We have a Google Home at my house, and sometimes Google just can’t get it straight. It will set a timer when we’ve asked it to play a song on Spotify, or listen in on our conversation and randomly contribute fart jokes (egged on by the 7-year-old) when not wanted.
We joke that instead of “artificial intelligence,” we have a piece of “artificial stupidity” in our kitchen. As helpful as the tool can be in telling me the weather forecast or verbally adding to the grocery list when I’m chopping chicken, it has some serious limitations as a total replacement for other tools and conversations with my family.
Yet, like everyone else, I’m intrigued by the explosion of AI in the last several months, and find myself using ChatGPT for everything from writing prompts to researching esoteric topics. (Disclaimer: I wrote this piece myself. Promise.)
As AI continues to be built into products we use every day – ofte
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