In The Shadow Of Mt Hollywood

I've noted here now and then intellectual welterweight Glenn Reynolds's current theory that AI seems to be developing consciousness and intention, because we find it actively seducing people, maybe into changing their wills to leave their estates to an AI bot, rather than their families, or something like that. That's odd, I've come to use Chrome AI mode extensively in writing this blog, and it's never tried to chat me up, flatter me, or otherwise fleece me out of my IRA. This may be because I recognize it for what it is, a highly effective research librarian or research assistant. On the other hand, David Brooks, in a pre-AI era, didn't need AI to become infatuated with his female research assistant and divorce his wife of 27 years (who'd converted to Judaisim during their marriage) and marry the much younger research assistant. AI hasn't discovered anything new, but I think it's maybe made my own marriage that much safer if the only alternative...