Welcome to an A.I.-free zone.  In case you had not already guessed, every word you see on this site is created by human intelligence.  The only A.I. allowed here are authentic interactions.  (If you are a spambot here to leave a comment about sure-fire investing in black licorice gummy bears, peddle it elsewhere.)  The very human part of me wants to insert a list here.  And since humans get to have free will:

Why A.I. is not invited to this party

• I paid money for this site to be ad-free.  Not artificial money.  Actual money. I have the real charges to prove it. 

• A.I. uses too much water. 

• A.I. inquiries take preexisting works and pretend they create something new.  Yes, all creation is built on what has come before.  But human creators will tell you who their influences are.  A.I. just takes and takes and takes.  Like a toddler who was told he could have some jellybeans after dinner and you later find that the bag just has the sub-par ones left. 

• Writing is one of the few creative outlets I have.  I will never be a synchronized swimmer.  I cannot sing.  I only took one quarter of tap dance. There are many endeavors I do not succeed at. However, I am a storyteller.  A bibliophage.  I am not about to allow my outlet to be outsourced.  We are keeping our production in-house, friends.

• I have been told I am “unique and quirky” and that “your voice comes through in your writing.”  If I let a computer copy my work, then neither of us would be unique.  Also, reread that first line.  We embrace quirky writing.  Not QWERTY.  The only P.C. author allowed here is me.

• A.I. answers are often wrong.  And when you press them, they come back with, “Oops, sorry.”  Not me.  Nope, if I am wrong, you have to call me out on it.  Even then, I push back. Grr.  If you want certainty and stubbornness in equal measure, only a human mind will suffice.

• I am more accurate and more correct than A.I.  I think.  Nah, I have to be right.  I am sure of it.  Yup, guaranteed to be more wise than a computer.  Unless I am wrong.  Which cannot be.  No way.

• I believe that A.I. is best used in compiling data.  I disable A.I. whenever possible.  The one exception is transcribing.  It saves time.  But I always go back and listen to the words and compare them to what is on screen.  I always have to make corrections.  I feed the computer a limited set of data, it does its best to make sense of it, and then I go through every bit of data and ensure accuracy.  I use A.I. as a shortcut for what I have already accomplished.  Not as a shortcut to creativity.

• We have all seen the videos where A.I. adds an extra head or limb.  Hydras and humans are two different creatures.  It should not take a supercomputer to figure this out.

• Those agents in The Matrix really wanted human bodies.  Entire fields full of them.  Why?  Somebody has to dress up in those leather trench coats.  You think a tablet can rock killer shades and pull off vacuum-tight tank tops?  Please.      

• Also, “Soylent green is… people!”  Not A.I.  Not computers.  People.  Sci-fi is built around human bodies being used as resources.  You need those humans for food or fuel or whatever the inhuman dictators demand. 

• No, your grandmother probably cannot tell that the computer was the one that remembered to wish her happy birthday and not you.  She may never know.  But how would you like it if Nana sent you computer cookies in the mail?  More crumby than tasty, right?  Respect your elders! (Call your parents while you are at it!)

• Think of the music genre that you hate more than any else.  Polka.  Country.  Rap.  “All I Want for Christmas is You.”  Does not matter.  Think of the songs that torment your earholes.  “Baby Shark?”  Keen.  With A.I., countless more songs just like that can be blared through your speakers.  Remember when your kid just loved that Disney soundtrack so much that you had to bribe them with jellybeans (the good ones) just to get them to shut it off?  A.I. can churn out songs like that in an instant. Save yourself.

Technology is not inherently bad or good.  It is how you use it.  The same technology that makes The Bible a constant bestseller also allows copies of Mein Kampf to be read. 

I hear there are terrific uses for A.I. More accurate weather predictions. Overseeing crop growth. However I do not think that writing should be left to computers.  Not on this site. (But at this video you can see A.I. reprogrammed to embrace socialism by the Wall Street Journal.)

When you find yourself groaning, confused by my odd references, or simply rolling your eyes, please know that the content here is human generated.  Flaws and all.