# So... How does one actually use AI? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Tags:** ai\ **Created:** [February 20, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-one-actually-use-ai/1027842 "2026-02-20T03:06:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 287
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2026, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-one-actually-use-ai/1027842/287 "2026-09-21T06:13:01Z")
> [@PlaceboTarget](#): > > Instead, I will give an example I recently heard about. The text below is generated by the very AI who committed the blunder: This would be a good entry in the thread about AI problems: > [@AI is wonderful and will make your life better! (not)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-is-wonderful-and-will-make-your-life-better-not/1021117): > > This is a thread where I’m going to dump shitty and new uses of AI, feel free to join me. Airlines have been using price optimization for a long time, in one form or another, but now Delta is going to set the wolves of AI (insert shitty AI image of wolves in Delta hats) on passengers booking flights. Or, depending on the article, 3% of flyers are already getting this treatment, and it will get to 20% by the end of the year. Despite Jalopnik’s take, I’m not sure that should be illegal, but as m… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-one-actually-use-ai/1027842)._