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Not A Trend, But A Takeover

To say that the sudden level of conversation on and consumption of all things artificial intelligence is the big tech trend is like saying the internet somewhat changed the marketplace.

In most years a group of us who work for, or otherwise are in support of, MHInsider banter about the primary categories in play and weigh out how to shed light on the most prominent themes in technology. Not this year. It’s all AI all the time.

Yes, we’ve covered a few areas under the theme of industry development, which we pair with technology for the July/August offering. But even with that, we decided that the 2023 version of MHInsider’s Industry Development and Technology piece would be unlike any other.

AI, whether through an image creator or the language models, has touched each aspect of the magazine you’re reading.

I interviewed ChatGPT. ChatGPT interviewed me. Each line in the Happenings section was edited by the application, too. And most features throughout bear reference to the use of artificial intelligence to optimize time and resources.

That was our motivation. A midyear schedule change provided us with the perfect test, shrinking our production time by half for this edition to accommodate an earlier than usual offering of the edition dedicated to smalland midsize manufactured home community ownership.

So take this edition of MHInsider as a primer on the possibilities that artificial intelligence holds for the marketplace, both in its evident breakthroughs and also in its imminent risks.