What is holiday cheer?
First let me wish everyone holiday cheer and a happy new year!
Now onto the business of musing... I’ve been playing with an AI Chat called ChatGPT and you probably have, too. If you haven’t, go look it up now.
Here’s my take: It’s like searching on Google but instead of getting links to a bunch of junk you have to sift through for an answer, your good friend just replies. The answers are pretty amazing, too.
I’ve tried to ask questions that would make him bumble or lie or say something inaccurate. But I haven’t been able to.
And I say, “him” because that’s the voice I hear in my head when I’m reading the answers. Somehow I’ve created a persona for this AI bot and the conversations are enjoyable.
And they feel like conversations. You can chat just like you were talking and the thread of the conversation continues. Things you mentioned or asked about continue to inform the chat.
Enough of my gushing. I did find one area of concern and that’s copyright. I asked my new AI friend for a non-denominational Christmas poem and he replied with the text of “‘Twas the night before Christmas” - I thought this was funny for a lot of reasons.
So, if my AI friend can rattle off poems without attribution I figured it’s ok to copy his words and use them as my own. I mean, who owns the copyright to an AI chat that’s trained on our own conversations?
But I’m not that evil. I must attribute the following to my new friend. We were discussing the holidays and I asked what really is holiday cheer?
ChatGPT:
Holiday cheer is a feeling of joy and happiness that is often associated with the holiday season. It can be characterized by feelings of warmth, generosity, and good will towards others. People may express holiday cheer through festive decorations, gift-giving, and participating in holiday traditions and activities. The holiday season is often a time for people to come together with family and friends, and holiday cheer can help create a positive and festive atmosphere.
So, my friends, I wish you all an abundance of holiday cheer!!