> What a bad idea AI therapy is

People will use it, because they don't have money for real therapists, because they also lost their own job. Maybe you can give them free therapy if you think it's a bad idea?

> I don’t know too many people who are using AI art commercially

I see AI stock images absolutely everywhere in the news now, AI portraits all over the place, AI relit product images absolutely everywhere.

> You didn’t need AI for your plumbing. My dad had a whole set of books on household chores

I don't have time to read books when I have a plumbing issue and other shit to do. Normally I'd have paid $200 for a plumber. But with AI I didn't have to read the books, and I was able to solve it myself for $30.

I think current gen AI is junk. I don’t use it. I also don’t see mass job losses over it. Scapegoated? Yes. Actual mass unemployment? No.

Commercially, I typically see AI used in what amount to scams. And no, I don’t believe that anyone should be using it for therapy.

You don’t have time to glance at a diagram in a book but you have time to ask AI and go to Home Depot and do it yourself?

If you’re worried about job loss, pay the plumber.

You could argue that you still put money into the local economy by shopping locally. The money you saved by doing it yourself could be spent locally on dinner and ice cream. Money is fungible.

If you’re concerned about the impacts of AI you could start to mitigate them by choosing not to use AI yourself.

It’s been a few hours. I’ve said all I have to say under this post. I’m going to stop replying now.

You don't have to read the entire book to figure out your one problem, that is what the index is for. Also you could of googled your problem 10 years ago and found the same answer with what, an extra 10 seconds?