Three days in and I'm worn out!

[rosa_heartlily]

However did I manage FIVE days in the office? I think I'm just suffering from BTWitis. I think I said the other day I wasn't really ready to go back at all. And I had a particularly early start today, which didn't help. However, using ChatGPT REALLY helped with the minutes from my 9am meeting. It doesn't do the whole job - eg, it doesn't write directly into my template - but it condenses the conversation into a few bullet points, which is at least half of the job.

I then took an early lunch and popped into the super-ethical Lush for some Sweet Wild Orange hand cream (it smells AMAZING) and the rather less ethical Primark for new slippers (although they are made with 50% recycled polyester). Then it was back to the office for a webinar on building the perfect PMO and the monthly cascade meeting. Our CIO's boss did a presentation on how our department supports the work of the whole uni (because apparently some of my colleagues don't understand their contribution... but it was actually really interesting), and talked about how we've pivoted in the last year from trying to stop students from using AI to finding ways to use it as a 'force for good'.

I've also joined an online community that is all about learning more about AI. Having pretty much ignored it up until about a month ago, I'm suddenly in it up to my neck! It's one of those things where it's just impossible to put the genie back in the bottle. We have to find ways of working with it or it really will overwhelm us.

And I managed to make some progress with Sea of Stars, which I haven't touched in two whole days! My chat buddy who started playing before me is waaay behind me, now :D

Comments

[lassarina]

I really wish that more people would focus on using AI for what it *is* good at (data analysis) and not what it *isn't* (trying to "replace" creative work, by stealing input). There are some super cool things being done with it in e.g. the medical sphere, but it's going to get overwhelmed by the theft. But I am not particularly getting on that soapbox at the moment.

I strongly feel you with the "don't wanna go back." I have managed to evade the office for two weeks, but I'm gonna have to go back Tuesday (still only 2 days a week) and given it will be 5 degrees Fahrenheit, I am not enthused.

[rosa_heartlily]

I saw a headline today (didn't read the article) that said AI could be used to analyse climate change data. That could do some REAL good.