🧐 Was I Right?

No one wants to be wrong.

On January 2, 2023 I predicted that 2023 would be the year that:

1. Artificial intelligence would go mainstream

2. We would move past “climate change” to a “changed climate”

3. We would pay the price for inflation (bad pun intended)

Was I right?

1. RIGHT: 2023 was the year artificial intelligence went mainstream.

Open AI announced Chat GPT 3 on December 2, 2022.

A few weeks later, one of my students submitted a final paper written using with the help of AI.

Today, schools are allowing students to submit AI-generated personal statements.

It is remarkable how far we have come in embracing AI.

In my January newsletter I raised concerns about how AI could be used to spread misinformation at scale. I also talked about AI’s potential in “dumbing down” content and threatening creative artists, especially if it starts to use its own bland output as fodder for new content.

Those concerns still exist and are real threats as the U.S. presidential election approaches.

Nonetheless, I have also come to realize AI’s p…