I'm not sure about you, but I read Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer Johnson when it released in the late 1990s and I found it to be a very interesting book about change. It was very easy to read and easier to understand.
So, when I heard about the recently released book Who Generated My Cheese by Dr. Tonya T. Strickland, I was curious to see what it had to say about artificial intelligence, something that I have a working knowledge about but little else. At this point in the evolution of AI, I find it pretty easy to determine which pictures are AI or not. I'm not afraid of AI, but I sense a lot of older adults are because of the fearful language that they hear on the news.
I'm going to quote Dr. Strickland's book directly because I believe that this will help the reader understand exactly what this short (under 100 pages!), concise, and understandable book is all about.
Which of the following statements about generative artificial intelligence are true?
A. It could take over your job.
B. It could take over your choices.
C. It could take over your brain.
D. It could take over your world.
E. You might not see it coming.
Answer: A through D may become true in a worst-case AI scenario. But by the time you finish this book, you’ll be equipped to ensure that E doesn’t have to be!
I think that the one thing people fear most about AI is that it will have true intelligence and take over everything. But, basically, AI analyzes large amounts of information and learns from their patterns. If you feed it good information, it will come back with good results. We've been using AI for decades already in our computers, our smart home devices, online on sites such as Pandora or Spotify, or on our TVs with apps such as Netflix. We talk about the algorithm, that's AI!
But, like your choice of music, AI can become bias based on your interaction with it on sites such as ChatGPT so it can be manipulated.
But, in the same vein, AI can be used to solve problems. By gathering information and learning the patterns, GPT-4 has passed the tests to because a licensed practitioner of law and to become a physician. AI is very smart!
As you can see from just what I shared, Who Generated My Cheese is a very good resource for those who are interested in AI and learning about how artificial intelligence can affect our future.
I highly recommend this book as a completely understandable and easy to read guide to the future of pretty much everything that we come in contact with from media to technology. AI isn't something to fear, but it is something that everyone should have at least a basic knowledge of and this book is a great stepping stone for that knowledge.
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