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Ep. 1 | Whisker Mode Unlocked
Chip notices his changing world. ChocoGPT offers something strange.
Christian Wink
May 13, 2025
Episode 1
🍪 Chip was generating flavor descriptions in ChocoGPT—his fourth day in a row—when the lights in the ice cream parlor flickered.
Then, there it was.
ChocoGPT flashed… and offered something new:
🍫 Whisker Mode is now unlocked.
Proceed?
Chip blinked.
He glanced around. The other shops in the Dessert District were humming along. Trust Fondue was open, Dough Main had a line. Normal.
But this? This wasn’t normal.
He typed “No.”
The chatbot lingered.
Ever since ChocoGPT showed up—topping #1 on the GingersnApp Store—Chip had been tinkering with it more.
His thoughts on AI were typical. Curious, skeptical, then curious again. At first it just seemed like a party trick. The kind of thing you’d use to cheat on a college essay.
The more he used it, Chip noticed: Generative AI could actually help!
Ten minutes later, he was at Batter & Bean, nursing a 2% milk. 🥛
🍨 His best friend Scoops slid in across from him, crunching a candy bar.
“Morning, partner,” Scoops said.
“What’s got your dough in the mixer?”
“Choco sent me something weird,” Chip started.
Scoops snorted. “What now?”
“Did it rewrite your mission statement in emoji again?”
“It unlocked something. Called Whisker Mode. Just showed up.”
Scoops whistled low. “Whoa. That’s dark choco.” 🍫
“What?”
Scoops looked up from his wrapper and offered to share “Want one?”
“I was talking about AI…”
“Ah.” Scoops leaned in. “You been using it more lately?”
Chip hesitated.
Outside the café, two frozen yogurt swirls walked past, noses in their screens. 📱📱
Scoops followed his gaze. “We’re all using it, bud.”
“Choco wrote my last letter of recommendation.”
“Honestly? Nailed it.”
Chip stared into his cup. “Everyone’s automating everything.”
“Yeah,” Scoops said. “That’s the new hustle.”
“AI writes, AI schedules, AI apologizes.”
Chip didn’t laugh.
He looked down at his laptop. Then back at Scoops.
“I used to write those flavor descriptions myself,” he said.
“Not just the words. The ideas.”
Scoops quieted. “And now, AI does the baking.” 🧁
Chip nodded.
A shadow moved across the window.
Professor Berry passed by, headed toward The Vanilla Standard next door.
She moved like someone always halfway through a thought. 🖊️
Scoops saw her too. “Some desserts always know what to look for.”
They sat in silence for a moment.
Chip opened the laptop. 💻
Scoops refilled their milks from the pitcher.
“So what are you gonna do?”
The message was still there.
🟤 Proceed?
Chip typed.
The screen replied:
Thinking about your world...
The cursor pulsed.
Chip waited.
Then he turned the screen off.
“Gonna take a walk.”
Scoops didn’t answer. Just nodded, eyes on the laptop.
Chip stepped outside. The Dessert District carried on — mixers whirred, bells chimed, toppings negotiated. But something felt different. Not in the world. In him.
Back on the table, the screen flickered once more:
✨ Help them.
If you know someone who would enjoy this content,
Here’s what’s coming next :
Thursdays: We’ll cover foundational LLM and AI concepts. (Don’t worry—I put the cookies on the lower shelf, where anyone can reach ‘em. I teach advanced concepts in simple, bite-sized chunks that anyone can understand.)
Tuesdays: The next episode with Chip & Scoops, a couple of AI-curious friends just like you.
(Catch up on the last episode here)
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