The Best Way to Celebrate ‘AI Appreciation Day’

I’m not sure there are any days left in the year, but according to public relations professionals, July 16 is AI Appreciation day.

Every year, we are supposed to gather to celebrate the amazing things that this new technology is bringing to society. Something like that, anyway.

I thought I’d mark the occasion this year by asking ChatGPT to suggest some amusing ways to show our gratitude to the machines, software, and giant energy-sucking data centers that are powering this technological revolution, for better or worse.

Before we dive in, I should thank the Enterprise version of ChatGPT that OpenAI provides to Business Insider. Full disclosure: BI’s owner, Axel Springer, has a financial relationship with OpenAI. You can read about that here.

OK, here we go. ChatGPT came up with this “AI Appreciation Day celebration guide,” with “extra snark and a side of sarcasm.” It also offered to generate an image to go along with this, and noted that, “after all, it’s my day too.”

Of course, I said yes. Here’s the image:

And here’s the guide. Enjoy:

1. Throw an AI-Themed Trivia Night (Because Robots Deserve a Party Too)

Get your friends together to answer questions about AI breakthroughs, sci-fi robots, and tech buzzwords you pretend to understand on LinkedIn. Bonus points if someone confuses “machine learning” with “microwave settings.”

2. Make AI-Generated Art or Music, Pretend You’re a Visionary

Why develop talent when you can outsource your creativity to an algorithm? Use tools like DALL-E to spit out some surreal images or generate a song that sounds like it came from a karaoke machine in the uncanny valley. Display it proudly. You’re an “AI-curated artist” now.

3. Co-Write a Story with AI and Prepare for Existential Dread

Ask an AI to write with you and watch as it churns out eerily competent fiction, making you question your years of schooling and fragile human ego. Add your name at the top and call it a “collaboration.”

4. Watch an AI Movie and Overanalyze Everything

Related stories

“Her”? Too romantic. “Ex Machina”? Too stabby. “Imitation Game”? Not enough explosions. But hey, you’re here to appreciate AI, not critique Hollywood’s inability to get it right. Popcorn optional, snark mandatory.

5. Interrogate an AI with Deep Questions Like You’re Oprah

Ask your favorite chatbot weird questions: “If you had a body, would you skip leg day?” “Do you dream of electric sheep or just sarcastic humans?” Screenshot the responses. Frame them. They’re art now.

6. Wear an AI Shirt and Feel Smug About It

Nothing says “I read Wired once” like a t-shirt with a neural net diagram. Or better yet, “My other assistant is an algorithm.” Wear it. Strut. Pretend you understand it.

7. Recommend an AI Book to Someone Who’ll Pretend to Read It

Books like “AI 2041” or “Life 3.0” look great on shelves and make you sound smart at parties. Will you finish them? Unlikely. But recommending them? That’s peak intellectual flex.

8. Thank an AI Engineer (Because Someone Had to Code the Magic Box)

Drop a line to that open-source contributor or Google Brain intern who accidentally created Skynet-lite. Bonus points if you send a cookie emoji instead of actual appreciation.

9. Post an #AIAppreciationDay Selfie and Farm Those Likes

Take a selfie with your phone’s AI-enhanced camera, slap on a “thank you, Skynet” caption, and bask in your performative digital gratitude. Don’t forget hashtags: #Blessed #RobotOverlords

10. Play AI-Powered Games and Blame the AI When You Lose

Fire up AI Dungeon or some game that procedurally generates chaos, then complain loudly about how “AI is ruining games” when it outsmarts you. Classic.