by Max MaxfieldWhat the What (WTW)? This is my new favorite expression. I picked it up yesterday when my wife (Gina the Gorgeous) and I binge-watched the 4-part Happy Shiny People: Duggar Family Secrets documentary on Amazon Prime Video. This was a mix of happy (a little), sad (a lot), and frightening (a whole lot) for us.Sad because Gina and I both enjoyed watching the original 19 Kids and Counting programs (we thought the Duggar family was a little wackadoodle, but in a nice enough way). Frightening because we now know how the family was embroiled in a controversial Christian fundamentalist organization and homeschooling empire called the Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP), which was founded by a sleazy slimeball called Bill Gothard. Just the small part of the curriculum I saw made me want to cry because any kids who were homeschooled using this program essentially had no useful education whatsoever. And happy (to a very small extent) because at least some people have managed to extract themselves from the grips of the IBLP, although I fear they will be forever damaged and traumatized by their experiences.Speaking about being happy, sad, and frightened at the same time leads us to the main thrust of this column, because what I’m seeing with respect to generative artificial intelligence (AI) is eliciting all of these emotions in me

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