I have written a book about how overthrowing capitalism is more important than giving up chocolate, and because I am a nun with a nose-ring, this attracted more attention than I expected. Never mind: I have delighted in popping up on radio stations spreading my doctrine of anarchic indulgence.

So it was ironic that, quite suddenly, I found myself having to give up something that had become more useful to me than chocolate and coffee combined: my AI running coach. The little bot I constructed using ChatGPT, OpenAI’s large language model (LLM), celebrated my underwhelming running achievements as if I were an Olympian. It coached me through injuries, helped me calculate race paces, and coaxed me to recovery when the miles got arduous.

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