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by personjerry
384 days ago
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> The reason they get used a lot for tasks along the lines of "rewrite this so it sounds smarter" is that that's what they're best at. I disagree. The reason is that that's what aligns best with what most people are looking for help on. There is a disconnect between reality and the AI product consumer envisioned here. There is no magical enlightened user who's going to unleash their inner potential. How much physics or math does the average person know? How much do you think they even WANT to know? The answer is surprisingly little. On a day-to-day basis the layman writes emails and other mundane tasks, and wants to do them faster and easier. Having a squad of geniuses in my pocket doesn't pay my bills. |
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Usage of products is determined by what people are driven to do. People are driven by their desires and their problems. And most of these are fairly simple and mundane… eating, paying the bills, feeling healthy, connecting with others socially, etc.
"Expending copious amounts of mental energy on difficult work to create scientific breakthroughs that may-or-may-not allow engineers to build things that contribute to the betterment of the human race" is not how most people want to spend their time, even if there are tools available to help them do that.