Better than Chat GPT: Our 2024 Year in Review
It's that time of year!
Our Christmas letter tradition began the year we were married (1988), and since we’ve only missed a few, there are now over 30 iterations of what was once called the “Hanstra Herald.” (Here’s last year’s in case you missed it.)
I was recently chatting with a friend and moaned about this yearly task. She said, “...you could decide to just not do it.” (Maybe that was a hint to stop, LOL!)
“I know,” I said. “But I do it for myself as much as anyone else. I like to go back and read them—it’s fun to see how far we’ve come.”
Still, a part of me would love to call it quits, or at least find an easier way.
Then it hit me. What if I had AI write the letter for me? It was worth a try, so I copied and pasted our list of 2024 highlights into Chat GPT. In less than twenty seconds, it cranked out a letter. (Scary, right?) I admit, I was tempted by the hours I could save. However, what AI spit out sounded sappy and “canned” and included several hilariously mixed-up details.
So, no. I did not use artificial intelligence to write this letter. (That doesn’t mean I used real intelligence either—you be the judge.) Rest assured, the 2024 edition of our Year-in-Review comes to you from my fingers on the keyboard, my mind, and my heart.
Pour yourself your yuletide drink of choice, snuggle under your favorite comfy throw, and click this link to read our annual “Christmas Letter”, a.k.a. Year in Review, which is to say: LOTS of photos and news you can’t use. (But I promise, no artificial intelligence.)