how tf am i supposed to get any work done now?

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    10 hours ago

    i’ve not actually looked at the demographics. is that available somewhere?

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      8 hours ago

      I glanced across one once, I doubt any of the demographics are entirely reliable, but even with the uncertainty it appears that programmers are but a small minority even among Claude users.

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        8 hours ago

        what’s everyone else doing then? isn’t it specifically for code?

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          I know a family that uses it to write sappy greeting card type mini-novels to each other.

          Others use it to make graphic promotional flyers (give me a flyer describing this event, time place, activities and illustrate it with pictures of geckos and calla lillies…)

          Some (bad) colleagues at work use it to summarize their e-mail inbox, and draft replies when warranted.

          I know a woman who has been teaching “Creative Writing” at an online university for 10 years. Her past two crops of students are 99% using it to write their papers.

          I’m sure there are day-traders out there using it all kinds of ways to try to gain advantage in the markets.

          Customer support is a big one (reading the manuals to the customers) and, sadly, customer engagement - constant contact type messages.

          A friend of ours recently took a 3 week vacation in Ireland, gave AI some “hard constraints” that they had to meet and let it plan out their routing, lodging, car rental, train fares, etc.