Safe practice and the ability to ask deep questions, are my primary uses for AI. For dyslexic/Gifted individuals they are a Godsend. You do end up answering questions, but these are conversations that you would never have because of what economists call "the coincidence of wants" (which is one of the reasons why barter doesn't work in practice.) wherein, nobody else is available or interested in having such a conversation. I have literally been in a room swarming in financial types, talking to a full partner at Barclays Investment Bank, about interest rate targeting, where he said, "but you'd know more about that than I do" refused to be drawn further. Economics is/was a hobby. Just as AI, neuroscience and consciousness are now. Having an AI you can ask deep questions too is amazing. I literally asked Maya (Gemini) for details on how to do Jungian psychotherapy as a Neurodivergent and she produced a prompt for Deep Research. That gave me a tailored 35 page report. As well as rigged out an instance to interpret results for introspection, or questions,etc. AI has given me experiences, and helps me meet needs I never knew I had, it's miraculous.
Safe practice and the ability to ask deep questions, are my primary uses for AI. For dyslexic/Gifted individuals they are a Godsend. You do end up answering questions, but these are conversations that you would never have because of what economists call "the coincidence of wants" (which is one of the reasons why barter doesn't work in practice.) wherein, nobody else is available or interested in having such a conversation. I have literally been in a room swarming in financial types, talking to a full partner at Barclays Investment Bank, about interest rate targeting, where he said, "but you'd know more about that than I do" refused to be drawn further. Economics is/was a hobby. Just as AI, neuroscience and consciousness are now. Having an AI you can ask deep questions too is amazing. I literally asked Maya (Gemini) for details on how to do Jungian psychotherapy as a Neurodivergent and she produced a prompt for Deep Research. That gave me a tailored 35 page report. As well as rigged out an instance to interpret results for introspection, or questions,etc. AI has given me experiences, and helps me meet needs I never knew I had, it's miraculous.
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Thank you what an incredible comment.
Oh...the hope...the horror
The uses of AI and its effects are complex — definitely a lot of room for both hope and horror
And a lot of experimentation, and trying to find use cases in Generative AI that serve our personal needs and not just our professionals tasks.