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Comment by jcylim21

14 days ago

thanks for the feedback @al_borland! this is helpful.

the app worked for my friends since they just thought of it as a game where they could earn bananas and do something with them. I guess I need to figure out a way to keep this "game" interesting for them to keep using it though!

I totally agree that the lack of intrinsic motivation plays a big part in getting things done. Just wondering, how do you usually work on tasks that you find boring?

thanks for sharing your personal experience. It can be frustrating when the AI doesn't provide the information without much context. Which AI has been the most useful to you in your opinion?

> how do you usually work on tasks that you find boring?

Often times, I don't... until it becomes a problem.

If something is the right balance of boring and tedious, I actually like it, if I get started. It becomes something to keep my hands busy while I zone out.

> Which AI has been the most useful to you in your opinion?

I mostly use the Kagi Assistant, which defaults to a Kimi model. I occasionally switch the model (it offers many), just to see if it's better. I'll sometimes use ChatGPT as well, if I am doing something where going beyond a chat is helpful. So far they all seem to have similar weaknesses. Yesterday I was asking it something about baking and it said some stuff that sounded kind of dumb. I asked for more detail and then in contradicted itself in multiple places. When it does stuff like that, which happens a lot, I can find it rather paralyzing if it can't clear things up. I want there to be a "right" answer. When there is a debate on what is right, and it phases it as two different absolutes to create the contradiction, that's a problem. I'd rather it be up front and phrase it has a debate, give the reasons why each side takes their position, the trade offs, and then a recommendation based on circumstances. On the other hand, it will give a wishy-washy answer based on an obscure technically, creating debate where there really is none. It's a hard line to walk and I find that to be the biggest stumbling block I currently have with AI (outside of coding, which has many more stumbling blocks).

  • I see... that totally makes sense! I sometimes love that too, especially when gyming when I rely mostly on my muscle memory. I use that time to listen to podcasts or videos I usually dread watching.

    interesting! I've never heard of that model before, so I'll check it out!thanks for sharing. I guess your issue with AI is mainly the accuracy then I suppose.

    • > I guess your issue with AI is mainly the accuracy then I suppose.

      Yes. If I didn't care about accuracy, I'd just make my own assumptions and hope for the best. If AI can't be accurate, what is the value?