The Deceptive Allure of The AI Chatbot |
I have mixed feelings about ChatGPT.
We were introduced at my job, where admittedly, it took me some time to get acquainted. Although I had reservations, with slight prodding and training, I developed a sufficient degree of confidence to depend on it.
In due course, I found myself reaching out for non-work related matters. I asked for a detailed checklist to renew my foreign passport, if I’d find parking at an early morning meeting, and the best quinoa salad recipe for a dinner party, among a slew of other random things. To be fair, I was persistent and annoying much of the time.
With all due respect, the guidance was frequently off the mark, and sometimes it felt like I was reasoning with a codependent friend who was too quick to agree with my mistaken assumptions. But still, it stuck around as a dependable presence, and so I kept going........