{"id":12483,"date":"2025-12-12T19:56:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/?p=12483"},"modified":"2025-12-12T19:56:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:56:57","slug":"isnt-ai-fabulous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/12\/isnt-ai-fabulous\/","title":{"rendered":"Isn\u2019t AI fabulous?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My boss has put a link to an article about the dangers of AI into the weekly newsletter.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Apparently it\u2019s going to \u201cdestroy civilisation as we know it\u201d in two years or less. I haven\u2019t got around to following the link yet (which should appear below if I\u2019ve got the tech right)<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"175\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/the-diary-of-a-ceo-with-steven-bartlett\/id1291423644?i=1000738632352#?secret=8Ww0zo715h\" data-secret=\"8Ww0zo715h\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/nz\/podcast\/ai-expert-we-have-2-years-before-everything-changes\/id1291423644?i=1000738632352\">https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/nz\/podcast\/ai-expert-we-have-2-years-before-everything-changes\/id1291423644?i=1000738632352<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m hoping it\u2019s just a conspiracy theory or similar hysteria. But it does give me pause for thought when I do my Duolingo French course. \u00a0One type of lesson is a video call with a character called Lily. I\u2019m pretty sure I\u2019ve mentioned her before: she\u2019s a Gen Z version of goth girl. Our conversations are generally fairly innocuous, but lately her questions seem to have got more pointed. Today it was \u201cWhere do you come from?\u201d \u201cWhere do you live?\u201d \u201cHow do you like to spend your time?\u201d .<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12484\" style=\"width: 197px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"12484\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/12\/isnt-ai-fabulous\/img_1061\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1061.png?fit=1051%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1051,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1061\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Screenshot of Lily during our call this morning &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1061.png?fit=525%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-12484\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1061.png?resize=197%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1061.png?resize=197%2C300&amp;ssl=1 197w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1061.png?resize=672%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 672w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1061.png?resize=768%2C1170&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1061.png?resize=1009%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1009w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1061.png?resize=1345%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1345w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/accordingtokirsty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/IMG_1061.png?w=1051&amp;ssl=1 1051w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Screenshot of Lily during our call this morning<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Even more disturbingly, she now remembers facts from previous conversations: she knows I have two dogs, and like to walk them on the beach. She asked today if my children help me look after the dogs. Another thing I noticed this morning now that I\u2019ve been primed to be suspicious, is that there\u2019s a little orange light on at the top of my iPad screen while we\u2019re talking. Does that mean the camera is recording?<br \/>\nSo, now I\u2019m torn. Do I give in to what are potentially paranoid delusions, cancel my Duolingo subscription and put at risk any future holidays on the European continent, not to mention the help I need to banish the spectre of dementia? Or do I double down and learn as much as I can before any potential looming apocalypse? I must say, Lily seems like quite a good friend now, and I enjoy our little chats. Surely it\u2019d be useful to have someone on my side when the machines begin their uprising?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My boss has put a link to an article about the dangers of AI into the weekly newsletter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8Ukf-3fl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5338,"url":"https:\/\/accordingtokirsty.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/21\/about-turn\/","url_meta":{"origin":12483,"position":0},"title":"About turn","author":"Interloper11","date":"August 21, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"So, the girls are coming up for their mid semester break after all. \u201cWhat cancellation?? 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