AI 2025 wrapped
I get the vibe that the Substack community has a deep-seated hatred for AI. I understand much of where that comes from: a replacement for thinking, creativity, innovation, in addition to environmental concerns and more. But I do think it has its purposes.
For me, ChatGPT is a lifesaver with work. I’ll use it to understand things that Google is just too ambiguous about. From coming up with learning accommodations for individualized student profiles, to differentiating tests for exam week, to checking my Nutritional CN-P thesis to make sure I’m doing APA7 correctly. It definitely has its place in my world. It is acts as something I can refine my ideas against and help me gain a greater understanding of a void. It fills the role of college peer or collaborative, critical co-worker — empty roles in my human sphere. For better or worse.
Again, I know AI has its concerns. It is certainly fallible, overly complimentary and creating a whole bunch of other issues (which I plan on covering eventually). For those purposes I highly recommend reading the book Co-intelligence: Living and Working with AI. I also recommend reflecting on the famous Harry Potter quote:
“Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can’t see where it keeps its brain.”
But, this article is meant not as a critique or a hype article. It instead is a fun idea my co-worker shared with me and I encourage any of you who use or have an account with and AI service to do:
Your AI service knows you. At least parts of you. Just like your Amazon Photos, Spotify, Apple Music, ICloud Photos do. All of those services do and end of year wrapped or highlight reel or something to recap your year. My co-worker called me the other day with the idea to ask ChatGPT for the same thing: “Based on everything I've asked you this year, give me a "2025 ChatGPT Wrapped" similar to a Spotify wrapped. Like my most ridiculous question, most obvious question, dumbest question, most frequently asked category, least expected question, etc.”
The results shed a lot of light on what information AI has gathered on you, what you use it for, quite a bit about your roles and more. It was my favorite wrapped from any service I have. Partially because I share it with my husband and he asks a lot of questions about trading cards, knives, TSA poke rules and Warhammer! Below is a snippet of our recap:
The other best part was having our students do this. It was not only a reflective activity but highly entertaining (especially to see where and how they cheat!)
If you have an AI account I highly recommend trying this! Drop any results in the comments!