Month: June 2023

The news is rife with stories about artificial intelligence – some say it will save the world, while others say it will be the scourge of civilization. Whatever it will be, right now it can be used for many positive purposes, some of which are discussed below.

1. Writing Tool: Whether a poet, blogger, journal or article writer, AI can help you get ideas and even help with the overall organization of a piece of writing.
2. Language Learning: For those wanting to learn English, AI can help with wording, sentence structure, and overall feedback, providing users with an engaging, dynamic experience.
3. Dungeon Master: I’m not at all versed in this game, but some of these D&D Dungeon Masters are using AI to create storylines and build worlds to improve the overall game experience.
4. Coding Help: Believe it or not, programmers are using AI to debug and get help for coding problems. Here’s an example of human and AI collaboration.
5. Novelist Nook: AI is a valuable tool for novelists and authors to help generate ideas, assist with organization, and come up with plot twists and engaging characters. In sum, this collaboration between writer and AI enhances creativity through conversation.
6. Therapy Sessions: I’m not at all cool with this one, but through my research I found that AI is used by some people as a tool for talking about problems and issues, the idea being that the AI response is non-judgmental.
7. Career Counselor: Yes, it’s true. AI can be used to help job-seekers practice for interviews. It can provide users with questions and evaluate their answers.
8. Fine Arts Collaborator: Artists, musicians, and designers find AI useful for finding inspiration and discovering new ways of looking at things. 

There are lots of other creative ways people are using artificial intelligence, so for this curious, take a read here!

Writing is perhaps the first human technology, a critical tool for gathering, recording, interpreting, and storing information.

It’s not “writing,” per se, in all the cases I’m about to note here. But I’ve compiled a basic evolution of how we humans put some kind of object to another kind of object to communicate one thing or another. Now with this very “clear” communication, the following is what I mean.

Paintings on Cave Walls

Vestiges of ancient cave paintings show pictures painted with stone, charcoal mixed with animal fat, and various other dyes from fruits and vegetables. These drawings don’t mean anything to us now, but they left a form of communication that was understood among their people.

Pictures on Clay Tablets

Early administrative functions were recorded with a sharp tool drawing pictures on soft clay. This method of recording information was developed in what was Mesopotamia, now Iraq.

Reed on Papyrus

Reed pens were used in the 4^th century BC for writing on papyrus and continued to be used for many centuries after.

Feather Quill on Parchment

Moving up in the technical world of writing was the feather quill and ink used to write on parchment paper.

Chalk on Slate

The earliest writing tools for math and alphabets in schools were chalk used to write on slate.

Pen and Pencil to Paper

Most of us (not all) grew up using these tools to record thoughts, assignments, letters, and general communication.

Fingers on Keyboards

This is what I mean when I say not all above, because Millennials, and Generation Z folks were mostly brought up putting fingers on keyboards as their only writing tools.

Thumbs on Phone

It is inevitable that at some future time, evolution will step in with some modification of today’s physiology because of the prevalent use of thumbs on smart phones.

Humans and AI

Artificial intelligence is blasting off its launchpad with promises and threats about how we humans  will use it to further communication.

AI and Humans

Finally, there is the terrifying possibility that AI may one day control humans, and all the communication we may ever seek to do.