If whistles are "obstructive" then I wonder what LRAD could possible fall under 🙄

silver lining there. And I'm increasingly hopeful that collectively, with a lot of effort and trial and error, we'll start appreciating more close-knit authentic human connections over this sort of algorithmic wasp nest we've gotten ourselves into.

But damn, it won't be easy.
8/8

-encroached by AI. Since that's all we see when LLMs agree-slop our ideas.

One thing this gets me hopeful, though, is the power of genuine human connection through online mediums. It took enough artificial content to finally give myself some clarity around the content I consume, so there's
7/n

I get it. But the people who are giving us their true thoughts and drawing the line- by giving up brand deals to be honest, well that's given me much more opportunity to relate and connect with those creators. Trying to appease everyone is not a solid long-term solution in a world being ever-so
6/n

It almost feels like the personas and brands that don't really take a hard stance on, well, anything start feeling more AI-like that's amicable to literally any idea. Which, when you're a brand that has so many links to exclusive product reviews and connections, you try not to rock the boat.
5/n

really deep human connection that scratches the itch the tech industry is trying to cover up with many layers of curated, almost sanitized content.

No shade to, for example, MKBHD- but I've followed him since his early college days, and I've stopped watching every video for awhile now.

4/n

Even when many of the channels I follow on YouTube are _not_ using generative AI in any shape or form, I've been clinging more to the thing AI is the opposite of: Authenticity.

I'm not saying that I'm looking for blunt truth-sayers that disregard everyone else. It's really the earnestness and
3/n

AI has been trivializing so much of creative content in ways that turns me off from it (for probably obvious reasons). As I'm seeing it more across your typical channels like TikTok,it's slowly discouraging me from using those platforms more and more, and it's bled quite a bit to other platforms
2/n

Create a custom Awesome Socks design from scratch

Sherlock holmes sock puppet ventriloquism

Have Orin make a mystery banana loca for you

Sing a chappell roan song while blasting all star on noise cancelling headphones

Make a balloon dog

Make a rope out of all of your awesome socks

Call Sam Reich and “Hank Says” him

I was told to infiltrate their algorithms and bombard it with BTS.

Unfortunately security vulnerabilities don't always follow the same schedule.