HUMAN INTELLIGENCE
Small Ways AI Enhances Everyday Life T
By Hunt Lyman
he discourse on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is often steeped in extreme narratives, presenting it either as a technological savior or an existential threat. While these opinions frequently rest on speculative forecasts, it’s easy to overlook the modest, yet meaningful, contributions that AI can make to our daily lives. Let me share two personal experiences where it’s been a helpful assistant.
ChatGPT, a language model trained on AI technology, has turned me into an unlikely poet. I’ve amused friends and family by celebrating their birthdays with custom-made Shakespearean sonnets.
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Although these poems are generated by a machine, their impact on the recipients is genuinely human. The task of writing a sonnet—14 lines of iambic pentameter, adhering to a strict rhyme scheme—is daunting for most. Yet for an AI model like ChatGPT, it’s virtually instantaneous. To be transparent, I always disclose on the card that I didn’t pen the sonnet myself, but the gesture is nonetheless always appreciated.
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