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We continue to see these “oh it’s not…” and “watch out for…” articles. Let’s take a step back and just take it for what it is. If I walk up to a regular someo

We continue to see these “oh it’s not…” and “watch out for…” articles. Let’s take a step back and just take it for what it is. If I walk up to a regular someone on the street and say “please write me an outline for a short story about tuna fish and bunny rabbits,” you’re going to get a blank stare. Heck, even an experienced story teller might have a tough time with that. But these current AI tools will give you a credible outline for that bunny-tuna story in about 10 seconds. It’s not the best story. But it’s a good starting point. To me, that’s freaking great. Maybe it’s a little esoteric, but still amazing. And there are a zillion other things that these tools can produce very quickly that are excellent starting points. Humans can’t do this. Period. There is no snake oil. The tools have instant access to decades of human development. Some of us can’t find Washington, DC on a map let alone write a short story outline or 100 lines of code in 10 seconds. How does that “talent” translate to productivity, i.e. useful output? That’s up to the users. Some people will know how to ask the right questions. Other people won’t. There will definitely be another “sorting” of people based on access and ability to use the tools. But this is the course of human development. It’s evolutionary, really. From now on we go forward with these tools. That’s my take.

sangnoir 3y ago
> If I walk up to a regular someone on the street and say “please write me an outline for a short story about tuna fish and bunny rabbits,” you’re going to get a blank stare. Probably they'd be trying to assess if you're sane and not a danger to them. This is a task a 6 year-old could accomplish with style and vigor.
anotherman554 3y ago
"But these current AI tools will give you a credible outline for that bunny-tuna story in about 10 seconds. It’s not the best story. But it’s a good starting point." A good starting point for what? If the end result is a story that nobody but yourself will ever want to read, why not simply copy and paste "All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy" a thousand times, no need for an A.I.

sangnoir 3y ago

> If I walk up to a regular someone on the street and say “please write me an outline for a short story about tuna fish and bunny rabbits,” you’re going to get a blank stare. Probably they'd be trying to assess if you're sane and not a danger to them. This is a task a 6 year-old could accomplish with style and vigor.

anotherman554 3y ago

"But these current AI tools will give you a credible outline for that bunny-tuna story in about 10 seconds. It’s not the best story. But it’s a good starting point." A good starting point for what? If the end result is a story that nobody but yourself will ever want to read, why not simply copy and paste "All work and no play makes Johnny a dull boy" a thousand times, no need for an A.I.