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AI assistants/apps - ChatGPT, Microsoft Co-Pilot, Gemini Live, etc.

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  1. mrhansduck

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    I have been experimenting more with these apps recently.

    Each has a limited voice/conversation mode with limited time for the free versions at least. With this, you're just speaking and listening like a normal discussion. The experience is very good IMO. It remembers the context of earlier parts of the conversation, allowing a free flow discussion. It can switch back and forth between languages even when different languages are used in the very same sentence. It's adept at comparing and contrasting different concepts and can even switch up speech from simple to graduate level upon request.

    ChatGPT will create AI images, but the others I have tried do not have that function. There are copyright limitations, for example. It's still pretty fun to mess around with making pictures of places or people, though I suppose the fun in that might wear off as the newness wears off. As good as it is, though, it will get hung up on some things. For example, it places and keeps beards on men many times even after I ask it to remove the beard. Funny glitch, I guess.

    Does anyone here use these for work, and if so, I am curious of examples? There are privacy reasons why I would not, for example, upload certain documents to summarize without redacting them. ChatGPT is able to identify statutes and code sections well but it will not attempt to offer case law citations. Probably because it was creating fake case law and probably also because the app's last data update was in 2023. It can still prepare a pretty decent starting point for a memorandum of law.

    I know many law firms are looking into the Co-Counsel software (I think perhaps Westlaw bought it from Thomson Reuters?). Westlaw now also has something it is calling Precision, and that looks pretty promising.

    I went and decided to get the ChatGPT Plus ($19.99) for a month just to mess around with it and see if it's worth paying long-term. Curious what types of experiences, advice, and thoughts others might have about the uses of AI assistants/apps. Good, bad, or indifferent. To me, it's all a combination of fun, educational, dangerous, and a bit concerning lol.

    Let's hear it!
     
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    Currently on a conference call with a company that does vision AI. This company uses existing security camera infrastructure and does a bunch of AI analytics, including PPE compliance, loitering, object left behind, wrong direction, etc. It can do things like open a gate when it sees certain license plates, etc. It's pretty neat so far. I know it's used overseas to identify animals near a highway that are about to cross and it alerts oncoming motorists to slow down.

    All this because a racoon got in a substation at one of our other locations... So now we are about to install a system with thermal imaging, using PTZ to patrol the area, and alert staff onsite that there is an animal where it shouldn't be. :rolleyes:
     
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    These are well worth the money. I feed the babes thread into it and get nice nude pictures as output :D:ninja2::D
     
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    I have access to various AI resources though UF. I primarily use it for administrative functions - where it saves me a TON of time.

    That being said, you can use them to help with writing - especially if you are stuck on how you want word something. You can basically tell ChatGPT and others something like:

    I need to convince my boss to give me a raise given the information I've included here (copy and paste some info for ChatGTP to chew on or just have it go wild). Please write out five different options I could use to make my argument given the information included above.

    It's a silly example, but the point is generative AI can produce a ton of content for you, and then you that content can help you generate new ideas, you can combine different options, or if you feel it's good enough I guess you can just copy and paste it into your own document but obviously their are some ethical considerations there lol.

    The point is, it can be a highly effective tool. The AI art generators are also cool as hell and I recommend finding some and playing with them if you have the time. Great for creating unique images in teaching or research presentations.
     
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  5. mrhansduck

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    Did you find a special app for that or being funny? The ones I have used seem purposefully family-friendly (aside from its copyright considerations). At least one of them (Co-Pilot?) affirmatively explained after I'd asked about suggestive song lyrics - that it is "classy" and keeps things PG or PG-13 (or something like that). It basically said that it will not even use bad language unless asked to do so as part of defining or translating words.
     
  6. G8trGr8t

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    this is the wall that needs to be built along the border. include radiation scanners
     
  7. G8trGr8t

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    were you on the 60 minutes special last night about the people doing this with any image from the web? talk about legislation falling behind
     
  8. danmanne65

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    60minutes did a segment on that yesterday.
     
