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[quote=Anonymous]I was a complete AI skeptic, and I make my living in a field where accuracy and ingenuity are paramount. And fwiw, I have discovered chatgpt is genuinely useful for all sorts of things. I use the paid version, because it offers better, smarter, more accurate, and more customized results. If you give it good prompts, with enough background information, it can be incredibly useful.

The environmental concerns are very real, and troubling. But even Google search returns now come with AI summaries, so it's not like I escape those by Googling. I won't have chatgpt create images, because that is the most environmentally destructive things that you can do.

I buy almost everything second-hand, and have used chatgpt to source and evaluate (in a way that's customized to my individual needs, spaces, tastes, etc.) everything from lightly used appliances to countertops to furniture to area rugs to lighting. The advice has been personalized, solid, and discerning ("That FB marketplace midcentury ceramic gourd lamp is indeed amazing, but the glaze is too glossy for your space, and it would read too heavy in that corner; hold out for something better." Or: "That lightly used Bosch dishwasher definitely has all the parts, with minimal wear, and has been sitting in a climate-controlled space. For $300, it's definitely worth grabbing, and you can realistically expect to get 10 years from it.") In this way, I've been able to minimize my environmental footprint -- no factory-made stuff, reuse wherever possible, and a lot less driving/shipping. I don't know what the net destruction is after all of that -- the world is so complicated. But chatgpt has allowed me to buy second-hand with minimal compromises and maximum efficiency.

Also in my job I sometimes get stuck on problems that can only be solved by creative solutions. I don't want chatgpt do the work, but I can explain where I'm stuck and say, "ask me questions that help me find my way toward a solution." The questions that come back are sometimes at a level that I could only get from other professionals (the only people who would understand all the nuances). Thing is, I would never ask another professional to dedicate that kind of time toward my work instead of their own.

At some point, the product will be commercialized -- it will likely start steering me toward products that have been paid for, the way Instagram started dropping ads into everyone's feeds. At that point, I'll stop using it, the same way I stopped using my social media accounts. But for right now, it can't be commercialized, and I'm finding it useful and helpful in a variety of ways. [/quote]

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