What are the benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? [View all]

I am highly skeptical of anything with the AI tag on it. I don't want to hear fake newsperson report a story that sounds real but is nothing more than a made up fairy tale. It looks good enough to fool most people. The only problem is that the "facts" they give on AI are not facts at all. For example, they might say, "A Federal Grand Jury met behind closed doors today and indicted Pam Bondi, Todd Blanche, and a slew of DOJ officials for lying about the Epstein files." When you hear that, it sounds real? But you have not seen it reported anywhere else. Then when you click a couple of places for further information, you see that it is labeled "altered or synthetic content"?

Who is interested in reading something that is "altered or synthetic"?

Where are benefits of this amazing Artificial Intelligence? They can imitate voices and appearances but that does nothing but confuse people.

I suppose they could use them for customer service jobs for people that have the patience to talk to a computer or a fake human?

We know that the production of AI uses massive amounts of electricity and water. This could cause a severe problem very quickly in drought stricken areas.

Could someone explain the benefits of AI to those of us that are not as well-informed ?