Clearing the Fog

June 9, 2025

Have you ever considered AI as the All Intelligent One? You're not alone. Let's think about it being termed Artificial Ignorance. I received an email about Apple's invasion of privacy after being promised protected information. Don't get me wrong, it's not all bad, but how do we know when enough is enough? Companies use AI now without fixing their so-called privacy features (like the accidental activation of Siri). Yikes! I thought I had seen it all when I had to start solving lame puzzles to prove I wasn't a cyborg.

Just typing this, I feel silly, as if bots are watching my every keystroke or able to change whatever they want to skew the view. But, in our society, that's just another mainstream Monday. Has anyone else thought, "Man, I must be crazy or paranoid"? Well, you absolutely shouldn't; I tend to be more old school, like my dad. I would rather travel or be out in nature than be cramped up like a deep-sea octopus with a different waterproof AI device on every appendage. It's as if you're constantly tuned in, never finishing the concert piece.

Artificial Intelligence is, precisely that, faux intelligence. It can be your editor or business assistant, helping to churn out ideas when the butter is too dense. That being said, these nuance productivity geniuses are fallible and will always need real intelligence to troubleshoot. While we claim tech devices save us time, do they really? You can't substitute the robot for humanity. Not happening; AI does not signify all-inclusivity. You need fiery emotion, competence, and zeal that cannot be outmatched, for example, when it comes to writing legitimate healthcare content. Nurse writers will never be outdated, unneeded, and irrelevant by anything solely artificially intelligent.

Please don't attempt to commit me for this, but has anyone else heard both Siri and Alexa magically light up or say something out of the clear blue? I'm truly hoping it's a fluke until I view a commercial selling me my favorite brand of perfume, which I recently told my husband I needed! I look ridiculous to my spouse and then claim, "Some artificial intel (not the brand of processors) is eavesdropping on us." Who knows? Let's keep a watchful eye on this issue of privacy, or lack thereof, to lift the fog.