The IMA/#SolutionsWatch panel is back for another all-star debate/discussion/free-for-all. This time, we tackle the question of AI: can it be used as a tool or should it be shunned altogether? Where and how do you draw the line in the sand? And what’s the AI hubbub all about, anyway? Find out in this fascinating conversation.
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Panel guests:
James Corbett of corbettreport.com
Broc West of corbettreport.com
Ryan Cristian of TheLastAmericanVagabond.com
Whitney Webb of UnlimitedHangout.com
Steve Poikonen of AM Wakeup
Hakeem Anwar of AbovePhone.com
Jason Bermas of X
Kit Knightly of Off-Guardian.org
Hrvoje Moric of GeopoliticsAndEmpire.com
Gabriel of Gabe.Rocks
What happened with Derrick there in the beginning? He wasn’t introduced and then just left?
Yes. That was very strange.
I’m confident that was only the intro cut from unrelated material.
Derrick had a poor internet connection and decided not to participate to make way for another panelist. I’m sure he will be there for the next one.
Cool. cool. Thanks for filling the void.
Broc! By the way, I was thrilled to see you on this episode. I always enjoy your input (and graphics…and humor in the graphics or clips.)
@Broc West
You were great brother, and I respect your choice to not use the tech to generate videos.
I am tempted to use the image generating too (to make more high impact covers for my essays).. but I just keep thinking about all the places being destroyed for the data centers and the people displaced and I just can’t. It does probably mean i`ll get left in the dust by the Substackers rapid fire AI posting and dominating the algorithms, but that is where I stand on it.
I get the choice to use the images and appreciate the candidness.
Thanks for offering your two cents and for all the amazing creative work you do behind the scenes.
It was a real honor to participate, for a long-form read of my take on these important questions I would encourage you to read my essay: https://libresolutions.network/articles/ai-regret/
Hi Gabriel, really gotta get you back on my podcast to talk about AI soon if you are willing. I’ve been writing a lot on the subject recently on my stack. Canada is positioning itself to be a global leader (top 3) in this space along with the U.S. and China. I have yet to read your article ‘We will come to regret our every use of AI’ but am looking forward to doing so; perhaps this weekend. I have very mixed thoughts and emotions about it (see my other comment in this post which I will be posting shortly).
@Gabriel
You made some excellent points in the discussion.
I saw that you visited the city I was born in recently, got to connect with some ancient natural intelligence (huge trees in the PNW). Ancient trees are so much cooler than artificial intelligence.
Instead of sucking up water like a data center, they actually protect waterways, clean water and literally seed and attract rain clouds to them. They inform the forest from deep memory, provide medicine, food, air and beauty (and with no subscription fees! 😉 )
Its been a while since I’ve been to van city. What was your impression of the people and the forest nearby?
Thank you G.
Not sure I can say much about the people as a whole, I was meeting some friends who I very much like, but every one I interacted with was quite friendly. The forest(s?) were amazing. I was not aware that up until that point I hadn’t really ever seen actual trees! (by comparison) They were so large and tall and that was very new to me. I was overwhelmed by the natural beauty and exhibits I got to see.
@Gabriel
I appreciate the response.
I asked as some people I have met here in Ontario say people from BC are all “party animals” or “mean”, or “hippies” etc.
So glad you enjoyed the forest you were able to check out.
Its interesting to me to contemplate that once upon a time we had giant trees here in Ontario which rivalled the giant cedars, doug fir and hemlock of the west. There were 11 foot diameter white oaks and 240 foot tall 8 foot diameter Eastern White Pines, Giant American Chestnut and 180 foot tall tulip trees here in Ontario as recently as the 1850-s but soon after statists set up shop here (British at the time and their “Dominion of Canada”) they targeted, felled and exploited the largest and healthiest trees province wide. Now it will be a few hundred years until we (well our distant descendants) might be able to see trees like that again here.
Anyways, glad you enjoyed the trip and thanks for your contribution to the discussion on AI.
O:55 i dont agree with anwar that kyc’ing AI will no longer allow people to use it anonymously. Just like with crypto, kyc will be bypassed. you already now have access to hundreds of ai models completely anonymously, paying with monero and i see no way for the overlords to stop this
There is literally nothing stop the Gov making Monero illegal – personally I’d drop it into the tax law and have the IRS do the work if I was an evil gov….sure some folks might still use it but if your look at a five or ten stretch and paying a massive fine for doing so it’s value will be considerably lower.
