The Great State of Texas - and I say that without sarcasm because Texas resonates with me - is plonking millions in licensing fees into an AI Internet investigation tool called Tangles. That's Tangles, not to be confused with OpenTangle, which Infoblox characterizes as a persistent DNS threat actor. The idea is for the Texas DPS to start stalking terrorists by digital fingerprint, sort of cutting for sign in an electronic wilderness, Stetson braced against the West Texas sun, resolutely astride a sparkly unicorn avatar. Fine by me, except the Internet wilderness is increasingly an artifact of AI. I don't want to be convicted by General Beringer's silly-cone diode, and I worry legitimate prosecution could be impeached by the unreliability of source data and the prevalence of AI hallucination. On the plus side, there are some nice writing prompts lurking in that nightmare. I might have to work on that.
I've used it to shake loose a few ideas when I'm stuck on a particular plot point. For me, with writing, it's like having a non-writer nearby to bounce ideas off. It sparks some workable ideas, though writing quality that comes out of it is far too generic for me.
