Comment by bigstrat2003

1 month ago

It's not just you. Despite the claims to the contrary by the companies trying to sell you AI, I haven't noticed any serious improvement in the past few years.

They are better at programming and generating pictures.

  • they are better at generating convincing agit-prop and destroying internet discourse.

    and nudes of celebs.

    coding utility is up a little, but was useless for unique situations

    • Interesting. Do you have any specific evidence for your claims, or is it just because they got a bit better in general?

      > and nudes of celebs.

      Well, they got better at not giving people six fingers etc in general. So I can believe that they also got better at producing pictures of naked people.

      > coding utility is up a little, but was useless for unique situations

      They can't code up everything. Just like a hammer can't screw a screw. But there are many situations many people find them useful for?