A recent Adobe Firefly study found that Mac users less likely to fact-check AI’s final output before using it in professional communications.
What’s more (and I’m a little dubious about this) they’re are more likely than PC users to bring good manners to their AI interactions, believing that saying “please” or “thank you” leads to better outputs. And the study says that Mac users are more likely to believe that typing in ALL CAPS helps get their point across to AI. Other key findings from the report:
- 91 percent of AI users report abandoning a generative AI task and reverting to a non-AI method due to frustration with the results.
- We scored 1,000 text-to-image prompts: The average AI user earned a ‘C’ grade (57/100) in creative AI proficiency.
- Despite Gen Z reporting the highest confidence in AI prompting, Millennials currently show the greatest skill.
- AI prompting proficiency is leveling the playing field, as entry-level employees score just as high (55 percent ‘C’) as directors in our assessment.
- The top AI prompting mistakes include failing to define the soft elements of the output, such as forgetting the required tone or personality, neglecting to provide a clear example of the desired output style, and omitting a specific role or persona for the AI to assume.
- Men are 80 percent more likely than women to believe that shouting at AI using ALL CAPS improves output.
- Over half (55 percent) of AI users have adopted an advanced workflow by asking the AI tool itself to review and improve their prompts.
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