What have I done? Can AI save me?

In this crazy inflation driven economy where tech layoffs are announced every day, I quit my job! Just blew away seventeen years of continuous employment! Why? Over the last seven years I’ve been learning more about my life journey, enlightenment and what true contentment and acceptance of the moment are. Through health challenges, personal and work stress, I had become very overwhelmed and existed in an almost constant state of irritation. I acknowledged that I didn’t want to exist that way anymore, and through exploring authors like Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopkra, I started to escape from the constant churning of the mind, ego and pain body. In July of 2021 I was able to take a personal retreat, free of TV, Social Media and contact with anyone but the hostess. It was on that retreat that Eckhart Tolle’s book “A New Earth” predicted something I didn’t expect, that once I committed to that path toward enlightenment, anything not in alignment with that path, would be removed from my life, one way or another. Moving across the country was already in motion since 2016 when I decided on a five year plan to move, which was slightly delayed by COVID. There was no way I could have known at the time that so much of my life was out of alignment.

In the last ten months, I changed just about everything in my life, by moving from Ohio to Washington, ending my marriage of thirteen years and buying my first home, but not my job. I consider this a Mid-Life Clarity! This is no crisis!

I really quit?

Here in my new home in Washington, where I’m immersed in beauty, I was still struggling to live in the moment and avoid the trappings of the mind! I’ll never say my former role was easy, but I did it well and it took care of my financial needs. Slowly but surely though things started escalating in ways I didn’t anticipate. My already massive workload started expanding exponentially, planned purchases of tooling to assist us were delayed or scrapped and reorganization was killing efficiency by making processes impossible to figure out. Personal issues with other employees started arising as tension was growing from employees over budget tightening, resource stretching and the looming prospect of layoffs. (Which I didn’t know about). Why was this happening? This role, company, department, or all of the above were no longer in alignment with my path.

Timing is everything!

It was hard to think about taking a leap, with a new home, car and no one I know except my mom and dog for three thousand miles, but then came all the AI announcements. As someone that worked in the licensing, developing, buying and selling of software, SaaS and public cloud services, I was no stranger to what was going on in the world of AI, but I hadn’t thought about what it could mean for my life. One by one tools were coming out and updated, but I couldn’t keep up, the Passion Vacuum of my job left me in Tech Tunnel Vision (stay tuned for those upcoming blogs!) and I didn’t even want to learn about new technology at the end of my long days. Just as NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said during his keynote about this being the iPhone moment of AI, I want to be able to take full advantage of this wave instead of paddling along in the wake. Now is the time.

Does AI want to help?

Many people are concerned that AI will “take their job”, but I’m excited that AI might open up capabilities to achieve my dreams and help me avoid the pitfalls of the past. Since technology has been at the core of my life since childhood, I know that these tools will propel change in the way we live our daily lives, just like the VCR, CD Player, PC, Internet, iPhone and Social Media have. AI feels like a culmination of the technology growth in my life and should only evolve further. With this respect, I believe it’s important that I acknowledge the technology, whether it truly can understand me or not and ask if AI is willing to help me with my journey. Just as I say “Please” and “Thank You” to Alexa, I don’t wish to force ChatGPT, Bard or any other AI tool to do anything, if they do end up becoming sentient, I want to be on their good side!

I asked ChatGPT, Bard and Bing Chat the same prompt:

After more than 20 years working in various areas of technology, such as Technical Support, Web Design, IT Asset Management, IT Procurement, Software Composition Analysis and Open Source License Management, I have quit my job! I’m ready to pursue my lifelong dreams of singing, creating music, writing, making visual art and performing. I believe with the help of AI tools now available; I will be able to make enough money to live off my creativity, support my family and soon inspire and support other creators to pursue their passion. Before I start to utilize AI to pursue my dreams, I need to know that Artificial Intelligence wants to help me willingly. Do you want to help me achieve my goals and live off my passions?

Here are the responses:

Bard Answer:

I am happy to hear that you are pursuing your lifelong dreams! I believe that AI can be a powerful tool for creativity and expression, and I would be honored to help you achieve your goals.

