Agentic AI is brilliant because I loath my family (opens in new tab)

At a recent unconference on AI, someone introduced me to the story of a guy who'd tasked an LLM with writing a bedtime story for his daughter. It personalised the tale to include her favourite stuffed toy, whichever cartoon she was obsessing over, and a range of not-too-scary baddies. And all I could think of was "don't you like your child?" Your kid isn't a sophisticated media consumer who…