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by bossyTeacher 204 days ago
- If microsoft bundles copilot to their standard office product, you become a company that pays for AI even if you didn't opt in

- Accidentally tapping the AI mode on the Google search will count as an AI search. DDG doesn't even wait for you to tap and triggers an AI response. Still counts as AI use even if you didn't mean to use

- OpenAI, Google and Microsoft have been advertising heavily (usage will naturally go up)

- Scammers using GenAI to scam increases AI usage and GenAI is GREAT for scammers

- Using AI after a meeting to get a summary is nice but not to enough to make a visible impact in a company output. Most AI usages fall in this bucket

This tech was sold as a civilisation defining. Not GPT-X but the GPT that is out now. Tech that was "ready to join the workforce" while the reality is that these tools are not reliable in the sense he implied. They are not "workers" and won't change the output of your average company in any significant way.

Sweet talking investors is easy, but walking the talk is another thing altogether. Your average business has no interest or time in supervising a worker that at random times behaves unpredictably and doesn't learn not to make mistakes when told off.