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how tf am i supposed to get any work done now?

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

what's everyone else doing then? isn't it specifically for code?

[–] MangoCats@feddit.it 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know a family that uses it to write sappy greeting card type mini-novels to each other.

Others use it to make graphic promotional flyers (give me a flyer describing this event, time place, activities and illustrate it with pictures of geckos and calla lillies...)

Some (bad) colleagues at work use it to summarize their e-mail inbox, and draft replies when warranted.

I know a woman who has been teaching "Creative Writing" at an online university for 10 years. Her past two crops of students are 99% using it to write their papers.

I'm sure there are day-traders out there using it all kinds of ways to try to gain advantage in the markets.

Customer support is a big one (reading the manuals to the customers) and, sadly, customer engagement - constant contact type messages.

A friend of ours recently took a 3 week vacation in Ireland, gave AI some "hard constraints" that they had to meet and let it plan out their routing, lodging, car rental, train fares, etc.