Close encounters with AI
To be honest I feel quite ambivalent about AI and largely avoid its use, where I can. I opt to ignore the AI information presented within search engines; I don't usually use it to create anything etc etc. I'm worried about copyright issues for instance, and how it's already replacing garden writers with extensive knowledge. Articles can be generated quickly, often with dubious content which is often published without fact checking first. I'm reminded of a central tenet from my time in IT; Garbage In, Garbage Out (aka GIGO), right? However NAH recently benefitted from AI technology when a surgeon assisted by a robot using CT scan data peered deep into his lung and determined the small lump there is benign. I'm also sure my quick result obtained from my breast cancer screening last year was probably sped up by using this technology too. My crafting friends have also used it to answer some of my questions e.g. how to use PVA glue to stiffen a piece of crochet ready f...