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I disagree, partially. Yes, we are tired of the hype, but we are also tired of the focus on generative AI. I don't want AI to write stories, make pictures or be my girlfriend. Those are things best left to humans. I want AI to optimize my home or business's HVAC, help with database administration, tell me what I can cook with the random stuff in my fridge, maybe even help with project management. We're getting there, but the spotlight needs to turn from the "creative" tasks to the boring administrative tasks we don't want to do.

We're not sick of AI. We're sick of it being used for the wrong things.

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Sure, but the companies have a different plan. The creative and skilled tasks are also where you have to hire the most expensive employees to do the job, and so cutting them is a dream for most investors. From a pure business standpoint the things "best left to humans" are the ones where the human is the cheapest option for the same result. Nothing more, nothing less.

You are correct. My comment could also be read as "we are sick of companies putting profits over people with this disasterously cancerous 'growth at all costs' mindset." The AI boom is just the latest boil on our collective behinds, with that in mind.

I 100% agree with you, it shows the limit of the system we've built and something might need to change

Your desires are exactly where I've been working. I've been considering calling the company "Boring AI: productivity tools for real work" or something like that. I've been integrating LLMs into the internal structure of applications, so you can actually tell a spreadsheet bot "hey, I need this DNA table used to color a graph using this address table of people in this area" and a spreadsheet with graph is generated in under a minute. Likewise, I've integrated a collection of 'bot attorneys that can provide serious legal advice, and is in use at an immigration law firm.

This sounds great. If you habe a development blog or github, etc, I'd love to follow along.

Also, random idea for the company name; EnnuAI. A play on "ennui" promoting something like "hey, we do the tedious and boring stuff so you don't have to!"

Not much of a marketer myself, but thought I'd throw it your way.

I don't have a dev blog. Takes too much time to keep it up to date, and my github repos are private. But I discuss that I'm doing in a few places: https://blog.blakesenftner.com/blog/13 https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-cat-really-concerned-ai-bl...

When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail. This definitely applies with the current state of AI.

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