I use it all the time. It is a good partner to challenge me, when I am looking for other points of view. “I believe x due to y. Challenge my point of view”
It helps me explore a topic fast, so that I know the lingo to search for it myself. I use it for making low stakes decisions where it often succeeds, such as shopping and research for shopping. I validate the results every time.
Is it net negative for society, not sure, maybe? Will it go away, no. So we should embrace it, but not the big tech AI, but smaller LLMs.
It sounds like you’re using them correctly, but a little PSA on safe use
Surprisingly it’s not the people “dating” an AI that get dumber and fall into psychotic loops - it’s the people who let it help them make decisions and brainstorm ideas
Do not use it like a magic eight ball. Use it like a tool, use it like a toy, do not become codependent on the AI
In the “challenge my view” use-case the main danger is it successfully convincing you with false citations.
Be really really careful you don’t let something like that slip. False logic is easier to spot, but LLMs make seemingly valid statements based on false premises all the time.
They’ll even show you equations and stats that are straight up wrong if you double check the math.
That’s because they cannot do math. They are text predictors. They do not even know what the next word they are going to use is.
I know. But they will pretend like they can.