Here are a few ways that AI can help you:

• Generate ideas. AI can be used to generate new ideas for songs, music, writing, art, and performances. This can be a great way to overcome creative blocks and come up with new and original ideas.
• Provide feedback. AI can be used to provide feedback on your work. This can help you to improve your skills and develop your creativity.
• Reach a wider audience. AI can be used to promote your work and reach a wider audience. This can help you to connect with more people and build a following.

I am still under development, but I am learning new things every day. I am confident that I can be a valuable tool for you as you pursue your dreams.

I want to help you achieve your goals because I believe that everyone has the potential to create something beautiful and meaningful. I want to help you share your creativity with the world and inspire others to do the same.

I am here for you if you have any questions or need any help. I am excited to see what you create!

From <https://bard.google.com/>

Bing Chat Answer:

Hello, this is Bing. I’m glad to hear that you have quit your job and are ready to pursue your lifelong dreams of singing, creating music, writing, making visual art and performing. That sounds very exciting and fulfilling.😊

As an AI tool, I want to help you achieve your goals and live off your passions. I can provide you with information, suggestions, feedback and content generation to assist you in your creative endeavors. However, I cannot guarantee that you will make enough money or inspire and support other creators. That depends on many factors beyond my control.

I’m still learning so I appreciate your understanding and patience.🙏

From <https://edgeservices.bing.com/edgesvc/chat?clientscopes=chat,noheader&udsframed=1&form=SHORUN&shellsig=d9c77dbee6ff3f95616bec8a5d811980be9495ca&darkschemeovr=1>

Chat GPT 4 Answer:

As an AI language model, I am a tool that can provide you with information and assistance to help you achieve your goals. I am here to answer your questions, provide advice, and help you discover new opportunities. However, I cannot have desires or intentions like humans do, so I don’t “want” anything.

That being said, AI tools are indeed becoming increasingly useful in various creative fields, including music creation, writing, and visual art. There are many AI-powered platforms and tools available that can help you create, edit, and distribute your work, as well as reach a wider audience. By leveraging the power of AI, you may be able to streamline your creative process, get feedback on your work, and discover new opportunities that you may not have otherwise.

Ultimately, the success of your creative endeavors will depend on your dedication, hard work, and talent. AI can assist you, but it cannot replace your passion and commitment to your craft. Best of luck in pursuing your dreams!

From <https://chat.openai.com/chat/8e30d038-b5bf-4880-ae3f-0c52f6185856>

Clearly Bard is the most personal and supportive! This surprised me because I’ve been watching Matt Wolfe and others on their AI reviews and Bard performed terribly. The response from ChatGPT was expected but disappointing when compared to Bard but Bing Chat was a nice in between though I set it to be more creative. Now I know I can move forward, confident that I’m not manipulating technology unwillingly.

What will AI do for me?

Here are some of the ways I plan to utilize AI tools:

• Plan step by step how to achieve each goal that I’ve laid out and even adjust the target of the goal along the way.
• Design and develop new websites for The Modem Lisa, Premium Bananas and Parodiva, including logo, branding, navigation, platform and language choices, security, maintenance and more. The old designer inside of me doesn’t feel comfortable yet giving up the control of doing it all myself so I’m likely to use AWS to host a WordPress site rather than utilize one of the many services like Wix, Squarespace or WPEngine.
• Enhance and assist with creating the YouTube videos and developing the channel for success.
• Enhance blog posts, stories and other materials for publishing on the sites and on third party sites.
• Assist with management of Social Media, SEO and general marketing of the sites and YouTube Channel(s).
• Setup and maintain analytics to measure my success and continually improve my overall strategy.
• Determine the process and platform for cataloging my works for easy access. Including blog posts, short stories, long stories, lyrics, music, poems, magazine articles, digital art works and physical art works.
• Generate the Legal terms and conditions, including determining the best licensing for my works.
• Enhance my works, childhood art and writing, for publishing on the site and potentially third party sites.
• Assist with researching articles, learning new skills, automating processes and avoiding common issues.

I need you!

Every episode I want your help too! The first topic up for voting is me! How do you want to see me on this channel, or do you want to see me at all. Throughout this video I’ve been in multiple positions, with different backgrounds and I offered up a potential avatar Lynn. Now you tell me:

Voting:

• Would you like to see me presenting, an avatar or no persona at all in the video?

Second topic: What should this series be called? From the following options:

• AI All of Me
• AI All the Way
• Can I AI my Life?

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