I Used AI to Create a Birthday Scavenger Hunt For My Son — And It Was 🔥🎁😍

Using ChatGPT to craft a heartwarming, unforgettable surprise.

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On my son’s 7th birthday, he was out of town with my wife and our other two boys visiting family. I was at home, enjoying a quiet home and some time to write. At one point during the day, I found myself messing around with A.I. tools and throwing prompts at ChatGPT, (GPT-4 to be precise). I’m on tools like ChatGPT and Midjourney all the time for work, but I had the idea to ask it for creative ways to celebrate my son’s birthday when they got home.

So, I started where we all start with these tools and gave it a simple prompt. I asked it for a few birthday ideas, but one stood out in particular — a birthday scavenger hunt. Something about it sounded exciting and fun, so I went deeper and refined it a bit more.

I said:

“It’s my son’s 7th birthday. Please help me write him a birthday scavenger hunt around our home and in the backyard. My son is still learning to read, so use simple words and clues that he would understand. We have various rooms in our home, feel free to send…