"Non-techie" uses of AI...

[wheresmymojo]

I'm thinking about starting a blog or YouTube channel about AI that's aimed at people who are non-techies.

People who have smartphones and/or use laptops and tablets but have no coding experience and might be less familiar with AI like ChatGPT and how they can use it to help them day-to-day both in their personal life and at (non-tech) jobs.

There is tonnes of AI content on YouTube for example but it tends to either focus on people with a specific in-depth interest in AI or people who are at least somewhat into tech.

Also it tends to have a really clickbaitey, overhyped "OMG you wouldn't believe AI can do this one thing!!!!!!" or "How you can make <insert insane amount of money> in 20 seconds with AI!!!!" style which personally I find really annoying.

Do people think there would be interest in this kind of content? It feels like a bit of a gap at the moment?

What sort of topics would be interesting or would you like to see coveted?

Are there particular things you wish AI could help with that would lighten the mental load?

Some initial ideas I've had are:

• How you can use it to create a weekly meal plan and shopping list even if you're fussy about food / have dietary restrictions / have different family members with different food requirements / etc

• Similar to above but for diet plans like keto and within certain calorie limits

• How to use it for common work scenarios like editing an email you've written that's too long or creating content for a work related training course

• How you can use certain prompts to use ChatGPT as a counsellor or life coach (not to replace genuine therapy needs but to work through specific situations or for some advice while waiting for actual therapy for less severe mental health issues)

• Breaking down topics about the issues around AI, what look to be likely scenarios and timescales for the future and the impact of this on the everyday person (these would be labelled separately as some people may prefer to avoid if it makes them anxious). Everything would be linked / referenced to primary source so that it was reliable info.

Sure, why not. Sane advice is always good.

Do remember that the fucking awful clickbaity crap headlines and gurning faces on thumbnails are there because unfortunately they work. Apparently I'm ND enough that I hate them too. But if you're making a go of this, it seems you need to play the same shitty game.

The DM often do the clickbait articles about this.

They've had "I used ChatGPT to"

• diagnose my son's unusual illness
• Devise a meal Plan for $100 per week sort thing

They often refer to a TikTok of someone who did the thing and basically reposted it I think that we will definitely see "I used ChatGPT to choose a Christmas present for X" this year

Personally I am more interested in the scam angle. I've seen people post AI pics and wouldn't always know they were fake. Are there AI equivalents of WhatsApp scams?

Just a heads up, the reason for clickbaity headlines on youtube is for the algorithm to push for views, if you are going to go down that route you will also be doing it if you want to gain any traction whatsoever.

As for your overall suggestion, it might work, but it isn't going to go very far, once you have shown how to ask eg ChatGPT for a meal plan for fussy eaters the rest of your examples are just rehashing the first video but with a different question.

Yeah...I know I will have to play the clickbait game to some extent in the title / thumbnail but trying to avoid continuing the same shit in the actual content.

There are some US based AI update channels I can't bear to watch!

I think there's still quite a lot of content that can be made as people will search for different uses of AI so rarely will they watch your first ever video - they'll find you through different search terms.

Plus there are lots of different ways to frame questions to get the best answers and how you do this for a family meal plan is quite different to writing a work based training course

Some of this will be obvious to those who are already quite comfortable with tech but for someone who is quite unsure / uncomfortable they will want more hand holding.

Thinking of my personal friendship group at the moment - most of them haven't tried ChatGPT yet because 'they aren't sure what they'd use it for' and/or they use it basically like Google which not really getting the full value.

I'd also do intermediate level content aimed at people like me who are non-tech but very comfortable with tech and wanting to understand everything it might be capable of (e.g. using code interpreter on GPT4 which has some amazing use cases).

Best expert guesses right now are that we'll have AGI in the next 5-10 years (and most are towards the lower end of that range) so things are going to move very, very fast and people will want to understand what's changed/happening in plain language.