[javascriptfan69]

What is the use case for the average non-technical person?

LLMs are cool and all but I feel like the average person is not really getting enough value out of them to keep the "wow this thing will probably make me jobless in 5 years" thoughts out.

[csallen]

My mom uses to take and create pictures of things: identifying birds, identifying trees, and showing her house with different decor. I didn't teach her any of this, she just figured it out on her own.

A non-tech friend of mine who's writing a book uses it to get feedback on his writing. He's gotten pretty good at crafting prompts to get it to be fairly objective.

Another non-tech friend used it to do a lot of journaling and processing after a recent breakup.

A non-techy friend who happens to work in tech uses it to make presentations at work.

Another non-techy friend of mine who works at a tech startup uses it to browse LinkedIn and find people she's searching for.

[javascriptfan69]

These are all good examples.

My point is that I just don't think the value-add for any of these are worth the existential dread most people have about losing their career. Then there's the scams, misinformation, trying to find a job when every recruiter is using AI to filter job listings, etc.

[gdulli]

> What is the use case for the average non-technical person?

"I used the button they made biggest and closest to the top of the page."

[tqi]

How can something be simultaneously useless to the average person and likely to create massive joblessness?

[eloisius]

It’s really not hard to think of examples. Copywriter with an English degree from a state university who used to write boring blog articles for the local vet office. They aren’t really needed anymore to write the yearly article about ticks in the summer. Doesn’t mean they are enjoying any of the benefit.