At work I know some that will take the AI transcript from zoom and put it into Miro, Chatgpt, Gemini, or Notion and have it create a mind map, flow chart, or a bulleted work list.

They still have to go through and clean things up, but it still saves hours.

Boilerplate code is where it rocks. The syntax for that API function you use once every 5 years and no way remember, it's got you covered. It can knock out helper functions like a boss too. Nothing complex, that takes too long to fix, but the text filter and type conversion stuff is quicker than typing them out yourself.

On Thursday I attended a company-wide meeting wherein several coworkers tried (with mixed results) to persuade the rest of the company to start using AI. The primary way they did so was by listing incidents in which they'd found it useful.

One of the examples was (mildly paraphrased) "our other coworker is old, so he knows things like Tom Sawyer. He said he thought I was pulling a Tom Sawyer, trying to convince him to paint the fence."

I respect the person who was giving that speech, they seem very knowledgeable, but hearing that they had to ask AI what that meant was just upsetting.

That said, I guess one use for AI is deciphering idioms?

Chatgpt has been useful for me to look up for related DJs, like I saw this DJ Ziggy and it show me a couple of other DJs of the Netherlands Bubbling scene.

It's good at giving a new perspective or helping mental blocks.

It's a good starting point, never the final product.