AI is starting to unnerve me
with its level of comprehension

Blazing Reader,

I accidentally copied and pasted yesterday's Blazing Pine Cone post into ChatGPT. In less than a second, the bot had read all 354 words and responded with:

"This piece of writing is an amusing, satirical narrative where the author, John C.A. Manley, humorously imagines being recruited by the Secret Service to protect the earlobes of the renowned Canadian Baroque pianist Angela Hewitt during a concert. He playfully interprets the ticket seat assignment 'SS66 and SS67' as a sign of his Secret Service role, despite its real-life absurdity.... The tone is light-hearted and playful, using humor and exaggeration to create an engaging and entertaining story."

What shocked me the most was that ChatGPT was able to comprehend that it was "an amusing, satirical narrative" rather than a true story (something not all my human readers can do).

Well, I'm glad AI enjoyed my hyperbolic tale. If you missed it you can read (and share) it here: https://blazingpinecone.com/news/2024/07/22/

John C.A. Manley

John C. A. Manley is the author of Much Ado About Corona: A Dystopian Love Story, the forthcoming All The Humans Are Sleeping and other works of speculative fiction. Get free samples of his stories by becoming a Blazing Pine Cone email subscriber at: https://blazingpinecone.com/subscribe/