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My hope is that by the time you finish listening to this, you'll feel a little bit better

in general about the idea of AI. I know that it is something that causes a lot of worry for people.

I have certain friends who have admitted to me that they spend more time thinking about it than they feel they would like to.

And it's occupying their thoughts, not out of interest, but primarily out of worry, which is quite sad to hear.

I've always been interested in AI, well, I say always, about as long as things like chat GPT have been available to the public.

So, you know, over the last three or four years, I've been quite interested in the technologies.

And I do appreciate that the worries are somewhat legitimate,

and I myself have also felt them. You know, these are paradigm shifting technologies that feel like they are beginning to change culture,

change society, very quickly in a way that doesn't seem all too obvious. And the future looks a little bit uncertain.

There are a few question marks around what artificial intelligence might mean for us all as humans and what it might mean for our future

as a society. How does it work with these technologies embedded within it and especially

with how they may change and how quickly they are already changing.

But after thinking about these technologies a lot myself,

sort of pondering over the philosophies of them, shall we say,

I've come to a few conclusions that make me feel better about them in general, and I'm hoping I can impart some of this to you now. And I'd like to start with

talking about AI as a creative tool

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