Should we create forum(s) for AI?

[Lars Fosdal 1911]

It is only fair to have a poll on the topic, since AI is the new hotness.
Besides, we aim to stay on the good side of @Javier Tarí😉 

 

The poll will run for a month, and votes are anonymous - so noone will be outed.

[Lars Fosdal 1911]

Comments are welcome as well!

[dummzeuch 1707]

Currently I am mostly with the "I don't use AI" faction because it did not work for me when I tried it. But I will look into it again regularly and maybe I will actually find a use for it.

 

Given that Delphi Praxis is a lot less active than it used to be - did all those people die? Have they switched to other programming languages? Or a different Forum? - I don't see much use for yet another sub forum.

 

And apart from this: I am reading Delphi Praxis via the unread content filter, so it doesn't matter for me, where that unread content is.

[Dalija Prasnikar 1535]

I selected "Existing forums are sufficient", because they definitely are sufficient and can cater for topics around using AI in Delphi. I am also monitoring all activity on this forum, so it does not matter to me whether such posts have another subforum or not.

[Lars Fosdal 1911]

Same for me. The Unread content stream is where I enter the forums.

[Kas Ob. 157]

Well i tried AI in many cases and wasn't happy with time wasted when the topic about Pascal/Delphi, yet i use Grok with X (Twitter) extensively, it does fantastic job explaining politics and history,

 

In my opinion and for now one sub forum should be sufficient, to prevent a discussion about the place of a topic, the whole idea might yield valuable information and insightful ideas about a technology that is here to stay, should i use it and waste money or not, i voted yes.

[Lajos Juhász 330]

On 9/8/2025 at 6:40 PM, Dalija Prasnikar said:

I selected "Existing forums are sufficient", because they definitely are sufficient and can cater for topics around using AI in Delphi. I am also monitoring all activity on this forum, so it does not matter to me whether such posts have another subforum or not.

Please do not be such a selfish. You should also consider those poor AI engines that must filter this forum to learn what is Delphi. It would help them if there was a special AI subforum.

[Stano 145]

I can't vote. The questionnaire is unavailable to me.

[Lajos Juhász 330]

21 minutes ago, Stano said:

I can't vote. The questionnaire is unavailable to me.

It is already finished: 

• Poll closes on 10/09/25 at 11:59 PM

[Lars Fosdal 1911]

That is odd, because it is configured to end at

[Lars Fosdal 1911]

Changed it to 10/10/2025 - in case there is a date format mixup somewhere.

[DelphiUdIT 265]

10 minutes ago, Lars Fosdal said:

That is odd, because it is configured to end at

Uhmmm ... may be 11.59 is not the 23.59 (11.59 AM and 11.59 PM)

[Lars Fosdal 1911]

It is and was set on 11:59 PM, i.e. 23:59.

[corneliusdavid 259]

I, too, use the "unread" button to see what's new which covers all forums. But I'm on the fence about whether there needs to be a new one for AI. On one hand, the forums about about Delphi programming topics, VCL vs FMX, algorithms, 3rd-party tools, etc. and AI is completely external to that, like what resolution of monitor you have or brand of keyboard is most productive (ok, probably a big stretch there...).  On the other hand, under "Software Development" there are forums for project planning and another for testing, so I can see how using AI would fit in there as another discussion area if people are wanting to categorize their conversations or if someone wanted to see all the conversations pertaining to AI, for example.

 

So, I voted for one new one, assuming it would fit under "Software Development"; for AI topics that deal with the IDE integration (invoking from), those should (IMHO) just be placed under the "Delphi IDE and APIs" category.

[Rollo62 608]

There are a stunning 5.4% not using AI at all, hooray, brave men and ladies

 

[Gord P 18]

I can't understand why 37% (as of posting) don't want to add a couple new forums focused on AI.  What could it possibly hurt to have a couple new forums?  And separating it into two makes total sense to me as they are completely different aspects of AI.  Oh well, difference of opinion is what makes a society I guess.

Edited yesterday at 05:39 AM by Gord P