AI, the inspiration behind the title of this article, fascinates and terrifies me. As a child, I harbored a secret fear that machines would one day dominate the world. Perhaps it was The Terminator, Minority Report, or The Matrix that sparked this fear. Or it may have begun with 2001: A Space Odyssey, Soylent Green, or the Borg in Star Trek. Regardless of the source, I am both amazed and not amazed enough by the fact that we now live in a world where a machine can convincingly mimic a friend in a video.

When I was a kid, we compared belly buttons-are you an outie or an innie? As an adult, I still try to pay attention to being an outie or an innie...but not related to my belly button. Julian B. Rotter, in his social learning theory of personality (1954), shared the term locus of control.

Him….“Barbara, I think you are amazing. I could hire you right now, but I am missing a word. One word. If you can give me that one word, we can close this deal right now." Me…"Sorry, Joe, I have no clue what word you are looking for, so you might as well tell me." Him…."MONEY! I need to know that money is THE THING that motivates you."