AI is just another innovation that in a few years will become ubiquitous just like computers did in the 1990’s.
IMHO, AI is good for various situations, but I agree that it’s overhyped. For example, an AI tool could help a professional financial planner as a kind of back-up tool to make sure he’s covered all the bases for his client’s specific needs.
“AI” is not just Large Language Models (LLMs). There’s plenty of other techniques that can be used to create useless results ;-)
I believe ChatGPT passed the Bar Exam and a medical exam.
Many applications where there’s a process of “take into consideration a number of variables, weigh them up, and execute a fairly standard plan” are candidates. Both the legal and medical professions are full of them.
I’ve a friend who is a real estate agent. When it comes to home values he believes home values can’t be appraised well by an algorithm. I’d agree, except neural network based AI isn’t about an algorithm, more about how it has been trained. I think he needs to be careful, I wouldn’t be so certain.
My son does insurance underwriting. Same concepts can apply.
...and this stuff is in its infancy.
What I look forward to if AI becomes common...
*Tax preparation
*Coding (I needed a quick arduino code and the free chatAI program pushed one out in minutes.)
*Generative Design (which I already use)
* Menu planning and shopping
*Inventory tracking and ordering
*Vacation planning and booking
*Medical and healthcare
I see it as a tool. I don’t really care if it replaces journalists and other useless jobs. The only bad part is it is all designed by liberal evil whackos.
“Humans doing the hard jobs on minimum wage while robots write poetry and paint is not the future I wanted.” -Karl Sharro @KarleMarks via Twitter