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One area that I think AI could really help with is giving people help handling stress. Over the years I have had many people confide in me about things that are bothering them and I am not any better qualified to help them than they are themselves. Americans spend about $280 billion per year on mental health issues and that's less than 1/2 of the people that need the help. More people need help and can't afford it or can't get help for other reasons than people that actually receive any help. An AI could be there on the phone 24/7 and also be 100% confidential and even anonymous as well. The AI could also detect voice stress. The app could also show progress over time like "24% reduction in utilization of these negative words in the last 6 months". "32% increase in the use of these more positive words in the last 6 months". "40% reduction in voice stress detected...." It could be convenient for those with long commutes to deal with the issues of the day before getting home to the family. Plus giving positive suggestions for dealing with work issues in a more constructive way. I had a coworker commit suicide several years ago. I have always wondered if I could have helped. I had to "hack" into his password protected computer at his wife's request to get his financial information and found his suicide note on the desktop. AI could have helped him by providing someone to listen to his concerns 24/7 and provide alternatives. Plus, if people are already spending $280 Billion per year and 1/2 still aren't getting help there is some $ to be made there. I don't have the $ to build that system, train it, test it, market it, .......But the company that does will make billions immediately. Marketing would not be too difficult on a system like this though as there are tons of first responders and current or former service members that could use help. Giving special groups like that free access would spread the word very quickly if it helped people.

My concern is once AI is actually good enough to drive vehicles better and safer than humans can, where will drivers find work? Once AI can code better than coders can, where will coders find work? and on and on with nearly all professions. How will society change over the next 20 years as we can keep society going with fewer and fewer people needed to work? Some people see that as a Star Trek like utopia future where everyone benefits from the gains in efficiency. I am worried that it won't work out quite that well. Insert whatever dystopian scenario fears you have here and they just might fit. Admittedly, this may not be the right thread for these concerns. This thread is about day-to-day.

I have tried getting AI to write code but so far the code it has written is so bad that I spend more time fixing it than I would have spent writing it from scratch. However, when I wonder "how do I do this in code?", AI has been useful showing me things in 5-10 minutes that I would have spent hours searching for online. Essentially a much better search engine with relevant examples. I have found that as long as you can ask it for simple things it's fine. If you start giving it detailed instructions it gets confused and the output deteriorates quickly as complexity increases. It is getting better very quickly though and I see amazing and also terrifying potential in AI. In the absolute best case scenario we need to find jobs for about 75% of people or deal with people only working 10 hours per week. Because AI if it keeps progressing will be able to do most of our jobs if not all if you include advances in robotics in 10 years or so.

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I’d love to be that talented. These are prints on canvas.

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I have a collection of 8 canvases each one is 24”x24”. I have wool backing behind the canvas to help absorb echos. asking $100 for the set OBRO. Will also be willing to trade for 9mm ammo.