I tried using AI. It scared me.

[Tom Mazanec]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPhJbKBuNnA
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Tom Scott


Script assistant: Laura Conlon
No AI assistance was used, except where noted.

ALTERNATE TITLES:
Crypto and the metaverse aren't the future. AI is.
I just wanted to fix my email.
I tried ChatGPT and had a minor existential crisis
Everything is about to change
ChatGPT is Napster, 24 years later.
ChatGPT is 2023's Napster.

CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:07 I just wanted to fix my email
2:39 Gmail's label system sucks
5:35 Wait, I can fix this with code
7:36 It can't be that good, right?
11:31 Everything is going to change

[brosce]

The part about AI being able to fix the email with code is pretty impressive, but I can understand why that level of capability feels unsettling. It really does show how quickly these tools are changing.Broken Screen