The Trouble with AI

AI clone posts are having a deleterious effect You have probably heard a new type of voice, and may not have realised that AI is getting better all the time. Videos that have alluring hooks and recycle garbage as if it were tasty morsels. Perfectly voiced by algorithm and stunningly edited by a computer programme …

Our Choices

Why do we make choices? I liked her but was too shy to say so. Shy? Why? I thought it was my childhood. Being the softer brother more interested in peering at pond water under a microscope than picking up a guitar or a football. Shy is partly built on fear, increasingly on what you …

The Advertising Model

Social Media takes over We used to watch ads on billboards and television. Or listen to annoying jingles on the radio. We drive past posters, banners and signs, pick up leaflets for the latest show on broadway or an exhibition or rock concert. These signs whetted our appetite for fascination, they were like a small …

AI Video

Youtube is full of video. We know that. But so much of it is generated AI pollution. AI video is identifiable because it usually is generic and made from AI photograph image compilations with a perfect voice over (never makes any mistakes except sometimes …. will — — pause — awkwardly). The main flag is …

Social Habits

We all use social media but sometimes it turns around and uses us. Being able to focus on what is important in your life can suffer if social media takes over. If you find yourself thinking the same thoughts or consuming the same material stop telling yourself that you are learning. Stop. Pick up a …