"It's Not Possible for Me to Feel or Be Creepy": An Interview with ChatGPT

Between Christmas and New Year's, my family took a six-hour drive to Vermont. I drove; my wife and two children sat in the back seat. Our children are five and two--too old to be hypnotized by a rattle or a fidget spinner, too young to entertain themselves--so a six-hour drive amounted to an hour of napping, an hour of free association and sing-alongs, and four hours of desperation. We offered the kids an episode of their favorite storytelling podcast, but they weren't in the mood for something prerecorded. They wanted us to invent a new story, on the spot, tailored to their interests.