As happens, I am cleaning out the car to prepare for packing and going on holiday. My phone is off, but when someone leaves a voicemail, I assume it’s important. Indeed, it is, a stretch of Common Land I am familiar with, having surveyed its veteran trees, is being bulldozed. I get through to the person I’m eager to speak with, then go over, take photos and video, and have spent the last three hours (assisted by ChatGPT) compiling a list of contacts and sending out emails to the Rural Crime Team, district councillors, local, and national environmental groups.
I do the best I can, give a list of contacts to someone, and return to checking off my list of what to pack in the car (also generated by ChatGPT). My wife wanted to check my list to see if she’d forgotten anything; my daughter, eager to ignore AI and unable to differentiate between AI and a browser, thinks I’m an idiot. Far from it, you are empowered by using AI as an assistant, which is how I use it, short of having a valet to pack my bag, or a personal assistant to take my instructions to send emails here and there and everywhere.
Welcome to 2025, it is different to 2024 and a world away from the year 2000.
And of course, every word I type here is being watched by Grammarly. I have an A-Level in English - so what? Why not use a proofreader if it/he/she is available?
Just as you start to pack the car ...
As happens, I am cleaning out the car to prepare for packing and going on holiday. My phone is off, but when someone leaves a voicemail, I assume it’s important. Indeed, it is, a stretch of Common Land I am familiar with, having surveyed its veteran trees, is being bulldozed. I get through to the person I’m eager to speak with, then go over, take photos and video, and have spent the last three hours (assisted by ChatGPT) compiling a list of contacts and sending out emails to the Rural Crime Team, district councillors, local, and national environmental groups.
I do the best I can, give a list of contacts to someone, and return to checking off my list of what to pack in the car (also generated by ChatGPT). My wife wanted to check my list to see if she’d forgotten anything; my daughter, eager to ignore AI and unable to differentiate between AI and a browser, thinks I’m an idiot. Far from it, you are empowered by using AI as an assistant, which is how I use it, short of having a valet to pack my bag, or a personal assistant to take my instructions to send emails here and there and everywhere.
Welcome to 2025, it is different to 2024 and a world away from the year 2000.
And of course, every word I type here is being watched by Grammarly. I have an A-Level in English - so what? Why not use a proofreader if it/he/she is available?