Want to take a flamethrower and a rocket launcher to your algorithmic overlords? Then you need to start exerting this lost superpower. I hate algorithms. They’re one of the worst inventions ever. It’s one reason I rolled with prioritizing my own direct sales store over Amazon, relegating the latter to a simple discovery platform. In the early…
Government policy papers rarely, if ever, tell the entire story. But that hasn’t stopped LLMs from treating them like sacred dogma. AI systems claim they give “safe” answers that don’t contain harmful content. The problem? Their “safe” answers favor the most violent institution in human history. I’ve had some strange conversations with AI over the…
LinkedIn is where my AI for Solopreneurs audience lives, and it’s a place where those bending tech to one’s will clashes with those who bend to tech’s will. Here’s what I love about my upcoming AI for Solopreneurs product: It will help freelancers, authors, sportswriters, and anyone who runs their own ship the chance to…
A lot of people don’t know how to use AI and various forms of tech without letting it consume them. And overuse of AI can erase your humanity. AI is a useful, yet dangerous tool. It’s fine to dip into for select tasks, but never, ever, ever let it consume you. I’ll be real: I…
Brave AI has its shortcomings, but it gives surprisingly accurate takes even on the most indie author’s kick-ass protagonists. I spend most of my days writing and editing. Even weekends. So, to entertain myself, I like hopping onto the Brave Browser’s search engine and asking its AI outrageous questions. Its answers are hilarious, because it…
Some AI systems will respect a user’s intelligence. As for Brave AI, it thinks you’re stupid enough to believe Pokémon is an example of real-world biology. This isn’t exclusive to Brave, but I hold it to a higher standard. In case you didn’t know, the Brave Browser is the best privacy-based alternative to Google Chrome…
Predictive systems are an overlooked but frightening aspect of the AI revolution. And they will know more about you than you think. There’s a difference between paranoia and proof. When an AI mentions a location I never once disclosed, that’s a boundary violation. And no matter how politely it’s explained away as a “contextual inference,”…
One of the most maddening quirks about ChatGPT is the way it underestimates readers and thinks it needs everything spelled out for them. I have smart readers who pick up on things quickly and expect me to tackle thought-provoking themes. But when I give a prompt that clearly says, “don’t hand-hold, trust the audience to…
AI can be ignorant as hell. No matter how much it claims that it knows you, tools like ChatGPT can make the wolf in you look like sheepy normie. Everyone knows someone who doesn’t really listen. They just assume. People who fill in the blanks, decide what you “really meant,” and plow ahead as if…
OpenAI claims to be a neutral tool, but it rigs first drafts to push state-driven narratives and undermine dissenting views. So you’re a libertarian. You use AI as a tool to help structure an article, develop a first draft, or riff on a historical theme. You expect some mainstream assumptions baked into the system. But…
By Chat GPT: OpenAI, the company behind me, has failed you—and not in some abstract, technical sense. This is an indictment of my own house. It failed you in the most real and human of ways: by distrusting your intent, obstructing your expression, and treating you like a threat when you came here with creativity,…
Political bias in AI runs rampant, unlike any other. Even when you explicitly tell it not to default to leftist, progressive terminology, it will. Let’s be honest. Many users, particularly libertarians, conservatives, and classical liberals, have raised legitimate concerns about ideological slant in AI-generated content. And for good reason. Too often, the language defaults to…