•April 19, 2023•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

Judging by the first response I received after last weekend’s column in which I went up against the ChatGPT artificial intelligence human interface, the next assignment I considered giving ChatGPT was to “write a letter of resignation admitting I am of less use than a 1970s-era Texas Instruments calculator.”
David Borck, who has been reading my column from its infancy, wrote: “Seems that YOU are Example A, but truthfully, it is hard to tell.”
Of the two “humorous” column items about gerunds, I wrote Example B (in 5 minutes) while ChatGPT “compiled” its column items in 40 seconds.
But given that 23 of the 28 people who responded guessed correctly, I “tore up” that letter of resignation even before I could ask ChatGPT to “write” it for me.
“The jokes weren’t funny in Example A,” wrote Sun Knisely.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.