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I've always felt hesitant and reluctant to disclose my use of AI to colleagues, superiors, or anyone at work. I've felt somewhat guilty about it but never fully understood why. But now I finally feel like my thought process on using AI for work and productivity have been clearly articulated in a way I couldn't put together, so thank you for putting this out!
Thank you for that! That's actually exactly the use case I was hoping for! I know myself and a lot of others have been unsure on how open to be about AI and I really hope this video will help others either commit to keeping it to themselves more confidently or at least give them the chance to better justify why using AI really isn't and shouldn't be seen as a negative. I think honestly, it's some kind of "Imposter Syndrome" off-shoot, we're simply using a tool and service to better our abilities but because it feels like a brand new short-cut, it's been common to see people feeling guilty. I just can't see a future where being efficient working alongside AI will ever be a bad thing, so I'm just gonna happily keep going! :)
You're so right - imposter syndrome describes it perfectly. That, paired with the arrogant attitudes I've encountered in academia (which I consider to be extremely archaic in various facets), has resulted in a lot of negativity when I've tried to leverage the opportunities that all these new AI technologies have provided us. Unfortunately however, many academics see it as "cheating", likely for a long time until they begin to fall behind from dismissing it so forthrightly. I hope we move past this arrogantly limited perspective. There's so much potential if we approach AI in a thoughtful and methodical manner.
I use AI extensively in my job and my boss not only knows about it, but is actively working to have everyone adopt it into their workflow if possible. He’s a 70 some odd year old man, and embraces AI.
That’s awesome to hear and honestly how I think it should be everywhere! Unfortunately I think those bosses open to it are few and far between. The “if possible” is definitely important too, it won’t work for all, but for those who can adopt it, it should be a global “bump” in productivity that you’d think bosses would be keen to see. I’m glad to hear you’re being encouraged, sounds like you have a good boss!
Services like ChatGPT certainly made steps forward when they allowed: "Do Not Retain My Messages" - which counters a lot of the concern of "business data" being used as training data. But let's be honest, there's always a risk when using 3rd party software for business data. I think it'll come down to the user to work out the level of sensitivity of the notes they add. I've heard others state that using services like Google Bard should be / feel no different to using Google Docs to type notes but I can still understand the concern there also. I also think there's probably safety in using AI services from bigger more heavily scrutinised companies like Microsoft that are less likely to have breaches or bad players in-house. Personally as long as i'm not sending intellectual property like mine or someone else's code, I tend to feel confident using the services but have definitely found myself using Bard and Bing for the more sensitive requests.
I think its very intressting and very deep dive into 5 months ago. I use AI pretty much everyday. I am working as Developer, but i dont tell my coleagues that i use such things like Cursor (AI Code Editor) or Chat GPT too write stuff like emails. If i tell them, they might think i don't wanna be working, but in reality you learn alot as developer. Its not like copy pasting, its showing you option and because of that you think different and have own approaches,
Yes, exactly this! Others that may not know a great deal about AI tools available will just jump to a negative conclusion, and I can't really blame them. But a lot of the time they're missing the fact that there's still a lot of hand-holding needed to get code suggestions that are accurate or to get reports that match the right tone and language. The prompts I use for taking a load of code and producing additional code for it, they took me a good 8 weeks to get perfect and now strip a good 20% work time off my load. But it's hard to explain to someone else how much effort went into perfecting that prompt!
And you're absolutely right about the developer side of it, it's something that I hope most developers can understand. We've all taken code written by others on the same project or taken code off stackoverflow and tweaked it to match what we needed. I think AI helping in code can be thought of as a streamlined stackoverflow process thats tailored to you.
As an enterpreneur it is beneficial to mention that I'm using AI to do some of the work. Then clients know that I have modern methods and I'm more productive than comptetitors
I actually think this is one of the best reasons to actually be open, I believe AI gives you a competitive edge and if that’s specifically what your clients are looking for then being open in this situation is definitely a positive!
People want to brag when they say they are using AI. Just like when mobile phones were new people made sure that others see them, also same with smart phones
I have used it twice in my life, once to attempt to translate "El Reino Del Revés" (I kept a single line), and once when a professor demanded it for a Law essay after those two lawyers got sanctioned. I have had to stop colleagues from using it behind my back more than seven times.
No matter your position on AI powered tools, keeping them in your toolbox and knowing how to use them proficiently can help you become more functionally effective, no question in my mind about that. A lot of fear is arguably derived from the abuse of AI, which leads people in general to be more easily trusting of those who demonstrate a nuanced stance on AI and its ethics, and solely declaring that you use AI, that does not facilitate that image.
Haha! I do completely agree, a year or so down the line a lot of job listings will include ai and a lot of staff will be openly using it in offices. The difference between “Experts” & “juniors with ai” will definitely be blurred. We’ll either be getting paid for the same work that takes less effort or being paid more for a full workload of ai supported tasks. We’re just in that weird early adoption stage where I think people have gotta weigh up the risks, annoying as it is.
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I've always felt hesitant and reluctant to disclose my use of AI to colleagues, superiors, or anyone at work. I've felt somewhat guilty about it but never fully understood why. But now I finally feel like my thought process on using AI for work and productivity have been clearly articulated in a way I couldn't put together, so thank you for putting this out!
Thank you for that! That's actually exactly the use case I was hoping for!
