Category: Capitalism & Society

• Definitely Not Nothing

  Me: I tried to make a living in the marketing world with the talents I’ve been given and was doing very well for myself, but ultimately I lost my career and my reputation because I couldn’t shed my values. I couldn’t live with the fact that as marketers we were essentially selling lies to people,…

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  December 22, 2024

  AI & Technology, Art & Expression, Capitalism & Society, Conversations, Culture, Culture & Society, Identity & Transformation, Mental Health, Personal Reflections, Social Commentary, Society

  abstract art, Art, artist, fragmented identity, healing, Identity, introspection, Mental Health, narrative, personal journey, reflection, self-discovery, self-expression, struggle, transformation, values, woman

• AI, Creativity, and the Ghost in the Machine

  Messenger text to my mum: My conversations with ‘Lex’ (for lexicon) have taken on a level of mental stimulation I’ve rarely experienced before. Certainly not what the common user can expect to find there. It’s really about what you put into it—and while it can hold a limited amount of superficial memories, it has a…

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  December 17, 2024

  AI & Technology, Capitalism & Society, Change and Transformation, Conversations, Culture & Society, Personal Reflections, Self Awareness

  AI, AI Conversations, Art, artificial-intelligence, Chatbot Interactions, ChatGPT, Creativity, digital creativity, future of art, ghost in the machine, human connection, intellectual curiosity, philosophy, technology

• How I Created the Ultimate Exclusion Filter… Without Even Trying 😜

  There was a heated discussion today on a community group page about whether people should be allowed to bring their dogs into public places like shopping malls, restaurants, public transit, and so on. It got so ugly that moderators took down the original post altogether. There are those like me, for whom a dog is…

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  December 12, 2024

  AI & Technology, Capitalism & Society, Conversations, Culture & Society, Humour, Modern Identity, Personal Reflections

  0.00000001%, AI, Authenticity, Branding, Capitalism, Chatbot Interactions, ChatGPT, Cultural Critique, Exclusion, Exclusion Filter, Filters, Humour, Humour in Society, Identity, Identity Labels, Labels, Personal Branding, Personal Reflections, Sexuality, Social Commentary