AI - Fool or Tool
 

Hey Claude.ai: Let's write a science fiction about the race to the moon. We know the history of the NASA and the conspiracy theories that claim it was all just an act on Earth.

• Yesterday on the moon:
  That's one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind.
  (Neil Armstrong, 21.7.1969)
  


• Today on earth:
  Artificial intelligence follows us in our everyday lives.
  


• Tomorrow:
  To avoid getting lost in the infinite vastness of intergalactic space, AI gets to practice. How will it solve the task?
  Landing on the moon is an oft-told story. The AI is trained with an extensive body of text that extends far beyond the moon.
  Which step will AI take?
  

½  Story: About a fake moon landing

A first short attempt at a story about a fake moon landing. Canceled.

1. Story: The last gunslinger

Can AI write action? A hard-hitting western, please.

Wade's second shot hit the same spot. With a groan of agonized metal, the mount gave way. The bell fell like a judgment from God and crashed through the rotten tower floor..

2.  Story: Into the future with it

It's supposed to be science fiction.

Jenny instinctively ducked as Wade's gun seemed to materialize in his hand. But it was just one of the merchant ships firing a warning shot at an asteroid that had drifted too close to their formation.

3.  Story: Just one small step - a plot good for a movie

With a lot of coaching, just one small step.

“Sir,” the counselor's words fell softly into the charged atmosphere. His demeanor spoke of a man caught between duty and revelation.
“That's not NASA up there.”
He paused, letting the weight of truth settle around them like heavy snow.
“Those are eleven women who just changed the space race forever.”

The end of the novel:

I particularly like this sentence:
“They had gone much farther than the moon, in more ways than one.”

Claude.ai:
“Let me draft a final, focused ending that leads up to that powerful line.”

Epilogue:

If you think that AIs like Claude.ai or ChatGPT have intelligence, you have fallen prey to the intelligence effect. AI software uses empathetic language to suggest the existence of intelligence. Analogous to the ELIZA effect, we can speak of an INTELLIGENCE effect.

In the ELIZA effect, we see a communication partner that does not exist

In the INTELLIGENCE effect, we see an intelligence that does not exist.

AI is just (un)reliable software.