What is or isn't AI depends on the definition you're starting from. Some things I have used it for:
I've used AI (LLMs) to write code in 15 minutes that would've formerly taken me hours.
I work with folks who have used organizational policy/content/documents as training material for an AI, and in turn that trained chatbot instantly does a better job answering most obscure questions about organizational policy than any person alive.
My Ring Cameras only notify me when the AI within them sees a person on my doorstep - not deer, cars, or trampolines blowing by.
I use AI on aerial imagery for object detection and classification - a huge timesaver relative to the old ways.
Some things I hope AI can do:
-Take into consideration your genetics, habits, environment, work, family dynamics, etc - and give to you the best possible plan to do things like quit an addiction, be healthier, be happier, be a better parent, etc.
-Be better at diagnosing and prescribing than any meatspace doctor alive
-Allowing some of those with disabilities to functionally not have them
-Creating new tastes, smells, sounds never before heard
-Deciphering the language of other species of animal
What I fear it is most likely to do, maybe even by incorporating the levers above:
-Be better at hijacking your dopamine receptors, and thus your attention, and thus controlling you, than anything yet to exist.
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