[only-one1701]

Without phones, we couldn’t talk to people across great distances (oversimplification but you get it).

Without Generative AI, we couldn’t…?

[simianwords]

Whats the big deal in talking to people across great distances? We can live without it.

[shepherdjerred]

Are you really implying that generative AI doesn't enable things that were not previously possible?

[jamiek88]

Name some then! I initially scoffed too but I can only think of stuff LLM’s make easier not things that were impossible previously.

[Larrikin]

It's actually a fair question. There are software projects I wouldn't have taken on without an LLM. Not because I couldn't make it. But because of the time needed to create it.

I could have taken the time to do the math to figure out what the rewards structure is for my Wawa points and compare it to my car's fuel tank to discover I should strictly buy sandwiches and never gas.

People have been making nude celebrity photos for decades now with just Photoshop.

Some activities have gotten a speed up. But so far it was all possible before just possibly not feasible.

[queenkjuul]

For the most part, it hasn't. What do you consider previously impossible, and how is it good for the world?

[freejazz]

> were not previously possible?

How obtuse. The poster is saying they don't enable anything of value.

[solid_fuel]

Can you name one thing generative AI enables that wasn't previously possible?