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 With AI-assisted writing popping up everywhere, I am gratefully surprised when I fire up an editor and find I can just write, stop and think, without being pushed and poked by an AI autocompleting what I should say next.

Most technologies end up reaching saturation; something tells me AI will reach saturation, and its natural counter-movement, much faster than other technologies.
 
 people copy pasting chatgpt replies to reddit thinking its of any interest to readers

in conclusion,
im sorry for the confusion 
 Go fast, no brake, big boom! 
 Just like when everything was going to be smart.
Remember Bluetooth enabled smart waterbottles that sync with your phone?

AI waterbottles will be the top signal. 
 I agree. I'd guess at least half of what we read, is written equally or moreso for expression than information. The market for generating mindless dribble really isn't very broad.  
 writing is thinking 
 MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR KEEPING TO YOUR WORDS I JUST MADE AWAY WITH MY PROFIT DIRECT TO MY ACCOUNT NOW THANK YOU SO MUCH @coachalex0 
 The true AI opportunity is in learning how to use AI properly in your case, i.e making your life more efficient, finding the sweet spot of productivity.

And of course in B2B in general. Lots of opportunities there also. 
 In other words, connecting to our data, finding opportunities for us, etc... For example, AI tools for finding business opportunities, finding the right people, etc. I think this a pretty great usage for AI! 
 only ML actually helps me, and it always gets the grammar wrong with code

it helps because it ranks recent context high so after i input something it often suggests something relevant and sequential, about half the time it is right

but this is not gpt this is machine learning, its weightings are purely statistical and not throw a dice generative 
 AI as it is today is a fad and a bubble and is best used in limited amounts at most.

I've never installed ChatGPT or the like and I'm happy that I've not poked my nose into that ball of yarn. 
 "intelligence" is a misnomer.  The technologies called "AI" are modelled after the human subconscious - adding up weights via pattern matching from a huge database.  There is nothing "intelligent" ("choosing between") about it. 
 That's probably why the "AI" art has a dream like quality. 
 Raw is GOAT