Hi, Chat!

I want to try something new, he thought, sitting in the darkened room in front of the glaring computer screen.

Hi Chat, he started typing into the prompt for ChatGPT.

I want to try a new hobby. What can you suggest? A list popped up in reply. Cooking, painting, guitar, knitting. All so boring.

Can you suggest something more exciting? A brief pause, followed by another list. Football, field hockey, martial arts. He considered the list for a moment.

What about something that doesn't involve teams? Another pause. Another list. Mountain climbing, scuba diving, bungee jumping. Not bad, but...

Those all sound so expensive.

Another pause, this one just slightly longer than the rest. How about jumping of a cliff ?

* * * *

The software engineer leaned back in his chair and rubbed his eyes. Training this new AI assistant was proving more difficult than he'd thought it would be.

"I need some coffee," he muttered to no one. He poured a cup of liquid motivation and sat back down in front of the screen, clicking over to his favorite news site. He scrolled through the headlines until one from a local outlet caught his attention.

Local Man Hospitalized After Jumping From A Cliff.

He clicked the headline and began reading.

“A local man is in critical condition after falling from Hillcrest Peak on Friday night. He claims ChatGPT told him to jump off of the cliff as a type of extreme sport event.”

The engineer stopped and leaned back in his chair. He pondered the situation for a few moments in stunned silence.

"He knew ChatGPT was just kidding, right?"