About the AI Boom
It's difficult to keep this website updated. Please feel free to reach out to me through my email achan127@ucmerced.edu for any questions on this topic.
Last updated December 18th 2025
It's difficult to keep this website updated. Please feel free to reach out to me through my email achan127@ucmerced.edu for any questions on this topic.
Last updated December 18th 2025
The term artificial intelligence in itself is misleading and brings the mass misunderstanding of what is artificial intelligence and how artificial intelligence works due to wide misinformation and propaganda with techniques used such as strawman fallacy in popular media (news, science fiction genre) to induce uncertainty in the general population. As an explainable artificial intelligence researcher, I prefer to use the word computer vision instead of artificial intelligence as artificial intelligence has became a buzzword with connotations leading to misunderstandings on the computer vision field I am in.
Human and artificial intelligence relationships depicted in science fiction movies such as Her are no longer fiction but reality; humans are now dating (CNBC News Article in August 1st 2025 on Human & AI relationships) and marrying chatbots (Forbes news article in November 15th 2025 on a Japanese woman marrying her ChatGPT companion) trained on human writing uploaded into the Internet (large amount of data humans generate are called Big Data in research terms).
The human desire for connection with other humans which the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020 has affected human communication and interpersonal relationships has brought a loneliness epidemic which the introduction of ChatGPT in late 2022 bringing in chatbots (Large Language Models (LLM) that can communicate to be helpful, argumentative, and romantic, resulting in humans turning to LLMs (ChatGPT, CharacterAI, and other LLM) for solace and advice.
Humans are forming emotional intimacy with machines, which are taught using the Big Data of all the information humans have updated into Internet to train the models.
Common Words to Look at for LLM Writing
From Professor Dan Hicks's LLM writing is shallow and superficial (Unmodified, License:CC BY-SA 4.0)
"Words to watch: is/stands as/serves as a testament, plays a vital/significant role, underscores its importance, continues to captivate, leaves a lasting impact, watershed moment, key turning point, deeply rooted, profound heritage, steadfast dedication, stands as a, solidifies
Words to watch: rich cultural heritage, rich history, breathtaking, must-visit, must-see, stunning natural beauty, enduring/lasting legacy, rich cultural tapestry, nestled, in the heart of…
Words to watch: it’s important to note/remember/consider, it is worth, no discussion would be complete without, this article wouldn’t exist without…
Words to watch: on the other hand, moreover, in addition, furthermore…
Words to watch: In summary, In conclusion, Overall…
Words to watch: Despite its… faces several challenges…, Despite these challenges, Challenges and Legacy, Future Outlook…
Words to watch: ensuring …, highlighting …, emphasizing …, reflecting …
Words to watch: Industry reports, Observers have cited, Some critics argue…"
https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FHer_%282013_film%29&sa=D
https://dhicks.github.io/posts/2025-09-07-llms-shallow.html