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> AI is showing the most benefit on highly technical tasks

It must be truly abysmal everywhere else then, because it doesn't show much value on highly technical tasks when I try.

Is it really unthinkable that you could be using it in domains different than those that provide value to other people?

My sister, who is a pretty technical kinesiology PhD student, does not know how to input Alt+F4 and insists that is esoteric knowledge. There's a litmus test for how out of touch HN users may be with the way normal people use computers.

Exactly, and of course there's a relevant xkcd (Average Familiarity) https://xkcd.com/2501/

I meet a non-technical woman using it all day long to help manage a landscaping business. This was a data point for me.