Men yell at AI in all caps 80% more than women |
As AI use continues to grow, so is frustration with the technology. From strange responses that don’t make any sense to learning curves to how it’s implemented at work, there’s no shortage of AI quirks to get used to.
How users are responding to those annoyances, though, is vastly different.
According to a new report from Adobe Acrobat and Firefly, frustrations are not few. In fact, of the 1,008 AI users surveyed, 91% said they have abandoned generative AI tasks in favor of non-AI methods over said emotion.
Mostly, that’s because writing high-quality AI prompts is a key strategy in effectively using the tool, but it’s not always totally intuitive. There’s a definite learning curve when it comes to writing prompts that will lead to the best output.
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However, most users have a breaking point.
For example, when it comes to using AI tools that generate images, respondents said they expect a quality result after four attempts. By the seventh try, most simply give up.
For text tasks, users aren’t quite so patient. When it comes to prompting AI to write emails or social media posts, users want a solid response after two attempts and they give up altogether by the fourth.
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