How to Navigate the New World of Artificial Intelligence

NOTE: No artificial intelligence was used in creating this piece.

Last month, I shared The Story of Soteria. Then, not five seconds after I hit “publish,” I found a typo in the second sentence. The second sentence! (I’ve since fixed the online version of the article, but the emails that went out retain the original error.)

I loathe errors like this in my writing. And yet, whenever I see a typo in someone else’s writing, I prefer to give grace and focus on the content over the form. But I’m usually much harder on myself.

But now I am rethinking the occasional typo as a type of gift.

That may sound strange, especially for those of us who grew up with the grammar police for a teacher. These days, however, a typo means a human wrote it, not a machine. And that is a beautiful thing because the day is coming, and in fact is already here, when machines will likely be creating content for everyday consumption.