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But do you need AI for those answers? I sometimes do the same thing, but Google/DDG/whatever works fine for most, and a niche app works for others (IDing a bir

But do you need AI for those answers? I sometimes do the same thing, but Google/DDG/whatever works fine for most, and a niche app works for others (IDing a bird = Merlin app, for example).

poszlem 1y ago
Not the OP, but I ask way more questions now than I used to. Before, I’d sometimes wonder about things, but not enough to actually go and research them. Now, it’s as simple as asking the AI, and more often than not, I get a satisfying answer.
- sceptic123 1y ago
  Whether it's correct or not is another question
- throwanem 1y ago
  What was the last thing you asked about? What was the answer?
  - poszlem 1y ago
    The origin of the word calf. 1. Calf (young cow, young of certain other mammals) Old English: cealf (plural calfru or later calves) Proto-Germanic: kalbaz or *kalbaz/kalbazō Cognates: Old Norse kálfr, Old High German kalb, German Kalb, Dutch kalf. Proto-Indo-European root: often linked to gel- (“to swell, be rounded”), possibly referring to the rounded shape of a young animal. Some etymologists, however, leave it as “origin uncertain” beyond Proto-Germanic. 2. Calf (back of the lower leg) Old English: caf, cealf (“calf of the leg”) — likely related to the animal term, but the link is uncertain. Possible origin: Could be from the same gel- “swell” root, referring to the bulging muscle at the back of the leg, or an independent development within Germanic. Cognates: Old Norse kálfi (“calf of the leg”), Swedish kalv (leg calf), Icelandic kálfi.
    - throwanem 1y ago
      Can you tell me about the one two before that, without looking it up?
      - poszlem 1y ago
        Yes, but I’m not going to. You seem to think I owe you a performance or an explanation. Stop circling around trying to trip me up and just make your point, if you have one.
        throwanem 1y ago
        You were the one who raised the subject, but sure, if that's the way you want it. You are making a mistake which I believe you will regret, outsourcing future time binding to a machine in this way. You seem to believe you are learning something and I do not think that is true, except for a habit of intellectual laziness that I expect will prove as corrosive for you as lucrative to others. You're bragging about your calf strength as you habituate to walking with crutches you don't need. Today? Sure, fair enough. Couple years from now? Thank goodness that's not my problem.
        poszlem 1y ago
        You’re not here to discuss, you’re here to lecture about “intellectual laziness”, which is exactly why I figured you were just trying to trip me up. I use AI the same way people used dictionaries or encyclopedias: to feed curiosity. I knock out little questions as they pop up, and if even a quarter of it sticks, that’s a win. If you want to twist that into “bragging about calf strength,” that’s just your insecurity talking.
        throwanem 1y ago
        "[If] even a quarter of it sticks, that's a win." Sure. Enjoy your day.
    - MisterTea 1y ago
jdhzzz 1y ago
I read that as I-Ding a bird. It was a second of wondering what I-Ding a bird was until I got to "Merlin" and realized it was ID-ing a bird (face-palm emoji here).
com2kid 1y ago
Last year one of my berry bushes had browning leaves with some spots. Google search said infection, treatment plan, etc. This year I snapped a pic and sent to chat gpt. Normal end of year die off, cut the brown branches away, here is a fertilizer schedule for end of year to support new growth for the next year. ChatGPT makes gardening so much easier, and that is just one of many areas. Recipes are another, don't trust the math, but chat gpt can remix and elevate recipes so much better than Google recipe blog spam posts can.
- rogerkirkness 1y ago
  Is the purpose of gardening to be arms and legs for ChatGPT to grow a garden?
- MisterTea 1y ago
  > This year I snapped a pic and sent to chat gpt. I used to be able to go to the local gardening center and ask the owner who could right away give you the right answer because that was his expertise that came from years of genuine experience. Then Home Depot put him put of business. Same with the local plumbing shop I could walk into with a leaky valve stem from a sink, have a guy glance at it and reply "that's an American Standard" spin around, open a drawer and hand me the part along with new washers. Now I have to talk to a computer that may or may not be correct. I would rather talk to a real person.
  - com2kid 1y ago
    > I used to be able to go to the local gardening center and ask the owner who could right away give you the right answer because that was his expertise that came from years of genuine experience. I can still do this, and I do on occasion. Hopefully I take the proper pictures and can remember enough about what is going on to convey the issue. ChatGPT will ask follow up questions and even ask for additional pictures if things aren't clear. Also I can take action before my once every other month or so visit to the nursery, allowing me to take more immediate action.
- player1234 1y ago
  Exactly brother! F the F-ing haters making gardening tips and recipes is a trillion dollar industry, maybe a trillion trillions even!

