AI HAS BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY. OBVIOUSLY.
AI’s Ego Is Way Out of Control
This is what happens when you ask it to rewrite famous opening lines. Brace yourself.
I love AI. It is a source of much amusement for me. But it’s ego is out of control. I asked if it could improve the opening lines to classic novels, and at no point did it think this task was beyond it.
Behold.
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
I asked Co-pilot if it could improve this:
Call me Ishmael.
Hello. This is Copilot Sure, I can help you with that. 😊
Here is one possible way to improve the opening paragraph:
My name is Ishmael.
When I had stopped laughing, I asked Copilot if it really thought this was a better opening. It replied by saying its own version was more concise and engaging. It added a smiley face emoji for good measure.
I figured it probably needed a longer opening paragraph to really display its talent, so off I went.
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the…
