Ask HN: What do you use GenAI for in your day to day life?

by vthallamon 8/8/2023, 5:04 PMwith 4 comments

Now that the dust has settled a bit, curious on if this is something that's still useful to you everyday.

by hammockon 8/8/2023, 5:17 PM

Outside of work, I use ChatGPT as a search engine for questions whose answers typically would require synthesis from multiple sources (in other words, won't likely be answered by a singular Google search or article). It's a very successful approach.

Also used Midjourney to insert a nice bedroom background behind a bed for sale on FB Marketplace, and eventually sold the bed for 5x the price I was hoping.

by PUSH_AXon 8/8/2023, 5:13 PM

As a software engineer yes I use it everyday. Boilerplate, straightforward refractors, questions.

It saves me a lot of time, and I’m senior enough to have my wits about me regarding questionable output.