But do you need AI for those answers? I sometimes do the same thing, but Google/DDG/whatever works fine for most, and a niche app works for others (IDing a bird = Merlin app, for example).

poszlem 1y ago

Not the OP, but I ask way more questions now than I used to. Before, I’d sometimes wonder about things, but not enough to actually go and research them. Now, it’s as simple as asking the AI, and more often than not, I get a satisfying answer.

sceptic123 1y ago
Whether it's correct or not is another question
throwanem 1y ago
What was the last thing you asked about? What was the answer?
- poszlem 1y ago
  The origin of the word calf. 1. Calf (young cow, young of certain other mammals) Old English: cealf (plural calfru or later calves) Proto-Germanic: kalbaz or *kalbaz/kalbazō Cognates: Old Norse kálfr, Old High German kalb, German Kalb, Dutch kalf. Proto-Indo-European root: often linked to gel- (“to swell, be rounded”), possibly referring to the rounded shape of a young animal. Some etymologists, however, leave it as “origin uncertain” beyond Proto-Germanic. 2. Calf (back of the lower leg) Old English: caf, cealf (“calf of the leg”) — likely related to the animal term, but the link is uncertain. Possible origin: Could be from the same gel- “swell” root, referring to the bulging muscle at the back of the leg, or an independent development within Germanic. Cognates: Old Norse kálfi (“calf of the leg”), Swedish kalv (leg calf), Icelandic kálfi.
  - throwanem 1y ago
    Can you tell me about the one two before that, without looking it up?
    - poszlem 1y ago
      Yes, but I’m not going to. You seem to think I owe you a performance or an explanation. Stop circling around trying to trip me up and just make your point, if you have one.
      - throwanem 1y ago
        You were the one who raised the subject, but sure, if that's the way you want it. You are making a mistake which I believe you will regret, outsourcing future time binding to a machine in this way. You seem to believe you are learning something and I do not think that is true, except for a habit of intellectual laziness that I expect will prove as corrosive for you as lucrative to others. You're bragging about your calf strength as you habituate to walking with crutches you don't need. Today? Sure, fair enough. Couple years from now? Thank goodness that's not my problem.
        poszlem 1y ago
        You’re not here to discuss, you’re here to lecture about “intellectual laziness”, which is exactly why I figured you were just trying to trip me up. I use AI the same way people used dictionaries or encyclopedias: to feed curiosity. I knock out little questions as they pop up, and if even a quarter of it sticks, that’s a win. If you want to twist that into “bragging about calf strength,” that’s just your insecurity talking.
        throwanem 1y ago
        "[If] even a quarter of it sticks, that's a win." Sure. Enjoy your day.
  - MisterTea 1y ago

jdhzzz 1y ago

I read that as I-Ding a bird. It was a second of wondering what I-Ding a bird was until I got to "Merlin" and realized it was ID-ing a bird (face-palm emoji here).

com2kid 1y ago

Last year one of my berry bushes had browning leaves with some spots. Google search said infection, treatment plan, etc. This year I snapped a pic and sent to chat gpt. Normal end of year die off, cut the brown branches away, here is a fertilizer schedule for end of year to support new growth for the next year. ChatGPT makes gardening so much easier, and that is just one of many areas. Recipes are another, don't trust the math, but chat gpt can remix and elevate recipes so much better than Google recipe blog spam posts can.

rogerkirkness 1y ago
Is the purpose of gardening to be arms and legs for ChatGPT to grow a garden?
MisterTea 1y ago
> This year I snapped a pic and sent to chat gpt. I used to be able to go to the local gardening center and ask the owner who could right away give you the right answer because that was his expertise that came from years of genuine experience. Then Home Depot put him put of business. Same with the local plumbing shop I could walk into with a leaky valve stem from a sink, have a guy glance at it and reply "that's an American Standard" spin around, open a drawer and hand me the part along with new washers. Now I have to talk to a computer that may or may not be correct. I would rather talk to a real person.
- com2kid 1y ago
  > I used to be able to go to the local gardening center and ask the owner who could right away give you the right answer because that was his expertise that came from years of genuine experience. I can still do this, and I do on occasion. Hopefully I take the proper pictures and can remember enough about what is going on to convey the issue. ChatGPT will ask follow up questions and even ask for additional pictures if things aren't clear. Also I can take action before my once every other month or so visit to the nursery, allowing me to take more immediate action.
player1234 1y ago
Exactly brother! F the F-ing haters making gardening tips and recipes is a trillion dollar industry, maybe a trillion trillions even!