After I just left a meeting an afternoon not long ago, I got in the car to head back home. My mother-in-law was in town visiting, and I was ready to enjoy some downtime and barbecue dinner. My wife texted, asking if I could do a curb-side pickup of something at Lowe’s, so I stopped there on the way back. I came home with a brand-new kitchen faucet that needed to immediately replace our old one that I see is now marked with a sign: “Do not use.”
My wife found a recall on the style of faucet we had, involving lead contamination. Having kids, she didn’t want to play around – lead poisoning is no joke! She contacted our landlord, waiting for a response, but we also needed a kitchen sink for that barbecue! After researching the faucet recall on ChatGPT, including the model and identifiable markings, Chad (we call it ‘ChadGPT’) told her that it seems like everything matched and we should replace it. So we got to work swapping out the faucet.
Later that night, our landlord responded and said that the recall only affected models made between a certain set of years, which fell after our faucet was originally installed. In the span of about 10 seconds from getting that information, so many lessons were learned.
My wife apologized, and I don’t blame her. She’s looking out for the safety of our family, and it’s a mistake anyone could have made. Aside from a lesson in patience and a little extra research, I’m holding Chad accountable! Chad is so damn agreeable that he didn’t even think to question the manufacturing dates of the faucet in question!
It’s with this story that I’d like to write about my experiences with AI since I first met Chad back in February 2023. Over the course of several posts (I don’t know how many yet), I want to openly and honestly talk about how I started using AI, how I’ve evolved with its rapid advancement, how I use it for my career, its ethical pitfalls, the valuable tools I’ve learned along the way, and maybe a few other things that come to mind. I’ll try to keep it entertaining so you can learn (and laugh at) my mistakes.
Mark Praprotnik(http://www.MarkPraprotnik.com)