I want to respond to one particular point:
On 7/16/25 04:30, Jean Louis wrote:
[...]
There will be a day when AI is actually productively helpful, but
that's not today for most things.
Well maybe not for you, I respect the opinion, though many of people I
know using Large Language Models (LLM) have got tremendous assistance,
that they couldn't complete themselves otherwise. It would need too
large number of people, and for individual on university, it wouldn't
be even possible making those projects.
[...]
I have some serious difficulties using a computer due to some
neurological issues. I can type at about 0.5 - 1.0 key-stroke/second.
Using a mouse is even more problematic. Clicking a button can take
anywhere from 5sec to 1min or more. I can, however, talk/speak okay. I
had thought, therefore, that using today's AI/LLM technology would allow
me to use a computer much more efficiently by simply telling it what I
wanted to do. No such luck.
First, the only reasonably-Free voice control software I could find was
the Numen project (see https://sr.ht/~geb/numen/ ). After building it
from source (there is no pre-built package for the GNU/Linux
distributions I use) and modifying the configuration files to suit my
taste, I ran some tests to compare it against my "normal" computer use.
The results were seriously underwhelming. It was no faster than me just
using the computer unaided. The problem seems to be that Numen makes so
many mistakes that correcting them negates any gains from the times when
it gets everything right.
Granted, my evidence is purely anecdotal. Also, there are clearly
people for which even this level of functionality would be a big plus.
Still. If AI/LLM can't provide _me_ any productivity gains in
performing such elementary tasks, why should I believe it would do any
better at much more complicated tasks, and/or for people without my
disabilities?
Just my $0.02.
Cheers
Leland
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