Authenticity, proving authenticity, will be a big deal in future.<p>On another topic, when desktop publishing first came along in the 80s, everyone had a go at it…. anyone with access to a computer threw together documents full of fonts and fancy layout. They looked like crap.<p>Remember Print Shop Pro?<p>In time it became clear that DTP is a tool for expert designers. Same with AI art … everyone is getting fancy pictures done but in time they’ll lose interest and these tools will become tools for designers to drive.
The framing is kind of weird - AI isn't a specific technology to begin with, so someone can't really correctly or incorrectly "discern six ways that artificial intelligence (AI) is used around you every day".
The greatest technological breakthrough we've seen in our lifetimes, it can make our lives so much better. And people can only see potential downsides, it's sad.
I don't know why folks are so freaked out about it. Yes, some of these programs can act somewhat like a person in text but often their output is just garbage. Heck, even AI focused on image generation gets hands wrong much as human artists do (sometimes even worse). It's strange to see folks being freaked out or otherwise surprised by computers. Maybe I'm just too old to care or understand the response.