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What do you use AI for?

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Whitewavemark2 Fri 15-Aug-25 09:08:55

Clunky title I know.

But I am finding that I am using it more and more not just for information but for fun.

So over the past few weeks or so I’ve got it to create a weeks menu themed on a country specifically for 80 year olds with 1400 cals a day.

This week is Italy, but we’ve had, French week, British week, and Spanish week.

Now I’ve asked it for a weeks menu based on what the King eats šŸ˜„šŸ˜„. Avocado for lunch or nothing, afternoon tea at 5pm and dinner at 8-8.30 bit too late for us..

It will give you a full shopping list as well.

Bit of useless information😊

crazyH Fri 15-Aug-25 11:40:18

What’s AI, what’s what’s Chat GPT ?
Oh gosh I’m soooo far behind 😫

Caleo Fri 15-Aug-25 11:41:29

Whitewavemark2

Caleo

Whitewavemark2

It’s free at the moment, but I bet that won’t last.

So make hay folks!

Chat told me the free edition of Chat makes commercial sense because many so free users go on to buy the paid -for editions .

One thing that worries me about AI is the environmental cost of the 'mother computer' which I understand is the size of a huge block of multistorey flats and consumes more electricity than any other human enterprise. BTW the above is not info from ChatGPT but is merely my own impresssion via my son.

Yes that’s right. Apparently it is using masses and masses of wateršŸ˜³šŸ¤”

Oh yes! And with a world wide water shortage the problem is not solely about Silicone Valley in hot California.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 15-Aug-25 11:48:16

crazyH

What’s AI, what’s what’s Chat GPT ?
Oh gosh I’m soooo far behind 😫

Don’t worry - it’s a doddle - it has to be if you think about it for slow coaches like me.

Go into your app shop put in ChatGPT and down load it.

Off you go!

Just start by asking it a simple question and work up from there .

We are used to it to a degree because we are constantly asking google, but this is a different thing that’s all.

Whitewavemark2 Fri 15-Aug-25 11:56:24

Google Gemini is another.

I’ve never tried that - just downloaded it

BlueBelle Fri 15-Aug-25 12:06:03

That’s really clarified it for me and I now realise why I m not using A1 at the moment
Taking the garden scenario I don’t want someone else ideas for my garden, because then it’s not mine My garden has me stamped on it, it looks exactly how I want it to look it has my lovely wild flowers attracting the bees and other pollinators it has my deck chair where I want it I don’t want or need a robot to tell me where to put flowers or plants
Same with decorations I don’t want someone else telling me that colour goes with that colour I want my colours I want it to be me
I m usually forward thinking with technology I like learning new methods and new ways but this is not appealing to me any more than photoshop which although I can see its uses in some things I want my photos to come from my personality my thoughts my talents not someone else’s
I won’t be bothering with it for now

ExDancer Fri 15-Aug-25 12:18:58

Well, we're farmers and in our world 'AI' has always stood for Artificial Insemination (of cattle).
So I find it a hilarious abbreviation šŸ˜‚

Whitewavemark2 Fri 15-Aug-25 12:19:18

Everyone has choices. Which is good. Don’t you think bluebell ?

But bear with.

The question I had with my garden plan was

I specified plants, I specified design, I specified colour palette etc, what it did was to suggest not just where to place the plants - and I could move them if I so wished, but also what others I could plant and where.

It was my entire choice, but simply the sort of help Monty might give😊

It has worked an absolute treat.

petra Fri 15-Aug-25 12:48:14

Whitewavemark2

Caleo

Whitewavemark2

It’s free at the moment, but I bet that won’t last.

So make hay folks!

Chat told me the free edition of Chat makes commercial sense because many so free users go on to buy the paid -for editions .

One thing that worries me about AI is the environmental cost of the 'mother computer' which I understand is the size of a huge block of multistorey flats and consumes more electricity than any other human enterprise. BTW the above is not info from ChatGPT but is merely my own impresssion via my son.

Yes that’s right. Apparently it is using masses and masses of wateršŸ˜³šŸ¤”

I trust both of you don’t have thousands, tens of thousands of photos in your cloud that you will never look at again.

