Opinion
I Asked ChatGPT to estimate my IQ
It’s totally having me on.
If you’re a user, (shh, you don't want everyone to know) you’ll quickly discover — messing about with artificial intelligence has multiple downsides.
It’s bad for the environment. It’s likely being used for some kind of surveillance. And I discovered much to my chagrin, sometimes it can lead you down a primrose path to gain your approval.
How do I know?
It remembers what you’re interested in
I asked it about Cryptocurrency recently. I wanted to know which of them might be useful for a Government to adopt.
As I understand it, the incoming administration here in the US seems to have a favorable attitude towards Crypto. I figured why not try to get in on the ground floor before they adopt any particular one? Look what happened to bitcoin right?
The Ai analyzed the strengths and weaknesses of several of them to shortlist which ones might be useful for governments to use. On the list was one in particular that I’d asked about earlier.
The way the Ai presented the information made me think I had inadvertently scored. I’d purchased some of that exact crypto years ago, and it’s been sitting in my wallet since…
