A man is reading an article. He thinks, "There's something about this piece... something familiar." His son comes over and asks, "So? What do you think?" The man says, "Pretty good, well argued and certainly timely. Who wrote it?" "You did." says the son. "I did?" The son explains, "I trained a chat bot on all 2581 of your past columns... and then asked it to write a new column in your voice prompted by some current issues." "But..." the father begins but the son goes on, "So your Substack post for tomorrow is done and you didn't have to write a word!" The father is still not convinced, "Wait. I can be replaced by... myself?" The son says, "You're welcome. Enjoy your retirement!"

A man is reading an article. He thinks, "There's something about this piece... something familiar." His son comes over and asks, "So? What do you think?" The man says, "Pretty good, well argued and certainly timely. Who wrote it?" "You did." says the son. "I did?" The son explains, "I trained a chat bot on all 2581 of your past columns... and then asked it to write a new column in your voice prompted by some current issues." "But..." the father begins but the son goes on, "So your Substack post for tomorrow is done and you didn't have to write a word!" The father is still not convinced, "Wait. I can be replaced by... myself?" The son says, "You're welcome. Enjoy your retirement!"