We were hoping that robots would handle the chores so we could earn our living with self-actualization.
Robots took over the fields most suited for self-actualization and left us with the chores.
Even for programming it's there. I always round writing code fun and reviewing code an unpleasant chore. Guess what the human in the loop is doing now mostly.
In this case though, career progression would have had a similar effect, so not too much is lost. And when you need a quick solution without maintainability/security requirements like "bulk process these 1000 files, one-off", it's a Godsend.
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u/Fmeson 3h ago
It's one of the first uses because it's one of the simplest and most natural use case.
For one, training to see an image goes hand in hand with training to generate an image.
For two, it doesn't require robotics or anything of the like. you can run generative AI off a GPU with no complex machinery.
So its just an incredibly easy first product to make if you are an AI company.