For the last day or so I have been looking over my previous blog posts, going back many years, for an article that I am working on about the future of text. You could say that I am mining data from myself.
It has occurred to me that this process be also done by an AI. So, out of curiosity, I decided to ask Google Gemini what it thought my blog says on the topic.
Here is what Gemini had to say: “According to Ken Perlin’s blog, the future of text involves integration into immersive Extended Reality (XR) environments and augmentation by Artificial Intelligence (AI). This future envisions text moving beyond traditional screens, becoming part of shared, enhanced realities facilitated by ubiquitous mixed reality glasses, while AI enhances human communication and creativity rather than replacing it.”
It’s a pretty fair summary, albeit at a somewhat superficial level. Yet I am mindful that over time the powers of Gemini and its A.I. competitors will only continue to increase.
I can’t figure out which would be more worrisome: A future in which articles written by humans are replaced by inferior A.I. imitations, or a future in which those articles are replaced by superior A.I. imitations.