My Son Would Like to Speak to Me About My Addiction

“Mom we gotta talk about your addiction.” That’s what my son messaged me earlier tonight. No, he wasn’t talking about an addiction to drugs or alcohol or gambling or anything like that. He was talking about my addiction of trying to push ChatGPT to the limit with my crazy image requests.

Tonight’s adventure was caricatures. I had ChatGPT create so many that it told me I hit the limit for my subscription. It made me wait 16 minutes to generate more, but I used that time wisely by thinking of new caricatures it should create.

I had it do caricatures of me and some of my kids. I even had it turn our cat into an adorable little royal kitten. And, that, folks, is one of the primary ways that I use artificial intelligence. But, it isn’t the only way.

I won’t use AI to write for me. I love to write and my clients pay me to write. They don’t pay for ChatGPT or any of the other services out there to create content for them. If they wanted AI content, they could just grab a subscription and write out a prompt. So, you may wonder how I use AI outside of having it create hilarious caricatures.

I use AI to help generate ideas. I use it to create schedules for myself. I use it to organize my thoughts. AI is a part of my process (usually) but it is not the main component. Every project, paper, or blog post still needs to be handled by the human mind. Each one still needs my fingers to type them out or my voice to speak them out so (yet another) AI program can type out my thoughts.

My logo was created by AI. I hired human, but they missed the mark. It took a few revision prompts to get it right with AI. In the end, it produced exactly what I wanted. 

Since the early days of easy access to AI, I said that I would always remain transparent about when and how I use it. The fact remains the same as it always has – I use AI as a part of my daily process, but never to write content because all content needs human thought and crafting.