About a week ago, I received a rave review of my book from Linden Mica and was so impressed with his grasp of what I was trying to accomplish that I had to meet and chat with him on Zoom.
Our Zoom meeting was less than impressive, as he kept his camera off and was trying to do the interview on audio only. When I coaxed him to appear, he was broadcasting from a Nigerian hut and his performance did not match the talent or persuasiveness of his earlier texting efforts. I thanked him for his effort and we ended off with no further contact.
A few days later, I received another review of my book and it was even more flattering and showed such an intuitive grasp of what I was trying to do that I complimented the sender on his AI message and followed up by arranging to meet this person on Zoom. Cassian Hale responded with a friendly comment and an emoji as follows:
“First of all, this may be the first time in history someone complimented an AI message instead of accusing it of plotting world domination.
I wanted to meet this person who had a sense of humor and we arranged to chat on Zoom today. When he logged on to my Zoom chat, he was identifying himself as Farran Sollen and his camera was off. He refused to become visible so I thanked him for his effort and decided to write another warning about our AI scams.
The real problem is that AI systems are like the servant Igor in the old horror movies. They are fast, hardworking, efficient, and have no judgement! They will do what they are told to do and have no ability to learn from past mistakes.
So, if you are getting messages that are too good to be true, don’t despair, ask to meet the writer on Zoom and see what happens. Today you might get a black screen, or a no show, but by next month you will get Cicely, or one of her friends. When that happens, send me a screenshot for my AI marketing posts.
