My initial foray into AI was in 2025. I wanted it to suggest suitable software to plot the curves I needed for my blogs. That was when I first became aware of the strengths and weaknesses both of AI in general and of different AIs in particular.
In this blog, I chronicle my adventures in AI-land. I recount in detail five specific examples in the use of AI, and the experiences that unfolded. Later, I distil the generic lessons that I have learned so that other users might benefit. I conclude by quoting a paper that points out the dangers of emotional entanglement with an AI, especially by the young.