Artificial Intelligence should be an exciting transformative force in a tech-driven world.
Yet, a curious trend has emerged.
Have you found that AI discussions have grown a little... mundane?
Dull?
Repetitive?
The use of AI isn’t new. The term was first used in 1956.
Yet even washing machine manufacturers are proclaiming its apparent newness; declaring their devices
are ‘driven by AI’.
*Spoiler alert*… they always were.
It’s the sudden rise and threat of Terminator, ‘I’ll be back’, technology that has the
average person’s micros in a muddle.
Bring on the complex jargon. You know the stuff - Words that alienate us non-technical folks, but bigs up the boffins - and you’re deliberately disconnecting the public from the ‘AI experts’.
And my goodness have you seen how many of those have popped up recently? 😜
Just a few months ago the use of AI was brimming with excitement.
Now conversations echo buzzwords and clichés, leaving a void for what I believe is the most
important feature of AI.
Creativity.
Ask better questions – receive better answers.
Free up time – use it to think.
Diagnose better – save more lives.
Spot mistakes – avoid rework.
Ask ChatGPT for ‘100 reasons why AI is brilliant’ and it spits them out in seconds (I tested it and I've added the list to the online version of this newsletter here – some will bend your brain!).
If you’re fed up with the AI talk then why not gamify it?
⭐️Let’s play... AI predictions!⭐️
I’ll start:
The numbers will become mind-bogglingly huge. Like the number of stars and the size of our universe, our little brains won’t be able to comprehend how big it becomes.
The Daily Mail will have terrifying story after terrifying story, designed to scare the bejeezus out of the elderly and frail of thinking at least once a day.
A government minister will try to lecture you
on the dangers of AI while using AI to reprimand you!
I’d love to know your AI predictions (the more creative the better). Please leave your comments here.
Finally, I
gave ChatGPT this article and then asked it for a quote to summarise the content and a heading to encourage you to read this message. Here’s what it said:
‘The future of AI is dynamic – let's ensure our conversations mirror its limitless
potential.’
Its choice of headings were terrible, so I wrote the one that made you open this newsletter. 😉
If you want something wonderfully human and you're free on 17th September, please read
below.
Be Brilliant!
