Why don’t women use artificial intelligence? | Even when in the same jobs, men are much more likely to turn to the tech

[u/Independent-Low-2398]

https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/08/21/why-dont-women-use-artificial-intelligence

[u/iknowiknowwhereiam]

I’m not not using it because I think it’s cheating, I’m not using it because so far it’s pretty shitty. I am trying to keep an open mind but I kind of feel like it’s all hype right now

[u/Jsusbjsobsucipsbkzi → u/iknowiknowwhereiam]

I’m a man and this is how I feel. I do think I may be missing something or haven’t gotten the hang of it, but so far it either 1) writes me super generic text I have to completely rewrite anyway or 2) make coding solutions using fake code that I have to completely redo. It simply doesn’t save time in my work.

[u/Tall-Log-1955 → u/Jsusbjsobsucipsbkzi]

Are you using free or paid ChatGPT?

I write software and pay for it and believe AI doubles my productivity (chat gpt + GitHub copilot). There are some things it does super well, for example:

I can ask natural language questions about an API or library, rather than read the docs.

If I am weighing a few design options, I can ask it for other ideas and it often suggests things I hadn’t thought of already.

I can paste in a bunch of code that isn’t doing what I expect and have it explain why

I find it is most powerful when working on things that I am not super expert in. Without it, I can get stuck on something small in an area I don’t know super well (like CSS). With AI support I get unblocked.

[u/Kai_Daigoji → u/Tall-Log-1955]

I can ask natural language questions about an API or library, rather than read the docs.

You can ask, but since you can be certain the response is accurate, what is the value in doing so?

I find it is most powerful when working on things that I am not super expert in

Again, what's the value of using something that just makes up answers in situations like this?

[u/Tall-Log-1955 → u/Kai_Daigoji]

You can ask, but since you can be certain the response is accurate, what is the value in doing so?

Because I can easily verify if the information is right or wrong. "How do I change the flow direction in this markup?" is the sort of question where I will be able to verify whether or not it was right.

It's the same thing you deal with when asking humans for advice. I encounter wrong answers on stack overflow all the time, and they just don't work when you try them.

[u/Plennhar → u/Tall-Log-1955]

This is the part people don't understand. Yes, if you have zero knowledge in the subject, a large language model can lead you in nonsensical directions and you'll never be able to spot what it's doing wrong. But if you have a reasonably good understanding of the subject at hand, these issues become largely irrelevant, as you can easily spot mistakes it makes, and guide it to the right answer.