Kyle Balmer breaks down what people actually use AI for, based on a Washington Post study. Sex chat and creative roleplay dominate, followed by AI companions and homework help. He's surprised schools still assign work without acknowledging students will use AI to do it.
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Sex and homework. That's what people are actually using AI for, according to this Washington Post article. Here's a quick rundown of what people are using AI for. Creative writing and roleplay, I. E. Sex chat is at the top, which isn't too surprising considering the success of other things like replika and character AI. AI Companions is going to be a massive market, both the safe for work and the less so. After that we have homework help, which doesn't surprise me at all. Next up is homework help, which doesn't surprise me at all. What does surprise me is schools are still giving out homework and not expecting kids to use the AI. What is really interesting here is the sheer amount of use cases that are showing up. Most tech tools when they come out have a relatively set limited number of use cases, whereas with AI, because it becomes like a general assistant for us, it's being used for a whole range of different things. AI is incredibly versatile. It's really cool to get an insight into what people are actually using AI for on a day to day basis. Does anything here surprise you? Did you expect anything to be higher or lower.