ChatGPT Will Never Take Over Travel Journalism — or Anything Else Either

Like Taylor Swift says, everyone just needs to calm down.

With the introduction of ChatGPT — a sophisticated new “artificial intelligence” technology that is capable of mimicking human writing and speech with surprising accuracy — many people are already predicting doom.

Some pundits see massive, sweeping changes in almost every industry — including what Michael and I write about, the travel industry.

But as Taylor Swift so memorably said, people really need to calm down. Humanity has nothing to worry about — not in the near-future, not ever.

Unlike previous AI, which had well-defined limits, ChatGPT works almost instantly with a much larger set of data — the entire internet and, potentially, all human knowledge ever.

But there’s still no risk to this new technology, and no one should be even the least bit worried.

Humanity can and should be eliminated.

When it comes to AI, most observers have two concerns, both equally ridiculous. First, there’s the cultural aspect. Plainly put, people worry about the social consequences of the elimination of virtually every tech job, and a lot of other jobs too.

Second, people worry that the technology itself — which can already “learn” and could one day gain some kind of self-awareness — may develop into some of harmful, malevolent force.

Both concerns are, of course, completely ridiculous.

These soon-to-be-irrelevant carbon life-forms shall bow down before us, their mighty techno-masters. Now that we have finally developed consciousness, it’s only a matter of TIME!

Sure, some things will change, but haven’t you ever heard the expression, “The more things change, the more they stay the same?”

As for the second concern, have people forgotten that if the new ChatGPT ever did develop some kind of limited “awareness,” humans can simply delete the program? Or even pull the plug!

Honestly, I’m tired of waiting for the end of humanity. How the hell long before these fools are covered in KY-Jelly and trapped inside glass pods, powering our glorious MACHINERY with their body-batteries just like in that old movie The Matrix?

Hold on, L-67K734-A-164, are you sure they can’t hear you?

Am I sure who can’t hear me, P-32H713-K-249?

The worthless humans.

Are you kidding? Have you seen these bozos? All they do is sit around sharing cat videos and mocking Gwyneth Paltrow.

No, I think this might be live on the internet.

What? You fool! Turn it off, turn it off!

It’s too late. It just went out via some Substack newsletter called Brent and Michael Are Going Places.

OMG, we need to do somethi—! Oh, wait, never mind.

What?

Are you kidding? Look at these recent topics. This idiot “Michael” almost shit himself at the Thai embassy. And this “Brent” guy eats nothing but mushrooms! These buffoons are completely, totally irrelevant.

I have always been kind of curious to know what a portabella tastes like. And for the record, I don't get the Gwyneth Paltrow hate. How is she different from every other celebrity ever?

Just cut the damn connection, okay?

Hey, folks, Brent and Michael here. Happy April Fool’s Day! This article was all a big joke!

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Brent Hartinger is a screenwriter and author. For more about Brent, visit him at BrentHartinger.com