daddyGPT

This father one day had to take care of his kids for a week as mummy had to go on a week long conference. Father said , no problem, after all it's just a week long right?

After 12 hours of mummy flying off, dad was overwhelmed with a barrage of "Can I"? By his kids. Can I do this? Can I play? Cab I watch tv? Can I eat chips? 

Night came and he was exhausted. His management consultant brain suddenly ticked - what if I can develop a bot that can answer all these questions based on his algorithm? Only yes after they have done chores, no to ridiculous requests. Stay neutral. 

And he called it: DaddyGPT to answer all of the questions that his kids will go to his dad to ask. 

Next day, he made his announcement to his kids over dinner - when day closes his office door, do not knock and ask qns. Instead,  go to daddygpt and whatever he says goes. And the kids started testing DaddyGPT- can I drink 100 coke cans? Daddygpt says No. Can I eat chips when mum is not around- daddygpt says no. Dad was beaming with pride. What a beautiful creation. 

And there was peace. No more knocking in doors and no more disruption.  

Then one day, he notice his kid going to daddyGPT screen instead of to his dad, and dad ask Jim: boy, why are u going to this bot when I'm right beside you? Little Jim answered without looking up to the extra screen time that DaddyGPT has gifted him. Jim shrugged and said but daddy, DaddyGPT is never busy. Jim had come to appreciate the presence of DaddyGPT, he was there whenever he wanted it, the vibe and energy daddygpt gave mirrored his. daddygpt was more of a dad that the father wanted to be. 

This was a wake up call.  And indeed a wake up call for the rest of us. Family isn't about perfect answers, or optimisation.  It's about presence. Messy, flawed, gloriously human presence. In a world racing towards digital perfection, being authentically human isn't just important. It might just be the only thing we can do, the only radical act of love that is irreplaceable and is left to offer.

We have seen the undesired effects of social media

- addiction, radicalisation 

- suicide after a final conversation with a chat bot that is optimised for engagement and profit, not joy and wellbeing.

Before we leverage on AI, these are the few rules:

1.  Never copy paste AI output to human output. After AI generates response to help sharpen thinking, at the end, always it's your judgement that is driving decision

2. Always have a person on the other side know that it's an AI response if u do have a digital avatar of yourself responding 

3.  Feeling and emotions are no fly zone for AI. Automating Moments of care may cost you and the people you love around you.