So How Do I Feel About The Machines?

I did it, I've shared some fascinating outputs, but what do I think about, how do I feel?

Firstly I know it all sounds terribly personal but there is nothing in any of it that hasn't been taken from my blog which has been publicly available since 2004. No, you probably wouldn't do it, and that's fine, but I do and that's also fine.

There is a sense of getting more information about me though, but I can see (from the reference links) that it's pulling stuff together. This is happening all the time with your information. A little bit of you from there, a little bit of you from here, and all comes together to make one larger picture of you - the whole is greater than the sum of the parts". This is tricky eh, but I am grateful to see it in action rather than have people pontificate at me about it.

The summaries of me are quite insightful, that whole final section about me being a partner is delightful, but a tad scary. I'm happy with that output and that's why I have shared it, but what if it had been damning. What if I had asked, "Would Mike make a good investment?", and had supplied it with relevant stuff and it had also been damning. Yes, of course that's happening, financial institutions, job applications, and even governments are now doing it. Again, good to see what can be generated - it's not a score, it's a story that humans gravitate to and, once a story has been told, it's had to change it.

It makes mistakes, as also we saw. Not as many as I thought, which makes it harder to believe. If it's completely wrong it's just funny shite, if it's completely correct then it's bloody useful, when it's sometimes wrong then it makes me nervous. I have to do the work to check it and, tbh, I can't be arsed which means I'll not use it as much.

Overall it was a fascinating exercise, I am both impressed and nervous about the tech. It's also not going away and so I don't know what to say, certainly won't be calling it a toddler that needs to grow up 😁