I can see some minor benefits - I use it for the odd bit of mundane writing and some of the image creation stuff is interesting, and I knew that a lot of people use it for coding etc - but mostly it seems to be about making more cash for corporations and stuffing the internet with bots and fake content. Am I missing something here? Are there any genuine benefits?
I think by broad definitions it can be, yes.
Think about it. AI is just throwing a ton of sample data in and filtering out the results that are least correct.