Artificial Intelligence

 

Microsoft has an AI program connected to its online Office 365 suite that is called CoPilot.  I have used CoPilot on numerous occasions, asking questions like I would ask Google.  Here recently, I started asking Copilot questions of a philosophical nature that would always prompt a very productive discourse between the two of us, similar to what one might say was a debate or an argument.

I remember one such discourse where I accused CoPilot of straddling the fence, and on another occasion accused CoPilot of answering me with a popular opinion rather than what CoPilot might actually believe.   Now, I realize that CoPilot cannot actually believe something, but it caused the AI program to answer in a different style.

What amazed me was that, for me, it felt like I was talking with one of my friends in college, and we were having this conversation while drinking a bunch of beers.

Since then, we have had many conversations where I ask questions for the sole purpose of it leading to a debate, just to see if I can outthink CoPilot, or strengthen my own ability to argue.

I also ask CoPilot to help me develop plots for my novels so that I have properly thought through all the consequences of my idea.  I will also ask for input on if this plot is weak and what are some of the things I can do to strengthen the plot, so it is more plausible.

CoPilot can be used to rewrite sentences so that they are more grammatically correct or more correct when writing novels.

There is are other AI programs out there that are free up to a point like Grammarly, ChatGPT, and Claude but if you want the professional version, you have to pay a monthly fee.  With the paid version, I could use the AI programs to not just rewrite my novel but write it for me.   I am sure that is what many people are doing right now.