Each week I send out this email with a tip for something small you can do to improve your mood.
These tips often involve doing something that reinforces our connection to the world around us – because humans need to feel connected in order to thrive
So this week’s tip might seem a bit… incongruous.
This week’s tip is to talk to AI.
Hear me out!
I don’t mean we should replace human connection with robots – that’s a very bad idea!
But we all have times when we’re feeling lonely and there’s nobody around to talk to
Or we have a problem that just seems too much (or too silly perhaps) to dump on a friend.
In those times – or perhaps we want to try and organise our thoughts before talking to anyone about it – AI can be useful.
Apps like Chat GPT or Google Gemini allow you to say “answer me in the style of XXX” – where XXX is your favourite guru, philosopher and so on.
So you can tell the AI your problem, and ask it to discuss it with you in the style of someone whose approach you prefer.
NOTE – This is not a way of dealing with a major issue – but it’s a great way of figuring things out and getting some ideas for how to move forward.
AI cannot – and should not – replace the real human connection we all need in the world around us
But I think we’ve all at some point found ourselves feeling like, Gosh, I feel like every time I see this person I’m moaning about my problems…
That’s where AI can be useful – you can moan to AI about your problems and get some completely impartial guidance
AI won’t give you advice based on what its mother always says you should do; it won’t tell you that you should do something based on its own religious beliefs or personal preferences
It’s also good to note that it might give you duff information
So don’t follow it blindly!
But you can get impartial advice and guidance in the style of your chosen person.
It’s highly unlikely you would be able, for example, to have a chat with Alain de Botton about your current existential crisis
But you can ask AI to respond to you in the style of Alain de Botton, and then begin to figure things out!
Do you use AI to help you solve problems?
I’d love to hear your experience!