[lm28469]

> These “AI is a gimmick that does nothing” articles mostly just communicate to me that most people lack imagination.

Either that or different people have different views on life, tech, &c. If you're not going through life as some sort of minmax rpg not using LLM to "optimise" every single aspects of your life is perfectly fine. I don't need a LLM to summarise an article, I want to read it during my 15 min coffee time in the morning. I don't need an LLM to tell me how my text should be rewritten to look like the statistical average of a good text...

[keiferski]

That’s perfectly fine, but the article is making a broad statement, not an individual opinion.

[lm28469]

For the vast majority of people LLMs are deep in gimmick territory, it's the funny thing you use to generate your Ghibli style profile image or the HR email you can't bother writing.

If you not part of a very small subset of tech enthusiasts or companies directly profiting from it it really isn't that big of a deal

[keiferski]

No, not really. This stuff is being used everywhere, from universities to offices around the world. It’s far more than a gimmick.

[azemetre]

Having something shoved in your face because you bought the snake oil is definitely one take.

If you talk to workers being forced to use these tools you come away with a different conclusion.

[palmotea]

>> These “AI is a gimmick that does nothing” articles mostly just communicate to me that most people lack imagination.

> Either that or different people have different views on life, tech, &c.

Most definitely. When stable diffusion came out, I recall AI enthusiasts gushing and saying things like it was "creating the most beautiful art they've ever seen," which just made me scratch my head and wonder what they were smoking.

> If you're not going through life as some sort of minmax rpg not using LLM to "optimise" every single aspects of your life is perfectly fine. I don't need a LLM to summarise an article, I want to read it during my 15 min coffee time in the morning.

Exactly. Some people want to actually understand stuff, in their own minds, and some people seem to be fine teetering on top of an output machine they don't really understand.

On that summarization thing specifically, pre-LLM there were services that did that (my manager subscribed me to one once), and it never clicked with me. Why would I waste my time consuming such shallow stuff? I never felt it had any impact, it felt like fluff to make it feel like you were learning something when you weren't. Which is ironic, because the people who seem enthusiastic about that stuff are under the false impression that everything is like three bullet points wrapped in fluff.

> I don't need an LLM to tell me how my text should be rewritten to look like the statistical average of a good text...

Especially since I roll my eyes at ChatGPT-ese.