The night AI freaked me out

There has been a lot of hype about AI recently. Some of it is bad with people predicting that AI will take over the world and we will become surplus to requirements. It's quite enough me worrying about things I can change. I'm afraid AI and world domination is not one of them.

On the plus side, AI helps people everyday with their report/essay/email writing and that can be useful, especially for those who have trouble expressing themselves in writing, but in order to do that AI has scanned all published work - and I mean all. It has scanned the entire contents of works from Shakespeare to Dickens to Enid Blyton... even to the words I'm typing on this screen right now. Here is proof if proof were needed:

Last night I conducted a little experiment. I asked AI if it could suggest new blog posts that I might write in the style of my existing blog posts. Literally within seconds it had produced a screen full of ideas. Its ideas were sorted into topic sections. Each section had a numbered list of suggested posts that were varied and, indeed, the kind of thing that I might write. It ended by asking if I would like it to produce a detailed weekly schedule of work for me to follow. At that point I closed it down. It totally freaked me out. 

The speed and accuracy of its response was not what I was expecting, but I can assure you that I will not be producing posts written by AI. Sometimes the content of my posts even surprises me, so I don't rate AI's chances of dong it. It might be able to replicate and reconstruct past ideas but it can't predict future thoughts, events or trips. 

Talking of future trips, I have to admit to being in something of a rut right now. Before she died my sister said, 'You won't forget me, will you?" I knew I never would and I told her as much, with great emphasis. What I didn't expect was the overwhelming feeling of loss that has, for want of a better phrase, stopped me in my tracks for the last five months. So I won't be writing about trips or holidays, not just yet, maybe next year.

On a more positive note, have you had any experiences with AI either positive or negative? I'd be fascinated to hear about them. I've changed the blog comment setting back to allowing anyone to post without me having to moderate. I know some people had problems with it, so please feel free to contribute to an AI discussion in the comment box below. Hope to hear from you soon.