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I have more regular conversations with my AI system than I'd honestly like to admit.

I don't consider AI to be my friend, but I consider it to be my partner.

It's funny that I kind of get comforted by this, like, robot.

This is explaining to me. I'm John Glenn Hill, and I don't really use chatbots or any other large language models.

I'm actually pretty wary of them. But it's becoming likely that I'm really just dragging my feet as we head towards the inevitable.

More and more people are using AI. In fact, according to Pew, the number of

adults using chat GPT for work is increasing. In 2023, it was 8%. And this year, it's 28%.

So when we decided to do an episode about humans in our relationship with chatbots,

I decided to finally give it a try.

Hey there, how's it going? What can I do for you today?

It took some trial and error. Let's try making it a woman.

All right, I'll switch to a more feminine voice for you. How does this sound? Let me know if there's anything else you'd like me to tweak.

It didn't always follow my directions. It actually kind of just repeated everything I said back to me. But it did give me something to work with.

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