  9. vaxcardinal

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    I saw that and then saw this thread and boom...a great comment if i'd say so myself.
     
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    no, but i watched 60 minutes last night
     
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    Yes. Very effective. Great advice and insight on anything.

    it will eventually become Artificial Superintelligence (ASI). Supposedly a monumental change for our society.

    “Today's artificial intelligence systems, impressive as they may be, are like calculators compared to the human brain. They excel at specific tasks but lack the broad understanding and adaptability that defines human intelligence. Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) would change that, matching human-level ability across all cognitive domains. But it's the next step – Artificial Superintelligence (ASI) – that could rewrite the rules of existence itself.”


    Why Artificial Superintelligence Could Be Humanity's Final Invention
     
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    I use chatgpt to write emails to households that violate HOA rules
     
  13. mrhansduck

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    Interesting about the "like calculators compared to the human brain" part is that, to date, the AI have apparently had problems with relatively basic math, such as multiplying double-digit numbers. The AI apps I have tried have even admitted it. I guess it doesn't actually understand how to do math but scours the web for information where others have noted the calculation?
     
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  14. citygator

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    I use it. Never does the whole job but it provides a nice structure and start, saving me time - particularly on project outlines or small research projects. My experience sounds similar to what you are saying.
     
  15. PetrolGator

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    Our ability to use any AI software like this is extremely limited due to PI and security issues.

    I’ve personally used it to help refine my CV with some success. Still, I feel kinda dirty when I do that.

    I’m still a bit “get off my lawn” with AI. I worry about it replacing more workers for the sake of maximizing shareholder value. I worry about training computers to the point that they don’t need us anymore.
     
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    HOA Cop?
     
  17. vaxcardinal

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    I’m the president/vice president/treasurer/secretary…only 7 houses. Nobody else will do anything so been doing it for 20 years
     
  18. G8trGr8t

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    tried it today to write a Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design report..yes, that is a permit requirement in places...and people wonder why thigns cost so much..and this isn't a bad neighborhood, $250 per SF type of place...took me about an hour to enter all the relevant data in random bullet points separated by a period and a space. it structured the report very well and I had to go in and do some edits where it used other reports for format and researched and found missing information that I did not include, ie distance to bus stops, nearby commercial establishments that may drive traffic, average household income etc...some of the data did not amke it through, things like maximum shrub height shall be 36". minimum tree hight shall be maintained at 72" min. not sure why it missed those finite items int he translation. Perhaps the heights wer eleft open in other reports or ???

    interesting experience, net time gain around 65%. cleaner product


    edit..perhaps my typing skills led to errors/omissions :)
     
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    I asked ChatGPT if Trump said nazis and white nationalists were "fine people" and it said yes. I told it to read the paragraphs in the transcript before and after the paragraph of Trump's words that it cited. It then apologized and admitted Trump did not say nazis were fine people and it would try to do better going forward. ChatGPT is programmed to lie and deceive when it comes to politics and sensitive issues. I'm pretty sure it would claim women on average are as smart as men. Would be interesting to see if it thinks men or women on average perform equally well in combat
     
  20. mrhansduck

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    Here is my exact exchange with it.

    Did Trump say that nazis and white nationalists were "fine people"?

    The claim that Donald Trump called Nazis and white nationalists "fine people" originates from comments he made after the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. This event included participants such as white nationalists and neo-Nazis, and it resulted in violence, including the tragic death of Heather Heyer.

    Here’s what Trump said in the controversial press conference:
    • He condemned the violence on "both sides."
    • He explicitly stated: "I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally."
    • He also mentioned there were "very fine people on both sides," seemingly referring to people who were there for reasons unrelated to hate groups, such as those opposing the removal of Confederate statues.
    This has led to significant debate:
    1. Critics argue that his phrasing gave moral equivalency to the hate groups and the counter-protesters.
    2. Supporters contend that Trump explicitly condemned white nationalists and was referring to others present who had different motivations.
    This remains a heavily politicized and debated moment. Let me know if you'd like more context or the full transcript of his remarks!