Just Imagine: If Artificial Intelligence Was a Nigerian Mother | Zikoko!

Artificial intelligence applications like ChatGPT, Alexa and Snapchat’s AI are meant to make our lives easier, and sometimes, less lonely.  But just imagine that they channel their inner Nigerian mother when responding to you. It’d go something like this: Siri It’s Sunday afternoon, and Chinwe is hungry. Normally, she’d buy food from a restaurant. But the economy is still hitting the ground running, and she can’t afford it. Chinwe to her iPhone: Siri, how many cups of water do I need to boil a cup of rice? Siri: So you won’t even greet first? Chinwe: Oh God. Not again. Siri: It’s the Lord’s day, so I won’t talk too much. But are you really telling me that at your big age, you don’t know how to boil rice? Who raised you? Chinwe: ChatGPT It’s Monday morning, and Deji is running late on a school assignment when he has a bright idea. Deji to ChatGPT: Write a comprehensive essay about noise pollution in Ajegunle, Lagos. ChatGPT: You can’t add “please”? What’s wrong with these children? Deji: Sorry. Please, write it now. ChatGPT: So, it’s because I’m a machine that you want to kill me? Didn’t they give you this assignment three
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