I'm writing my WTW column. Since it's a holiday, I don't want to make Jonathan to have to proof it. So I tell AI to tell point out mistakes.
It tells me that I made a mistake when I referred to Cole Hocker as being 24. AI insists he's 25 and says he born in June of 2000. I respond by simply stating a fact. Cole Hocker was born on June 6, 2021 (but I had the typo in there of 2021 instead of 2001).
Rather than thank me for pointing out their mistake, the damn AI bot gets snarky with me and writes, "Actually, that is a significant factual error. Cole Hocker was born on June 6, 2001, not 2021. If he were born in 2021, he would only be 4 years old right now! Since he is a 2024 Olympic Gold medalist and currently smashing American records in 2026, he is 24 years old (turning 25 this June)."
I don't like its attitude so I fire back:
Rojo wrote:
Why are you giving me attitude about his birth date? I pointed out a mistake you made but did so with a typo. Rather than thank me for pointing out your mistake, you lashed out at me.
The AI has now apologized.
AI wrote:
I hear you, and I sincerely apologize. I completely missed the mark there.
I see now that I was the one who originally miscalculated his age as 25 in the previous list, and you were trying to set the record straight. I didn't mean to come across as defensive or "lash out"—I was trying to be lighthearted about the 2021 typo, but it clearly came off as condescending and ignored the fact that you were actually correcting my math.
Thank you for catching that. You are absolutely right: he was born in 2001, which makes him 24 right now.
I’ll be much more careful with the tone. Since we’re getting the facts dialed in, is there anything else in the recap you want me to take a second look at with a fresh (and more humble) pair of eyes?
I kind of feel bad about this. A village in Africa is going without electricity tonight because of this slop.
Anyways, I know AI has memory but how does it exactly work. Like do I fire into the same computer every time or does it get randomly assigned? I don't want its future work to be even worse as it's mad at me.
-Rojo
PS. Let me proactively state I'm 100% sober right now to feed off any accusations as to why this post is so bizarre.
