So far, I'm liking artificial intelligence. I rely on Grok quite a bit, not for writing, but for doing things like cleaning up blurry screen captures. You used to have to be a Photoshop wizard to make memes, but now anyone can do it with the help of AI. I use AI to make music and videos, mixed with more traditional methods. Younger generations seem to be highly against "AI slop," as they call it, and are afraid of it being used to make movies and video games.
One thing I don't do with Grok or any other AI tool is "chat." I use it more as a replacement for Google searches, which return AI summaries now anyway.
This guy found a cool use for ChatGPT:
cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night:
— Sam Altman (@sama) July 31, 2026
connect your family calendars and explain your kids' interests.
every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid's soccer game that afternoon, one kid's upcoming birthday, some news, etc.
Everyone, you have a choice.
— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) August 1, 2026
Don’t use this shit. https://t.co/yjp1xnlBNr
This used to be called “conversations with your kids on the way to school”
— Dawn (@aurora_g96) August 1, 2026
"yeah my dad AI generates podcasts about my upcoming birthday instead of talking to me while we drive to school"
— Sean // Game Dev🥀 (@sean_gause) July 31, 2026
It’s wild how disconnected these tech people are from normal human behavior
— Mike Dargatis (@MikeDGot) July 31, 2026
Or just talk to your kids. No AI needed.
— Chris Gore (@ThatChrisGore) August 1, 2026
I feel bad for Sam Altman. He probably thought this was some "feel good" use case, and had no idea how creepy and weird it is.
— James La Forte (@Jlafortetech) July 31, 2026
Can we please get some normal people running these tech companies?
Your kids waiting for you to talk to them: pic.twitter.com/cStUjhCwnI
— Steve McGuire (@sfmcguire79) August 1, 2026
I do something similar but instead of a fake podcast written by a soulless computer I just talk to them.
— Benjamin Holland (@BenjaminHo11and) July 31, 2026
Conversations with your children in the car are priceless …. Keep them away from phones as long as possible!
— Dr. KAC (@drkacol) August 1, 2026
Nothing like AI to outsource knowing your own kids. 😂
— Jan Stevens (@janstevens) July 31, 2026
Or..... hear me out. You could just talk to your child and actually be interested.
— Sam Shillings (@SamShillings_) July 31, 2026
Sam, you may or may not know that many kids hate AI. Nothing would make them hate it (and their parents) even more than this “cool” use case.
— Alex Kruglov (@akruglov) August 1, 2026
The car is called the “traveling confessional” because our kids are more open to conversation while we drive. This is a well-known phenomenon and results in some of the most enjoyable discussions as a parent.
— LOguy (@LOguy1953) August 1, 2026
I’d rather die
— Dan Baldassarre (@evornithology) August 1, 2026
I remember at the very beginning when podcasts were a cool new thing, and then they sort of fizzled out. And then they came roaring back to life, and everyone has one now. Thinking you need an AI-generated podcast to fill up the drive to school is just weird.
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