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User questions widespread adoption of generative AI tools

The author expresses a lack of personal engagement with generative AI tools, having used chatbots and text-to-image generators for minimal durations. They found these technologies unimpressive, unnecessary, and not worth their environmental cost, leading them to avoid even using AI for web searches. This perspective contrasts with the frequent discussions about generative AI systems within their online community, prompting the author to consider studying the phenomenon further. AI

IMPACT Highlights a contrarian viewpoint on AI adoption, suggesting a disconnect between public discourse and individual user experience.

RANK_REASON User opinion piece on AI, not a significant industry event.

Read on Mastodon — sigmoid.social →

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User questions widespread adoption of generative AI tools

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Unless forced upon me—e.g., in customer support scenarios—to this day I've only ever used a chatbot for about fifteen minutes and a text-to-image tool for about

    Unless forced upon me—e.g., in customer support scenarios—to this day I've only ever used a chatbot for about fifteen minutes and a text-to-image tool for about thirty minutes. Those are my lifetime totals for voluntary use of generative so-called # ArtificialIntelligence . Basic…