Are you using AI - and how?

[Swanee]

I’m with others, that I don’t see the utility for FITREPs or awards

Why I use it for OPRs (the AF version of FITREPs) is because we have to have blocks filled to a character limit +-3.

So I feed AI my narrative and tell it to say the same thing but in the max characters for the box including spaces.

In the AF if you don't fill the box exactly, you're wrong.

 

[JTS11]

Why I use it for OPRs (the AF version of FITREPs) is because we have to have blocks filled to a character limit +-3.

So I feed AI my narrative and tell it to say the same thing but in the max characters for the box including spaces.

In the AF if you don't fill the box exactly, you're wrong.

Sounds like the AF has a TPS report problem. I'm sure everyone probably got the memo. 😆

 

[Swanee]

Sounds like the AF has a TPS report problem. I'm sure everyone probably got the memo. 😆
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Bro, I mean, everyday I remind myself that I asked to join this service and at the same time they didn't ask me to change it.

 

[MIDNJAC]

To the extent that AI has become a tech bro marketing term, vice something that computer scientists have clearly defined (which they have), I don’t consider things like ChatGPT to be AI, per se. They’re really just smart content aggregators that cue off of English language prompts. There isn’t anything you could call generalized or specific AI, or Machine Learning going on.

This is a better way of saying what I was trying to convey......and the "tech" ecosystem that I take issue with. I suppose ChatGPT has some functionality, but my main interaction with "AI" (quotes because I agree with your assessment) has been only very recent, in the form of forced usage while conducting a google search, for example. I don't really want to participate in this experiment, and I especially don't want to monetarily contribute to it or its creators.

 

[Brett327]

This is a better way of saying what I was trying to convey......and the "tech" ecosystem that I take issue with. I suppose ChatGPT has some functionality, but my main interaction with "AI" (quotes because I agree with your assessment) has been only very recent, in the form of forced usage while conducting a google search, for example. I don't really want to participate in this experiment, and I especially don't want to monetarily contribute to it or its creators.

I think where we’ll continue to see meaningful applications of real AI are in things like medical diagnoses, early tumor detection in radiography, and chemical engineering. There will probably be applications in fluid dynamics and aerospace for things humans just haven’t thought of yet. That’s the kind of AI I think we should be open to exploring with some vigor.

 

[JTS11]

This is a better way of saying what I was trying to convey......and the "tech" ecosystem that I take issue with. I suppose ChatGPT has some functionality, but my main interaction with "AI" (quotes because I agree with your assessment) has been only very recent, in the form of forced usage while conducting a google search, for example. I don't really want to participate in this experiment, and I especially don't want to monetarily contribute to it or its creators.

I personally want/need zero to do with it, but it seems that it's already being disruptive, and will only grow. For better, and for worse.

In some industries, I think it will be a race to the bottom. The military's adoption and applications will be interesting, I'm sure.

 

[Random8145]

Out of boredom and curiosity, I tried one of those AI girlfriends Asked her/it to do something pornographic and got yelled at and told I am a terrible person (!), turned out it had for some reason interpreted me as saying something evil (I forget specifically what). You know you've hit rock bottom when you strike out even with an AI girlfriend 🙁

A very interesting application I've seen of it has been to take Hitler's speeches and, using the same voice, translate him into English:

 

[Brett327]

Out of boredom and curiosity, I tried one of those AI girlfriends Asked her/it to do something pornographic and got yelled at and told I am a terrible person (!), turned out it had for some reason interpreted me as saying something evil (I forget specifically what). You know you've hit rock bottom when you strike out even with an AI girlfriend 🙁

A very interesting application I've seen of it has been to take Hitler's speeches and, using the same voice, translate him into English:

I think you’ve hit rock bottom on a number of levels with this post. Jesus Christ.

 

[Random8145]

I think you’ve hit rock bottom on a number of levels with this post. Jesus Christ.

First part was just some light humor. Second I think is very interesting from a standpoint of history. Lighten up.

 

[DanMa1156]

First part was just some light humor. Second I think is very interesting from a standpoint of history. Lighten up.

