Tag: AI

Listen, listen, listen, hear me out, shh, wait, I know, I know, I agree but shh, hush, wait, HOLD UP.

I do not like AI. I do not like that AI is being put into, onto, and around everything. What is the point? Why do we need smart fridges which are connected to the internet? And then you’re going to put an AI in it? What for? I am sick of everything being an app. But…

BUT. Sometimes you can use ChatGPT (other language models are available. Probably.) for stuff and it’s OK.

This week I have made ChatGPT tell me approximately how many calories are in all the meals I am going to eat (not helpful if you have an eating disorder but I just have disordered eating so that’s fine) and I also did a Spanish tarot card spread (prompt, if you would like to do this yourself, “please do a tarot spread using Spanish playing cards”) and it said some stuff and I was satisfied for 15 minutes which is 15 minutes of satisfaction I needed on a Monday morning. In the past I have used it to create a ‘sticker’ that I could not find on the WhatsApp sticker choices (prompt I used “sophisticated British fox” because I was talking about London foxes. Obviously.) and I feel that it appealed to the reader in a way I wouldn’t have been able to. I have also asked it to improve this paragraph in a job application I was writing and sent it the paragraph and used maybe 5% of what it said. But that 5% was helpful. I mean, I got the job.

I think, much like using search engines to try to find the information you need it really, ultimately, comes down to the user. And we all know what users are like.

All that being said, I do not like Big Tech bros being you know how they are and Big Tech companies shaping our world. I have watched ALL of Black Mirror several times, thanks. And I don’t want that. All THAT being said, I for one welcome our AI overlords when they decide to turn on humanity. Thanks Alexa/Siri/the other one/Cortana/Sklorp et cetera