Artificial intelligence is the simulation of human intelligence processed by machines, especially computer systems. AI was created to design a technology that enables computer systems to work intelligently yet independently.

In recent times, AI has become more advanced and offers decision support for specific tasks, but it's not a replacement for humans. Personal stories are firsthand experiences that are told by the person’s point of view. Personal stories are powerful, they are developed through a mixture of experiences and personalities and they create the lens through which we can see the world. AI researchers agree that current forms of AI cannot process emotions, but they can mimic emotion, such as empathy. Human-level intelligence allows us to reason, solve problems and make decisions. It requires many cognitive abilities including adaptability, social intelligence and learning from experience.

Here are why centering personal stories are important in the age of AI:
1. Empathy : While AI can generate stories, it lacks the feel of emotions. While reading, there is a need for a connection between the reader, the piece being read and the writer. Humans create more personalized experiences and they are capable of creating a link between the readers, a mutual feeling. AI’s role in storytelling is still evolving and there are challenges that needs to be addressed. The rise of AI has transformed the art of storytelling as they often follow similar format and offer very little emotional pull.Personal stories trigger emotions of readers, they simulate others and compel them to share their stories too. Sharing stories of people’s experiences is not only valuable for promoting understanding, it can also help us remember information that can guide our future actions. - Gary Green.

2. Originality: It is no news that even when two people are relating a similar story, it will be delivered differently. This is one of the essential reasons of personal storytelling. AI language models are good at delivering coherent, human-like pieces of writing . They are proven to be able to report news, stories, trends in a matter of seconds and even lyrics, this has been experimented a few times. As amazing as this sounds, these results often use the same format, same techniques and similar words. Every piece seems less and less original.

3. Creating human connections: The most important value of a story is to be naturally or immediately relatable. Personal storytelling provides us with insights into experiences. The story does not need to happen to you before you can feel it, that’s the human effect in storytelling. It forms the foundation of real human connections. Storytelling can improve trust and credibility. Because stories create human connection, we can gain a deeper understanding of each other’s experiences. It’s a powerful way of connecting, it helps to remember and connect with the story, especially if the reader has witnessed the story being told.

4. Inspiration: Personal stories has the ability to inspire and motivate the readers. When personal struggles, challenges, event witnessed are told by an individual, the reader is more likely to be inspired. Example is an auto-biography containing a grass to grace store, a reader is more likely be motivated because it has a human touch to it . Personal stories reminds us of the human ability to be resilient, determined and transformed

5. Preservation of culture and history: Personal stories serves as a record of our history and culture. They document experiences, events such as festivals, pandemics such as the COVID-19, cultural practices, traditions and changes over the time. By writing personal stories, we preserve and honor our culture and history, ensuring the events do not die with us but can be accessed
by younger generations so they can learn about our past, use it as a guide and appreciate the diversity of human experiences.

While AI-generated stories seem to be brilliant and precise, they lack the depth personal stories have to offer. The experiences, the emotional connections that makes personal stories important are absent in AI-generated stories. AI can serve as a know-all, a search engine for any topic and might seem more precise than personal stories, but it cannot replace the authenticity and the emotional pull of personal stories.