A.I.

Today was Zoe's last early start of the week and I was up at 6:30 to greet Ellie, who hadn't quite woken up yet. After a cuddle, she made her way up to Nana while I finished my coffee and made Nana's tea. The rest of the pre-school period whizzed by as usual and we walked Ellie to the classroom. It was as we left the school that I realised I had forgotten my phone (and hence my audiobook). The morning walk would have to wait!

Back home, we had breakfast and then I started to think about something Zoe had asked yesterday. As part of Zoe’s development plan, she wants to gain an understanding of how people see her. To that end, she is trying to get responses from about 40 colleagues, friends, and acquaintances. She has asked me if I can contact members of the family and ask them to provide THREE words that come to mind when they think of her. I sent out requests during the evening yesterday and already have a number of responses. I started to wonder, however, how she would analyse these random words and what she would do with them. I wondered whether A.I. could help.

I fired up ChatGPT and asked it: 

"I have asked some family and friends to tell me the first 3 words that come to mind when they think of me. These are the responses:" (I then typed in the list of responses I had received), and finished off the question with "What can you deduce from this about my personality?"

I was amazed at the response. It analysed the data and clustered words together to identify traits. It then justified its analysis. It was brilliant. Taking the bull by the horns, I then asked:

"Can you suggest a personal development plan, based on this analysis?"  

A few moments later I had a structured personal development plan, including reference materials,  timescales and so forth. As the day wore on, Zoe provided more of the responses from work and I re-ran the model. I have sent her the drafts but will wait for the last inputs from family and colleagues before finalising it.

I managed to go out for my walk late in the morning. It was a lot cooler today but was not uncomfortable. I was out for an hour or so and then came home for lunch.

The afternoon saw the usual Kindle time though I stayed at home while Di went to collect Ellie. We were expecting a delivery that would require a signature. It was due between 10:00 and 12:00. From 11:00 onwards DHL was telling me that the driver was only 3 stops away. I tracked him on the map as he drove all over this part of Sussex making deliveries and never reducing the count from 3. Eventually, he turned upper at about 16:00 with my new (backup) Swiss Army knife. My "old faithful" which must be over 40 years old is looking a bit battered and bruised so I want to send it away to be refurbished - but that can take 6-8 weeks and I can't exist without my trusty knife for that long. A backup was required.