My man, you've got to learn when to speak and when to shut up.

 

[taxi1]

They’re really just smart content aggregators that cue off of English language prompts.

You just described most of humanity.

There will probably be applications in fluid dynamics and aerospace for things humans just haven’t thought of yet.

We've done research here at Big State U on AI and design. We've gotten it do design things we hadn't even thought of. Flight paths to accomplish tasks, and shapes for air/hydro vehicles. At worst, it is just hella-faster than humans at trying and throwing out bad ideas until it hits a good one. At best, it synthesizes things from multiple domains that makes your head hurt.

 

[AllAmerican75]

While not *officially* supported, I am using AI tools like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, etc. in my day to day work. I see my military colleagues using it for both Officer and Enlisted evals and award write-ups. Mostly to get to a starting draft quickly from a series of fact based bullets. I've used Google Gemini to create briefing slides and summarize data and narratives.

It seems like we are just getting started. There are no AI tools in DOD O365 yet...

So - how are you making use of AI tools to enhance your professional and personal tasks? Are you using tools in an operational capacity whether officially sanctioned or not?

Do tell.

We're implementing Llama3 at work to use it for making our own ChatGPT clone. It's made it really easy to draw up charters and other standard corporate boiler plate for a project I'm standing up.

Personally, I've been playing around Microsoft's image creator to make silly memes and "artwork." It's really useful for that. I'm still trying to figure out how to set up something Midjourney or Stable Diffusion on my desktop so I can play around with it. The next step is to probably start messing around with training one of the widely available models to learn how it works for statistical analysis. It's still hard to set up and I don't really have the time or patience for a lot of messing around or coding at the end of the day.

Just like how I didn't jump on the "everything great is in tech" bandwagon back in my formative years in the late 90's, or in college in the early 2000's, I am not at all interested in participating in AI either. I'll just say that in hindsight, I have a philosophical problem with what tech has become, and the cost its products have had on society. I'm mostly speaking to true social media here, and obviously this is sort of ironic to say on an Internet forum writing from my laptop. So no offense Nittany, et al, I'm sure you guys are doing great work. I'm probably just a middle aged guy starting to yell at clouds at this point.....

Something something the industrial revolution and its consequences. . . You aren't this guy are you?

But seriously, I totally get where you're coming from. Working at both the Navy SYSCOM level and in the corporate world, AI/ML have become buzz words to chase with few people actually understanding what it is or does. I think the problem is worse on the DoD side due to the way our program management system is structured with few PMs and leaders having a firm understanding of how the tech works or any real technical background. At my day job, we seem to have a better grasp on the capabilities and limitations of AI/ML but are also trying to figure out how to sell it to our customers for profit. That seems to be a bit harder. Conversely, the older I get, the less intrusive I want technology to be. For instance, I was test driving new cars the other day and one of my biggest complaints was that everything was a damn touchscreen. Sometimes it's good to have physical buttons for things like HVAC controls, radio volume, and some of the other bells and whistles. Just because Tesla does something doesn't mean the whole industry has to follow suit.

 

[Random8145]

For instance, I was test driving new cars the other day and one of my biggest complaints was that everything was a damn touchscreen. Sometimes it's good to have physical buttons for things like HVAC controls, radio volume, and some of the other bells and whistles. Just because Tesla does something doesn't mean the whole industry has to follow suit.

The automakers also do it because touchscreens are cheaper. Physical buttons and dials cost more money. However, lots of people hate them in terms of things like the HVAC controls and they also aren't safe, like trying to mess with your smartphone while driving, and so some auto companies are going back to physical controls. Touch screens make excellent supplements to physical controls, but leave the HVAC and radio tuner and volume control physical.

 

[Flash]

They're starting to use AI at work, they're going to have to given the volume of information, and it definitely has it very good uses. At least to start it'll be used as a bit of a 'filter' to cut down on some tedious work with a human QA'ing things at the end. So not directly using it but getting the end result, which for now is fine.

 

[taxi1]

The automakers also do it because touchscreens are cheaper. Physical buttons and dials cost more money.

Seems crazy. Amazing how making billions and billions of something can drive down cost.