You know things have taken a surreal turn when you find yourself arguing with an AI chatbot. It all started so simply. I wanted to insert Pope Leo XIV into a photograph with a relative, as part of a fun gift. She is a devout Catholic with a good sense of humour.
Removing her husband from the photograph and inserting the pontiff in his place was beyond my limited technological capabilities. There was no child on hand to help, so I turned to ChatGPT and asked it to replace the man in the photograph with the pope.
Within seconds, it had delivered a photograph of a pope wearing his ceremonial robes and mitre and looking very content beside my relative.
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