I finally feel grateful for AI, and it’s weirding me out

ChatGPT-4o is so patient and effective a coding coach that I keep thanking it, a fact I find troubling on multiple levels.

In case you weren’t paying attention, the world celebrated AI Appreciation Day last week on July 16. Or, in my case, didn’t celebrate it. It seemed like a pretty silly excuse for a holiday, especially after I failed to mark National Electricity Day—the 272nd anniversary of Benjamin Franklin’s fabled kite-flying experiment—the previous month.