This may not be a surprise to you and it certainly isn’t a surprise to me, but it seems that people cannot get enough of AI (artificial intelligence) these days. I spelled it out just in case you have been hiding under a rock for the last few years (as my socio self sometimes likes to do) and did not know what I meant by AI. Everyone is talking about AI, online, on social, on TV, IRL, just about everywhere about all the cool stuff that AI is doing, will be doing or we hope it will be doing. It’s the next best thing since AI (or sliced bread in old-fashioned terms).
Because I am socio or maybe just because I like to stir things up and have a little fun, I like to be contrary to the AI movement whenever possible. Let me be clear I am not against AI, but I also think it has a long way to go. We cannot just say, “hey let’s just throw some AI in it and it will be bigger, better and wonderful, we won’t have to do anything more, hahaha!” Believe it or not, I have been hearing those words, a lot lately. Like a lot, a lot. By people who really don’t have a clue about the what or who or how of AI. It’s very funny to me.
When I think of AI, stay with me here, I think of the movie Terminator. Big, scary, out of control technology ending all human life! Ha, have you seen the movie? I think there is a second one and third one, wait! Hold the phone. Apparently, there are six of them, wow I did not know this! Thank you, Google, and there are rumors of a seventh one, like the first six weren’t enough. Anyway, if you have the time, the first 3 are pretty good and pretty scary.
Now I don’t really think (spoiler alert) that AI is going to kill all the humans and take over the world, but I must say that whenever I find a story that is not complimenting AI and all the wonderful stuff it will do for us humans, I have to post it. I have to tell you, true to the all the hype of AI, when I post an AI story, even if it is making fun or talking smack about AI, it gets a ton of hits (or for my marketing savvy friends, impressions). So, my theory about humans wanting to know more and more about AI, whether good or bad, holds true.
I reposted a few interesting articles on social recently, and they were my top performing posts, In case you want to read one, here they are.
Has AI already rotted my brain?
If you use AI to write me that note, don’t expect me to read it
31% of employees are actively ‘sabotaging’ AI efforts. Here’s why
Is all the AI hoopla really worth it? Have you tried AI, I mean really tried it? I have seen it in action and I have to say, it’s not the next best thing since sliced bread, not by a long shot. It’s hard work, a lot of trial and error, clunky and it does produce some pretty wonky things that are 100% WRONG! Yes, I said it, AI is wrong, a lot! In most cases it’s really funny when it’s wrong. AI comes up with the most off the wall, supremely ridiculous stuff sometimes. The one thing I do love about AI is that it makes me giggle so, so much.
Recently, I was in a meeting on Zoom and AI was flashing it’s little evil eye at me, showing that it was paying attention to every little word that was being said. It feels a little creepy to me, knowing that something is always listening, kind of like that damn Siri or Alexa. FYI- I dislike both of those little creepy eavesdroppers and I don’t allow either one of them around me. I didn’t like when my siblings listened in on my conversations, so why would I be ok with AI doing it? Let me ask, how many times have you been talking about buying something random like cowboy boots and then POOF like magic, you see ads for, you guessed it, cowboy boots. STOP IT AI! It’s invasive and stalker-like.
Let’s get back to that Zoom call, where AI was flashing and listening and writing down everything we said. Sometimes on calls (when AI is taking notes), I try to say as little as possible because I don’t want AI recording everything I say. Sometimes on calls I try to say as little as possible on calls just because I’m socio. And for fun, sometimes I play a game to see how long I could be on a call and not speak. I am really good at it. Does anyone notice? Does anyone even care? It’s hysterical to me. But that’s a story for another day, lol.
One time, our group was talking about places to visit and we mentioned a country for an event, like Portugal. The AI notetaker wrote it up as one of the people in the group just came back from a trip to Portugal. WTF, so not true, but funny, nonetheless. Sometimes AI just makes up random shit that no one said. Oh yes it happens. It makes me giggle.
The scariest part of AI is that occasionally, I swear, I am just thinking about something and POOF, it shows up on my feed, email or browser. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? I don’t know if I am just being paranoid. Or socio? Or both? I’m just not sure. What I am sure of is that I don’t think AI can read my thoughts, yet. But it might be coming, have you heard about AI “brain decoder?” Stay tuned. If I see any good articles on AI mind reading, I’ll be sure to post it.
Wait, yikes! (Terminator 7, here we go!)
Grow Up to Be a Socio 
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