AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is making inroads on all fronts. There is no doubt that AI is being used more and more, and getting better and better. The question is: Should we be afraid or embrace the new?
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Suddenly AI is used everywhere
Things have moved fast, and now AI is used everywhere. AI was already being used for things like search engines, translation and smart features in mobile phones. Now, we are also inundated with AI-written texts and AI-generated images. In fact, my Facebook feed is over-sold of imaginative images, created in the AI world.
What is 'real'?
Some AI images are entertaining and tickle the imagination. At least that's how I feel when I immediately realise it's an AI image. Then I see from the comments that not everyone got it - many wonder where this imaginative building is.
And the next thing I know, I'm the one who's "fooled". Now there is a label on Instagram that (at least sometimes) tells you that an image is AI-generated. And that's when I realise that images that I thought were "real" are not at all... So, do we really know what is "real" in the digital world?
So good it's fascinating - and scary
AI is so good it's fascinating - and scary. And this is just the beginning, say those in the know. One person says they won a writing competition with an AI-generated text. Another shows art created by AI - at least as good as human art, or maybe better?
The question is whether we wool that AI should take these tasks away from us? One young person we spoke to thinks that we humans should have more time for the fun stuff (art, for example!) and that it would be better if AI helped with the boring stuff (washing the dishes, maybe!?).
New opportunities!
There are also many opportunities, where AI actually can help us with the boring stuff. During this motorhome journey, we meet a woman who is a new motorhome owner. She tells us that she has entered the entire motorhome manual into ChatGPT and that she now can ask questions when she wonders how something works in the motorhome, instead of searching and searching in the manual. Sto smart!
Finding your way in a new world
Whether we like it or not, a new world is coming, and it's coming fast. AI offers a lot of possibilities, which we, at least, are not quite able to grasp.
At the same time, it's a bit scary. Especially when it comes to social media and news feeds. How will we know today (and in the future!) what is "real"? When AI can create texts, images, art, music and personalities, what is what?
Is it a real picture you see? Is it a real person you are following? Is the news true or just part of a fake campaign for political or economic purposes?
So, should you be afraid or embrace the new?
So, should you be afraid or embrace the new? What are your thoughts?
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Monica says:
I think this is incredibly cool! Of course, as with anything new and unknown, there are lots of dangers and difficulties. I tried ChatGPT quite directly with a medical report - quite advanced - and was absolutely amazed at the result. Polite and pleasant was the 'them' too, apologising for not being fully up to date on some issues! I like the creativity in picture making too - there are no limits to what it comes up with.
Then you have to be careful and become a source-critical reviewer, of course, and that is certainly not easy already. But it really is a new world that opens up. I also particularly like what can be achieved medically and what incredible diagnostic ability to help doctors already exists. Nothing to be afraid of I think but be vigilant....
12 June 2024 - 9:31
Helena says:
So interesting to read your comment Monica!!! Fascinating what AI can do in the medical field! And probably in a lot of other areas too, that I don't know about. But yes, some vigilance is probably needed at the same time ...!
12 June 2024 - 19:03
Ditte says:
I have tested in a couple of contexts and then got info,. which to 60%was right. But had I not known, had knowledge of what I was looking for, one could easily have thought that it was correct for 100%.
I'm not really afraid, but I'm hesitant and wondering if this is a good thing in all situations. I do not think so. For example, I would not go flying without a captain if the plane was controlled by the AI function.
Agree with your thoughts.
12 June 2024 - 10:53
Helena says:
Glad you've tried it Ditte! I have the same experience, that the facts are not getting right. Then someone told us that we have to input the fact and then ask it to write... After that, I'm thinking that maybe I should use AI in a different way, but I haven't found the right one yet
12 June 2024 - 19:05
BP says:
I welcome AI in the form of pictures/drawings, for example in a blog context, when you do not have your own pictures available. In addition, you do not have to look for suitable illustrations on the net. I also think that you can create really "credible" sketches / graphs for technical and medical reports, among other things.
As for text, I don't know if I'm that impressed, not yet anyway. Saw on the BBC that just about everything that appears in the news nowadays is verified both once and twice, both in terms of text and image.
AI is definitely the future, I'm convinced of that, but in the here and now I don't trust AI yet.
Have you tried this site? http://www.aiornot.com . It is said to tell us what is real and what is AI...
12 June 2024 - 16:31
Helena says:
Can agree in several ways! Pictures can be both fun and useful! (While at the same time we need to rethink, because a picture is no longer "the truth".) As for texts, I think the same. They need to be double-checked by humans, otherwise it won't last (at least not yet). Many thanks for the tip about the site! I wasn't aware of it ...
12 June 2024 - 19:08
Monica says:
Monica here too but think the first to write is Monet, not me.
I agree with what Ditte and BP say. You have to keep track.
A perhaps harmless text that has been written over and over again by a number of columnists is about the 15-year-old who is now graduating and will study at KI if she is accepted as Sweden's youngest ever future doctor.
Over and over it says she was born in 2007 so will be 17 this year. Why doesn't anyone change it I think, but then see, it's all an AI composition. You have to keep track
12 June 2024 - 19:15
Helena says:
Yes, you are two Monica who comment sometimes 🙂 I see the different email addresses when I approve the comment, but outwardly only the name you write is visible. And yes, it is probably so that you have to have some control. There are lots of good things on the net, but also things of poor quality and even things that have the purpose of misleading ...
13 June 2024 - 9:10