• alaphic@lemmy.world
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    17 days ago

    I still have yet had anyone be able to tell me exactly what value AI brings to the table, other than as customer facing chat bots they can use while firing their actual CS departments

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      17 days ago

      That’s ridiculous. It’s possible to recognize the technology has many good uses, but complain how it has been hyped too much.

      For example: AI-driven materials discovery uses machine learning to analyze chemicals and materials, allowing scientists to find and design new compounds much faster than humans could through traditional trial and error.

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        17 days ago

        The current hype and the massive investments are about generative AI, not the actually-useful-for-humanity applications.

        Image recognition, medical research etc. are not drives the current market. It’s about offering a service that the broad masses use continuously. Otherwise these investments don’t make sense.

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          17 days ago

          But I guess all they could think of was Chatbots. It just shows that very few people actually know what AI is doing beyond what they see in the news. I’m not thrilled how the rollout is going of course, but I recognize that there are good aspects