i got burned by AI

Published 5 months ago • 1 min read

Hi Reader,

When I was in Busan a couple of months ago, I wanted to see the sunset. I thought it would be a fun thing to do one evening. I asked ChatGPT and it confidently sent me to a location. I got there in time to find the sun disappearing behind buildings. When I shared this with ChatGPT, this is what it told me to enjoy the ambiance anyway. 😏

It gets better (or worse). I was using ChatGPT for some analysis at work the other day and got this gem when I delved into its research:

The tech bros would have us believe that AI will save us all, but I'm not convinced. Scrap that, I don't believe it at all.

Don't get me wrong. I use AI daily and just today, made a new cover art for my old podcast, Changes Big and Small. I do worry that AI will replace me at work as I watch more and more IT companies lay people off. But as a project manager and customer experience lead, I'm not too worried yet since it's still hallucinating in most of the analyses I ask it to do. (What a nice way to name outright lying and gaslighting!)

But in the meantime, I'm going to keep talking to humans about my trips. I ask ChatGPT too but it doesn't replace humans to me. So tell me, have you been to Buenos Aires? I have a trip coming up there in August and I'm getting real excited as I plan. I will visit Brazil with a Brazilian friend, and then we'll go to Puerto Iguazú together.

Have recommendations? I'd love to hear them because I know that ChatGPT can't be fully trusted!

Joyfully,

Damianne

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