I searched for my own name — “David Au ai123” — using AI search.
The result was interesting.
Some of the information was surprisingly accurate. It connected my name with my two blogs, Grandpa Journey and AI123.ca, and recognized that I am an 80-year-old retired business owner who writes about learning, taking chances and my personal journey.
But then AI made an important mistake.
It described me as an “AI workflow consultant,” helping teams streamline processes and improve efficiency.
That sounds impressive.
But it isn't me.
I am not an AI consultant running a professional consulting business. I am simply an 80-year-old retired person who became interested in AI, started using it in everyday life, and decided to document what I was learning through AI123.ca.
This little experiment taught me something important.
AI search can connect information about a person and produce a biography that sounds very convincing. Some of it may be correct. Some may be incomplete. And some may be wrong.
The danger is not that the result looks obviously false.
The danger is that it looks believable.
Perhaps the best description of my experiment is this:
AI can find me, but it does not necessarily know me.
That is why I believe we still need human judgment when reading information generated by AI.
And perhaps this is exactly what AI123.ca is about:
Exploring → Learning → Documenting.
I am not trying to present myself as an AI expert.
I am documenting what happens when an ordinary 80-year-old keeps learning, experimenting and asking questions.
Today, I became the subject of my own AI experiment.