Artificial Intelligence/Assistants/ChatGPT/Gemini etc

gallsman · May 15, 2024, 10:44:49 AM

Had a look around but couldn't find a specific topic on this. The pace of change is absolutely absurd. Chat-GPT 4o announced this week and then Google come out with this. Terrifying/fascinating.

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1790433540548558853

NAG1 · May 15, 2024, 02:09:23 PM

Quote from: gallsman on May 15, 2024, 10:44:49 AMHad a look around but couldn't find a specific topic on this. The pace of change is absolutely absurd. Chat-GPT 4o announced this week and then Google come out with this. Terrifying/fascinating.

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1790433540548558853

What if anything is anyone using these for? thinking more in the work setting

gallsman · May 15, 2024, 02:21:26 PM

We have pilots going on at the minute using the Copilots in excel and PowerPoint. A lot of it being used to do and/or proof coding.

HiMucker · May 15, 2024, 02:25:07 PM

Quote from: NAG1 on May 15, 2024, 02:09:23 PM
Quote from: gallsman on May 15, 2024, 10:44:49 AMHad a look around but couldn't find a specific topic on this. The pace of change is absolutely absurd. Chat-GPT 4o announced this week and then Google come out with this. Terrifying/fascinating.

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1790433540548558853

What if anything is anyone using these for? thinking more in the work setting

"tell me is that work related what NAG1 is doing on his computer...."

lurganblue · May 15, 2024, 03:00:34 PM

Quote from: NAG1 on May 15, 2024, 02:09:23 PM
Quote from: gallsman on May 15, 2024, 10:44:49 AMHad a look around but couldn't find a specific topic on this. The pace of change is absolutely absurd. Chat-GPT 4o announced this week and then Google come out with this. Terrifying/fascinating.

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1790433540548558853

What if anything is anyone using these for? thinking more in the work setting

I know people who have used them to help write end of year performance reviews.

NAG1 · May 15, 2024, 03:21:53 PM

Quote from: HiMucker on May 15, 2024, 02:25:07 PM
Quote from: NAG1 on May 15, 2024, 02:09:23 PM
Quote from: gallsman on May 15, 2024, 10:44:49 AMHad a look around but couldn't find a specific topic on this. The pace of change is absolutely absurd. Chat-GPT 4o announced this week and then Google come out with this. Terrifying/fascinating.

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1790433540548558853

What if anything is anyone using these for? thinking more in the work setting
"tell me is that work related what NAG1 is doing on his computer...."

tbrick18 · May 15, 2024, 04:51:38 PM

Quote from: NAG1 on May 15, 2024, 02:09:23 PM
Quote from: gallsman on May 15, 2024, 10:44:49 AMHad a look around but couldn't find a specific topic on this. The pace of change is absolutely absurd. Chat-GPT 4o announced this week and then Google come out with this. Terrifying/fascinating.

https://x.com/GoogleDeepMind/status/1790433540548558853

What if anything is anyone using these for? thinking more in the work setting

We use them to help collate information for tenders - so for example, we can ask our AI where we have previously done x, y and z and it will give us a written response with direct links to previous bids or case studies. It definately saves a lot of time.

We also have a private ChatGPT we use in writing tenders. We'd use it to reword reducing word count, as an example.

In both cases, they only give you a starter for 10. Wouldn't, and shouldn't, just copy and paste the output as fact. It certainly needs sanitised and reviewed for use as sometimes it comes back with nonsense. In general though, it saves a lot of time in writing bid documents.

seafoid · May 15, 2024, 07:30:54 PM

There is a lot of spin about AI but it's not clear if it will be the gamechanger that people expect. It uses a lot of computer power to find patterns in things and a lot of output is nonsense.

imtommygunn · May 15, 2024, 08:16:30 PM

It seems to be having a big impact on marketing and things like writing contracts. Software wise it can write code for you but that's based on the bank of data you have so new stuff not as much but I am sure that will improve.

It can give you garbage but there is a real skill to getting what you want out of it too.

93-DY-SAM · May 15, 2024, 09:46:01 PM

They slap AI on everything now as a marketing gimmick. From TVs, fridges, washing machines etc. None of that contains true AI. Very little actually does.

Milltown Row2 · May 15, 2024, 10:17:03 PM

Quote from: 93-DY-SAM on May 15, 2024, 09:46:01 PMThey slap AI on everything now as a marketing gimmick. From TVs, fridges, washing machines etc. None of that contains true AI. Very little actually does.

We have it on our products too, can be off putting for some

tbrick18 · May 17, 2024, 11:42:47 PM

Quote from: imtommygunn on May 15, 2024, 08:16:30 PMIt seems to be having a big impact on marketing and things like writing contracts. Software wise it can write code for you but that's based on the bank of data you have so new stuff not as much but I am sure that will improve.

It can give you garbage but there is a real skill to getting what you want out of it too.

In the software space we've used AI to help modernise code, taking something like cobol and writing an equivalent. We had some good results out of it but it's not perfect. It does generally get the gist of what existing code is doing but you are right, all depends on the learned information.

Also seen some really good use cases on predictive maintenance on equipment or vehicles like trucks and cranes. Certainly can provide real efficiencies there.

There is some really cool stuff, but a lot of what you here about is generative AI based which isn't as exciting imo.

Where its really cool is when it's able to tell you something you would not have worked out without ai.