I know myself and a lot of others have been unsure on how open to be about AI and I really hope this video will help others either commit to keeping it to themselves more confidently or at least give them the chance to better justify why using AI really isn't and shouldn't be seen as a negative.
I think honestly, it's some kind of "Imposter Syndrome" off-shoot, we're simply using a tool and service to better our abilities but because it feels like a brand new short-cut, it's been common to see people feeling guilty.
I just can't see a future where being efficient working alongside AI will ever be a bad thing, so I'm just gonna happily keep going! :)
You're so right - imposter syndrome describes it perfectly. That, paired with the arrogant attitudes I've encountered in academia (which I consider to be extremely archaic in various facets), has resulted in a lot of negativity when I've tried to leverage the opportunities that all these new AI technologies have provided us. Unfortunately however, many academics see it as "cheating", likely for a long time until they begin to fall behind from dismissing it so forthrightly. I hope we move past this arrogantly limited perspective. There's so much potential if we approach AI in a thoughtful and methodical manner.
I use AI extensively in my job and my boss not only knows about it, but is actively working to have everyone adopt it into their workflow if possible. He’s a 70 some odd year old man, and embraces AI.
That’s awesome to hear and honestly how I think it should be everywhere! Unfortunately I think those bosses open to it are few and far between.
The “if possible” is definitely important too, it won’t work for all, but for those who can adopt it, it should be a global “bump” in productivity that you’d think bosses would be keen to see.
I’m glad to hear you’re being encouraged, sounds like you have a good boss!
How do you look at the privacy aspect of sending, for example, ChatGPT/OpenAI your meeting notes?
Services like ChatGPT certainly made steps forward when they allowed: "Do Not Retain My Messages" - which counters a lot of the concern of "business data" being used as training data. But let's be honest, there's always a risk when using 3rd party software for business data.
I think it'll come down to the user to work out the level of sensitivity of the notes they add. I've heard others state that using services like Google Bard should be / feel no different to using Google Docs to type notes but I can still understand the concern there also.
I also think there's probably safety in using AI services from bigger more heavily scrutinised companies like Microsoft that are less likely to have breaches or bad players in-house.
Personally as long as i'm not sending intellectual property like mine or someone else's code, I tend to feel confident using the services but have definitely found myself using Bard and Bing for the more sensitive requests.
Very helpful, Thanks!
I think its very intressting and very deep dive into 5 months ago.
I use AI pretty much everyday. I am working as Developer, but i dont tell my coleagues that i use such things like Cursor (AI Code Editor) or Chat GPT too write stuff like emails.
If i tell them, they might think i don't wanna be working, but in reality you learn alot as developer. Its not like copy pasting, its showing you option and because of that you think different and have own approaches,
Yes, exactly this!
Others that may not know a great deal about AI tools available will just jump to a negative conclusion, and I can't really blame them. But a lot of the time they're missing the fact that there's still a lot of hand-holding needed to get code suggestions that are accurate or to get reports that match the right tone and language.
The prompts I use for taking a load of code and producing additional code for it, they took me a good 8 weeks to get perfect and now strip a good 20% work time off my load. But it's hard to explain to someone else how much effort went into perfecting that prompt!
And you're absolutely right about the developer side of it, it's something that I hope most developers can understand. We've all taken code written by others on the same project or taken code off stackoverflow and tweaked it to match what we needed.
I think AI helping in code can be thought of as a streamlined stackoverflow process thats tailored to you.
This guy is using AI like he is one!😮
As an enterpreneur it is beneficial to mention that I'm using AI to do some of the work. Then clients know that I have modern methods and I'm more productive than comptetitors
I actually think this is one of the best reasons to actually be open, I believe AI gives you a competitive edge and if that’s specifically what your clients are looking for then being open in this situation is definitely a positive!
Very cool channel mate, i like the videos alot!
Thanks @dreamslol - appreciate that mate! :) Glad you're enjoying them
People want to brag when they say they are using AI. Just like when mobile phones were new people made sure that others see them, also same with smart phones
How often do you use AI? 🤔
My dad uses it to write emails all the time
Never 😏
mine too@@apollochaoz ! Text to speech on his phone to get an email written quickly if it's work and nothing personal.
I have used it twice in my life, once to attempt to translate "El Reino Del Revés" (I kept a single line), and once when a professor demanded it for a Law essay after those two lawyers got sanctioned. I have had to stop colleagues from using it behind my back more than seven times.
No matter your position on AI powered tools, keeping them in your toolbox and knowing how to use them proficiently can help you become more functionally effective, no question in my mind about that.
A lot of fear is arguably derived from the abuse of AI, which leads people in general to be more easily trusting of those who demonstrate a nuanced stance on AI and its ethics, and solely declaring that you use AI, that does not facilitate that image.
new video!!
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Or you can tell them? Become the expert and x8 your pay when you drive the push to use AI while laughing your way to bank...
Haha! I do completely agree, a year or so down the line a lot of job listings will include ai and a lot of staff will be openly using it in offices. The difference between “Experts” & “juniors with ai” will definitely be blurred.
We’ll either be getting paid for the same work that takes less effort or being paid more for a full workload of ai supported tasks.
We’re just in that weird early adoption stage where I think people have gotta weigh up the risks, annoying as it is.
Nice Dayan pfp too ;)
This video sounds like it was written and spoken by ai. Nothing against it, just an observation.
I'll take it as a kinda half compliment, thanks! xD
Ur mother.
Lmao😂