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Probably because not everybody is feeing this productivity boost. AI made me a bit more productive, yes, but not by that much. Seeing you call it a "new power"

Probably because not everybody is feeing this productivity boost. AI made me a bit more productive, yes, but not by that much. Seeing you call it a "new power" is not relatable, so it may reinforce ideas that it is a bubble.

VirusNewbie 2y ago
Right but I feel similarly about excel/sheets and powerpoint. But they make almost every office worker a bit more productive, so it’s a good market.
- tail_exchange 2y ago
  I think these can both be true. If AI makes people be 3% more productive overall, cumulatively that's a huge improvement, but on an individual level it may feel undeserving of hype.
m463 2y ago
That seems like saying "web advertising never shows me what I want to buy" Maybe it is not for you. Maybe it is for people asking AI questions about you. (or chemistry or gold prospecting or legal documents or ...) the eric schmidt talk made it seem like better hardware led to better results and there was a race.
edanm 2y ago
> Seeing you call it a "new power" is not relatable, so it may reinforce ideas that it is a bubble. Whereas what it could be reinforcing instead is that some people are better at "using AI" than others. When I was young, I always saw how my parents never really "got" new technology that I was using all the time, like the internet. Many young people think about it and are sure it won't happen to them. I'm sure many on this technophile site think so. And then a new technology like AI comes along, some people find ways to be incredibly productive with it, but a very widespread sentiment is that they're... lying? Mistaken? Not very good at their job so it helps them more? The number of excuses people have for "keep this new technology that I don't know how to use away for me" is pretty crazy. (And I say this as someone who is probably not on the "cutting edge" of AI usage, compared to others I see.)

VirusNewbie 2y ago

Right but I feel similarly about excel/sheets and powerpoint. But they make almost every office worker a bit more productive, so it’s a good market.

tail_exchange 2y ago
I think these can both be true. If AI makes people be 3% more productive overall, cumulatively that's a huge improvement, but on an individual level it may feel undeserving of hype.

m463 2y ago

That seems like saying "web advertising never shows me what I want to buy" Maybe it is not for you. Maybe it is for people asking AI questions about you. (or chemistry or gold prospecting or legal documents or ...) the eric schmidt talk made it seem like better hardware led to better results and there was a race.

edanm 2y ago

> Seeing you call it a "new power" is not relatable, so it may reinforce ideas that it is a bubble. Whereas what it could be reinforcing instead is that some people are better at "using AI" than others. When I was young, I always saw how my parents never really "got" new technology that I was using all the time, like the internet. Many young people think about it and are sure it won't happen to them. I'm sure many on this technophile site think so. And then a new technology like AI comes along, some people find ways to be incredibly productive with it, but a very widespread sentiment is that they're... lying? Mistaken? Not very good at their job so it helps them more? The number of excuses people have for "keep this new technology that I don't know how to use away for me" is pretty crazy. (And I say this as someone who is probably not on the "cutting edge" of AI usage, compared to others I see.)