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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pp who works with AI agents - np above is on point. The author is on the inside and frankly doing a public service

Claude skills and cowork has rocked a lot of companies this January. Everyone is sprinting to adopt - it’s not hype or futurist predictions anymore. [/quote]

This post is such transparent marketing hype. This is all a desperate attempt to make AI happen as these overvalued companies are hemorrhaging money in this silly endeavor.[/quote]

I’m the np above.  Look, I get it, I’m skeptical and lean towards being a Luddite.  And AI can do dumb things. [b]One of my co-workers described it as like working with an eager intern who needs to be reined in sometimes.  But the changes are real.  The improvements in its quality are exponential. [/b]

I don’t really know what this means for the future of work, especially for my kids who are still in high school, but this isn’t smoke blowing. Disruptive change is coming. [/quote]

Ok but what ARE the changes?  What are the exponential improvements?  Where can I look and see for myself something completed with AI that is really mind-blowing?  People keep talking about AI doing things but provide no evidence of AI actually doing the thing.  This is not coming from a place of skepticism; it’s just a basic question that no one seems able to answer.[/quote]

Again, if you read the article, it explains it well. Most people who "use" AI are using older models that are still a bit buggy. There's a new generation, as in the last month, that doesn't just do stuff 80% of the way -- it's 100% now. It's perfect. These two are GPT-5.3 Codex from OpenAI, and Opus 4.6 from Anthropic (the makers of Claude, one of the main competitors to ChatGPT).

The leap, according to the article, is "I describe what I want built, in plain English, and it just... appears. Not a rough draft I need to fix. The finished thing. I tell the AI what I want, walk away from my computer for four hours, and come back to find the work done. Done well, done better than I would have done it myself, with no corrections needed. A couple of months ago, I was going back and forth with the AI, guiding it, making edits. Now I just describe the outcome and leave."

He then goes on to say you can try it for yourself, but you have to pay the $20 and be sure to be using the latest version. "Sign up for the paid version of Claude or ChatGPT. It's $20 a month. But two things matter right away. First: make sure you're using the best model available, not just the default. These apps often default to a faster, dumber model. Dig into the settings or the model picker and select the most capable option. Right now that's GPT-5.2 on ChatGPT or Claude Opus 4.6 on Claude."

So, your question, "Where can I look and see for myself." It's right there. He tells you how to do it. [/quote]

We are going in circles.  I DO use the paid versions of Claude and ChatGPT.  I do NOT see this “leap” that the article (by someone with a vested interest in hyping his product) discusses.

WHERE are these amazing things being built by AI without user input?  Where are they in YOUR work?[/quote]

So, you must not be very good at prompting. He covers this, too. My guess is you ask it questions, treating it like it's Google.

As I said, I'm a writer. I can see the dramatic improvements versus the output only a year ago. [/quote]

Ok.  So give us an example of something complete that the AI has written for you.  Or better yet, go ahead and use your superior prompting skills to generate something you would use for your work, since it requires virtually no effort from you.[/quote]

NP. Here you go:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/75/1299444.page
Look at the last entry on page 6 (or the one earlier re sports).[/quote]

OK so...a mid college application essay? With enough logical inconsistencies/improbable analogies to be easily recognized as AI?[/quote]

People pay editors $3.5-5k a pop for one of these polished and finished essays. Iykyk.[/quote]

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