I've got a complex algorithm that spams scathing replies to recruits on Twitter whenever they say "respect my decision" or "#AGTG".
How are you using AI in your work/personal life?
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I use gpt as a glorified search engine. I also tend to get wordy - no shocker to anyone here. So I'll use it to help condense writings. I also like using it for corporate check the box HR crap for goal setting and performance reviews. It's useful for admin type stuff but I've yet to find a way to actually help me to the financial part of my job better.
I've spent most of my career thinking about automating processes and such. I can't really picture a gpt type tool being able to accept broad instructions from me and do the same on whatever system it is I'm working on. If so, I guess I'm out of a job.
I've spent most of my career thinking about automating processes and such. I can't really picture a gpt type tool being able to accept broad instructions from me and do the same on whatever system it is I'm working on. If so, I guess I'm out of a job.
I’m a Java developer and we use Amazon Q as a plug-in on our IntelliJ IDE. It’s great as a local search engine or to give insight, but damn it can spit out some hot garbage. Giving you code that it has easy access to that won’t even compile, etc. I don’t think it’s much help with unit testing, either. But, damn…. I hope I’m able to retire as a software engineer. This stuff is far from perfect, but it has its moments.
I get that that's annoying, but I've got a friend who sells some very specific products nationwide. He uses AI to identify companies all over the place who have a use case for his products. Then he uses it to drill down to who in that company is making buying decisions and find their email addresses. AI crafts intro emails and he refines them.
It has been a very effective tool to get responses from what are effectively cold calls made less cold by AI.
I used it recently to help me prepare for a job interview. It is great at taking your resume and suggesting answers for questions you may be struggling with. But again, only as a starting point. You have to refine the answers and make it personal to you. And don't try to regurgitate some AI generated scenario or answer bc companies are watching for that. But it really helped me prepare a couple of answers where I was struggling to come up with something.
I don’t use it, I don’t plan to use it, and if I know something is from ai I ignore it.
I’m sure some there are some limited applications it is good for.
I’m sure some there are some limited applications it is good for.
I use it in place of Google or Duck DuckGo and that's about it. It does a decent job of combining sources info and stitching that info together into a readable form instead of me having to read all of them to stitch together in my mind. I don't think using it like that is any worse than Googling a particular topic and reading all the different sources myself, if those sources are wrong then they are wrong as is the AI answer that summarized them for me. It's also good if you want to take a photo of something and ask what it is
I use it to show me how to be creative with our offense given our personnel.
I took over head coaching and Lebby is my OC
I may look into using it to compose emails.
I’m old school.
Invariably I’ll have an email that I compose, keep it in my drafts, and edit until it looks right to me before I send it…
I do this sometimes. I’ll get it to write something, then invariably have to tell it to make it more casual, then tell it absolutely no exclamation points.
Then rewrite about 70% of it. Saves a ton of time** (I realize I could be more specific in my initial prompt)
It is a starting point. And as far as looking stuff up, I think of it like Wikipedia when I was in school. “Wikipedia is not a source,” teachers would say. No, but it tells me where to find the source. I know even before that they had to say “You can’t cite google!”
