My friend the data analyst called me out on my AI hobby

I was showing my buddy Mark from work how I use ChatGPT to draft emails and plan meals. He looked at my screen and said "you are just using it to save 5 minutes on stuff you could do yourself, that's not really innovation." That hit me hard because he was right. I got so caught up in the cool factor of AI that I wasn't actually pushing boundaries. Has anyone else shifted from using AI for convenience to using it for actual problem solving?

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victor_adams951mo agoMost Upvoted

That's a tough thing to hear from a friend, but I get why it stuck with you. Mark hit on something real - it's easy to get excited about the novelty without asking if you're actually using the tool for anything meaningful. I fell into that same trap with image generators last year, churning out funny pictures of my dog in a chef's coat instead of using the tech to help me think through a menu or figure out sourcing problems. It took a while before I realized the real value is in the things that make you uncomfortable or take real brainpower, not just the easy shortcuts.

martin.jamie1mo ago

Is it really that deep, though?