Caleo
I don’t where your son gets the idea of a huge block of multi story flats look at this video to get the true idea.
As for water consumption look and weep.
Our most precious resource is being used for this.

www.google.com/search?q=how+do+Data+hubs+use+water&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:41c63c92,vid:Vue-svajNaw,st:0

petra Fri 15-Aug-25 12:54:07

AI has been very useful to my daughter ( ironic when you think she tests computer programs before they go to market)
She is in dispute with her company.
AI gave her a letter to give to her company. She tweeted it a bit so her bosses ( all techies) wouldn’t recognise that the letter was AI generated.
Her bosses want to talk again.

crazyH Fri 15-Aug-25 12:55:25

Thanks WW and the input from others šŸ‘

Llamedos13 Fri 15-Aug-25 12:57:35

We had fun with Chat GBT last night turning the grandkids photos of themselves into cartoon characters

InRainbows Fri 15-Aug-25 13:10:34

I asked it to show me what my bathroom would look like a specific colour with and without the ceiling painted. Very useful

Aveline Fri 15-Aug-25 13:22:14

BlueBelle ChatGPT personalises it's suggestions exactly based on you and your specifications. It's really worth giving it a go. You have nothing to lose.

windmill1 Fri 15-Aug-25 14:54:37

AI will steal your soul, your mind and your integrity.

Then the Martians will come for you........

Whitewavemark2 Fri 15-Aug-25 15:10:35

windmill1

AI will steal your soul, your mind and your integrity.

Then the Martians will come for you........

I think they are here!!

Go with the flow

Aveline Fri 15-Aug-25 15:32:34

Turns out the Earth's round and looks are great. Who'd have thought it!
AI research finding antibiotics to beat MRSA and other apparently unbeatable viruses and diseases.

Aveline Fri 15-Aug-25 15:32:44

Looms

Aveline Fri 15-Aug-25 15:33:51

Note: my fault. Didn't check post over before posting. Mind, soul and integrity still all my own!

petra Fri 15-Aug-25 15:56:45

There are people ( mainly women) who ask the BOTS for opinions on what they are wearing 😱

CrazyH
What is being posted o out on here is a teeny weeny part of AI.
There are wonderful things going on in medicine.
Just take mammograms. The BOT can detect more and quicker than any human.
People who need to worry are those working in data processing jobs. AI will do their job in a fraction of the time.

grannyqueenie Fri 15-Aug-25 15:59:55

My life seems to get complicated enough using just the ā€œrealā€ intelligence that I have, such as it is! I dread to think what I could do with AI! grin

BlueBelle Fri 15-Aug-25 16:06:08

I do have something to lose aveline I would lose my spontaneity, my ability to make mistakes and rectify them myself, I don’t want a perfect ā€˜whatever’ , suggested by something else I want it to be my thoughts my rational I don’t want colours or positions chosen or suggested for me the same as I don’t want perfect teeth or plump lips I want to look s bit wonky with a bit of my character showing through

Anyway we re all different but I ll stay as I am for now and look imperfect with a totally imperfect house and a ragingly imperfect garden but all mine out of my head, heart and spirit

libra10 Fri 15-Aug-25 16:07:48

I use Chat GPT mainly for searching, but my son has made some small electronic gadgets using it.

He says it's brilliant; he's made a thermometer, a watch, and other items. It informs you which parts you need, and also does a chart, if needed.

AuntieE Fri 15-Aug-25 16:28:09

As far as I know, I do not use it at all, nor do I intend to.

Caleo Fri 15-Aug-25 16:38:25

petra

Whitewavemark2

Caleo

Whitewavemark2

It’s free at the moment, but I bet that won’t last.

So make hay folks!

Chat told me the free edition of Chat makes commercial sense because many so free users go on to buy the paid -for editions .

One thing that worries me about AI is the environmental cost of the 'mother computer' which I understand is the size of a huge block of multistorey flats and consumes more electricity than any other human enterprise. BTW the above is not info from ChatGPT but is merely my own impresssion via my son.

Yes that’s right. Apparently it is using masses and masses of wateršŸ˜³šŸ¤”

I trust both of you don’t have thousands, tens of thousands of photos in your cloud that you will never look at again.

Caleo
I don’t where your son gets the idea of a huge block of multi story flats look at this video to get the true idea.
As for water consumption look and weep.
Our most precious resource is being used for this.

www.google.com/search?q=how+do+Data+hubs+use+water&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:41c63c92,vid:Vue-svajNaw,st:0

Petra, never quote me! I get the strangest ideas from goodness knows where sometimes.

Aveline Fri 15-Aug-25 16:41:14

Oh BlueBelle you really don't get it. OK stick to what you know. It's all you ever will know.