        • El cheepo on 08/11/2023 - 15:46

          Agreed.

          It was a very lame attempt at humour from me. Fell a bit flat though.

    • dazweeja on 08/11/2023 - 11:52

      Github Copilot seems useful but I've only used it a few times. Is that what you use?

      • SnowDragon on 08/11/2023 - 11:58
        +1

        Nah mainly just GPT. I'll just say something like "I have a dropdown with a class "countryselector". Filter a dropdown "cityselector" based on the value of "countryselector".

        Starting to use GPT almost daily now, so I can see the benefit in Copilot.

    • Ryanek on 08/11/2023 - 12:41
      +2

      I find it very useful for Regex patterns

  • tsunamisurfer on 08/11/2023 - 12:13

    Are clever algorithms considered machine learning?

  • JIMB0 on 08/11/2023 - 12:15

    Forum bots. They were really good at pinning everything on Dan Andrews. Now that he's gone they've turned their attention to attacking electric cars.

  • Flying Ace on 08/11/2023 - 12:32
    +1

    I use it in limited circumstances in my role as a graphic designer - it's incredibly useful for replacing backgrounds of images that I have to make look pretty, where the photo might have been taken without a particularly nice backdrop.

  • Jolakot on 08/11/2023 - 13:09

    I've been a big fan of bloop.ai, being able to ask an AI specific questions about our giant codebase is very nice, especially since it works with local repositories. I'll often give it the general description of a ticket and ask it which files are relevant to the task, and it'll do a good job of creating a pretty comprehensive implementation plan for me with minimal effort.

    AI still sucks at writing code though, even with the latest GPT-4. But for documentation and basic unit tests, it saves me close to an hour a day of tedium.

  • jv on 08/11/2023 - 14:09

    Examples of AI in Everyday Life

    here…

  • simplystu on 08/11/2023 - 19:48

    While not exactly AI … but along those lines.
    Way back when - 2011'ish - my previous workplace I worked at did a major overhaul …

    Factory setting … spending millions of $$$ on automated robots.
    Initially the workers + union were upset … as there was talk about also cutting down on staff.

    The robots were a VERY VERY primative form of AI back then… eg. Learning through images as it passed along a conveyor belt .. what was good product + what was bad product (to discard).

    Going forward to 2023 … even though I don't work there now - from speaking to ppl that do … Staff are actually happy.
    While there were some staff cutbacks … it made the overall job easier +++ the more dangerous/hazardous parts of role are now handled 100% by robots … with human interaction on those parts more so from behind a computer screen.

    Soo … it has actually made the job safer (less injuries/etc) +++ lastly more efficient (from a business perspective).

  • miwahni on 09/11/2023 - 00:45

    AI has been used for photo optimisation in phone cameras for a few years now - that's probably the closest I've come to using AI tech.

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