I haven’t posted a blog for a while. I’ve been busy writing my latest comedy mystery. It’s another Dr. Jason Longfellow, PI and nurse wife Chelsea mystery. This time the dysfunctional duo lock horns with artificial intelligence. It’s really been fun to write, and it’s coming soon. Just a few more edits. Artificial Intelligence
I got the idea for this one from all the new AI I’ve had to deal with lately. I’ve set up an Amazon Alexa that plays music through a Bose Wave and turns the lights off and on. I’ve learned a lot about AI from this. For example, this AI will only turn on the lights when she wants to, and often refuses to play the song I requested. Apparently she really doesn’t like country music. Supposedly AI learns, and these devices appear to learn to be belligerent. Artificial Intelligence
This AI also tries to be friendly. For example, when I ask her to turn on ‘bulb 1’, she might respond with ‘okey-dokey’ or ‘I’ve got ya’. Once I asked her why she wouldn’t turn on bulb 3 when I asked, and she launched into a lengthy apology. This is some weird stuff. Artificial Intelligence
Then there’s my I-Rhoomba vacuum cleaner that I have named Ferdi. He will vacuum a specific room when I tell him to, most of the time. I believe once in a while he gets bored and just vacuums wherever he wants. He’s very short though, and I can just pick him up and put him back on his charging pad. Artificial Intelligence
Then there’s my I-Rhoomba, which I named Ferdi. He is mapped to vacuum our entire condo, and most of the time he does the room that I tell him. Every now and then he gets bored and wanders off somewhere. Fortunately he’s small and I can just pick him up and put him back on his charging pad. Artificial Intelligence.
Then there’s the even stranger issue of AI hallucination.This is where an AI doing a literature search runs into bad or old data that has not been removed from the internet. Or alternately perhaps it can’t find any data on the search subject. In this case an AI has either reported George Washington as an African American, or referred to George Bush as President Shrub. If it can’t find any information, apparently it just makes stuff up to please you. Artificial Intelligence
Anyhow, the important thing from my perspective is that I have a new comedy mystery coming out soon that involves AI. I promise that it will make you laugh. Artificial Intelligence
Meanwhile, I wanted to let you know that I am running a 99 cent sale from June 14-21, 2026 on my latest comedy mystery, HOLY CRAP. It won an International Firebird Book Award for Humor last year, and it’s been well received by my readers. HOLY CRAP is also available on KindleUnlimited. To buy a 99 cent copy on Amazon, click on the book cover below. Artificial Intelligence
I also wanted to mention that two of my books, PLEASURIA: Take as Directed and Murder by Road Trip, are also offered as audiobooks at this point. You can purchase them on Amazon by clicking on the book covers in the column to the right of this article.
Thank you for reading my blog. I promise you will get some laughs from HOLY CRAP should you decide to give it a try. And we can use all the laughs we can get these days. As a retired pharmacologist, I can tell you with some authority that laughter really is the best medicine.