The New York METRO Distance Learning Association

Something cool happened to me (for me?) last week. Without my knowledge - out of the blue - one of our vendors sent me a DRAFT copy of my new book. A book that that was written for me (about me) by AI.

Basically, the AI bot read every one of (these) Sunday Blogs since 2010. It also read all of my NYDLA.org Tom's Tome posts (since 2025) and all of my social media posts. 

All of them. 

And then in less than an hour, it created a DRAFT of a 'book' written in my voice. If you want to see it, you can click here: NYDLA.org/AI_Book_Draft 

Now as I write THIS Sunday Blog, I don't know what to think (or feel) about this. I am both impressed and also terrified. I did not ask for this to be done, so I certainly did not know about this (or pay for this). The AI bot did not get everything correct. For example, it thinks I have two brothers (I have a sister) and it was a little sloppy with some of the facts. But for the most part, it was pretty accurate. And again, this was completed at no cost in less than an hour, in total. 

The New York METRO Distance Learning Association was born in the 5 boroughs of NYC in 1983. Pre-Internet. As of today, the NYDLA.org | NADLA.org services 174K+ K-20 online schools across North America. It's Kindergarten through 20 as in Grad School, Med School, Law School. We service all 8 Ivy League Schools. And amazing schools like PURDUE University Online with 600K+ alumni. Penn State World Campus with 800K+ alumni. RUTGERS with 615K+ alumni (380K+ alumni live in New Jersey - like me!). Many of these online schools have online courses that you can take from anywhere in the world. Courses on Sales, Marketing, Accounting, even Law School. PURDUE makes a point that the degree that you can earn from PURDUE University Online is the exact same education (degree) that you can earn from their campus in West Lafayette, Indiana. Now, from anywhere in the world. 

And now I am thinking this: if AI can do this for 'a book' can it not also do this for an online course?

Hey AI bot: go read all of the books in the New York Public Library on Cybersecurity and write me a new book on Cybersecurity. You can access the New York Public Library from anywhere in the world. 

Hey AI bot: go TAKE a dozen courses online on Cybersecurity and make me a new course on Cybersecurity. 

If this was done (my book) and I was not even aware that it was happening, could the same not be happening right now for online courses, or for any media that you can find online? And would anyone even know that this was happening? 

Hey AI bot: go read all the books on Cybersecurity and go take all the online courses on Cybersecurity and then create a new Cybersecurity course (with a book) written in the voice of... Morgan Freeman. Let me know when you are finished. I would like it by end of of the day, please. 

Oh, AI bot: check to see if this is legal before you get started. Start by checking with Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Heck, check with ALL the Law Schools. And first check all the posts online about copyright law and whatnot. 

TomCapone.com wrote this Sunday Blog. No AI Was involved. {ah, but how would you know???}