Then ask yourself why that hasn’t happened yet an why literally every government has gone the road of regulation rather than outright ban? Also, it’s untraceable, so not everyone user will care whether it’s legal or not 😉
Maybe they like having it around for their own reasons? Maybe they just don’t feel the need yet? I have no idea why, but there is nothing stopping any Gov from making it a crime to hold crypto- and there would be almost no push back if they dropped a tax on it. Al Capone got Spanked pretty good for tax evasion
True not every user will care, but if you can’t buy anything except illegal stuff it’s kinda Monopoly money. I could print DuckNotes and convince my local drug dealer to take them but he can’t buy himself a car with them can he? Maybe he could get HIS suppler to accept them but at some point the money needs to be laundered if anyone wants to buy regular stuff with it…..thus IF they made monero use a crime (or put a high tax on it like they did full auto guns) it’s actual value drops considerably.
YES there would probably be ways to launder dirty crypto, but it would need professionals who would charge a high fee (you can’t start a monero car wash after all) esp if just possession of. Undeclared monero got the IRS to confiscate your l house and car and put you in jail.
Then again the idea of people setting up LLMs to provide illicit AI is also far fetched…..most people don’t want to pay what it actually costs to provide AI (it’s run at a loss) and I can’t imagine any AI service that would be worth real cost plus crime tax for any use case……
AND all that assumes that you will still be able to use internet without KYC and constant monitoring of what you do.
You can buy giftcards for literally anything with it so laundering is easy. Plus how does the state punish you for owning it if it can’t know you own it?
Hughsername
“….You can buy giftcards for literally anything with it so laundering is…..”
Yes, I CAN, as in right now I can go and buy a gift card. Do you think I could buy a gift card if using undeclared Crypto was a crime????
You are not doing systems thinking – the gift cards are available because there is a system of entities that provide availability and use but those entities have a legal existence…..there is afaik no gift card company for CSAM and any company selling one would have to interface with the normal economy at some point.
In the situation described where the Gov decided to ban Monero (I’m not saying it WILL happen just that there is nothing that PREVENTS it from happening) it’s pretty easy to make a law that buying a gift card required KYC and tax reporting…..go into a dealership and try to buy a car with a suitcase full of cash in small bills and see what happens……..so again, you have the IRS asking why you did not report your Crypto on your tax form.
There are still people with illegal machine guns dispite the Tax registration Law….but how many people are actually willing to risk buying or selling one ?
And what services can an illegal dark web AI offer that is worth the “crime tax” risk premium that providers would charge in the price???
People pay the premium for illegal drugs and guns because they have a use for them, what’s the use case for illegal AI?
It would be safer , cheeper and easier to just set up your own AI server at home, but I still don’t really see what the use case is that makes it worth the bother.
Monero is nice, but at the end of the day it’s not really any different from any other fiat currency……I mean, plenty of untraceable paper currencies were sent to zero – you can’t spend Nazi era paper real easy either and the French after WW2 screwed over collaborators by de monitoring the old money and required reporting to swap it for new money
Not using claude coz it’s used by them in warcrimes is the same as not using guns coz they’re used by them in warcrimes. I’m with kit on this, tools are not good or bad and anyway all the purists claiming to not use it still use it unwittingly every day in their work.
Agreed. Anthropic is pure evil. See my article ‘In Memoriam’ which is the result of their AI targeting the girls school in Iran. URL: https://fournier.substack.com/p/in-memoriam
This Independent Media Alliance (IMA) panel’s “Drawing the AI Line in the Sand” discussion was super important for all of us. It not only repeats the message, but it reaffirms, helps to reinforce where Corbett Report members stand on the AI issue.
In the real world, often we are marginalized by the AI-Tech-loving culture because we avoid aspects of the system. The group, the IMA panel helped to re-establish that we are with like-minded people. It is a shot in the arm for us, and also helps to shape a liberty-loving narrative to the broader public.
PS
It was nice to see a non-AI Whitney Webb.
PSS
Ya know, food packages have labels like “non-GMO” or “Organic”.
It’d be nice to have a “certified by IMA” to be “non-AI”.
Decades ago when I was mailing out tons of 9/11 Truth literature, I made up a return address name:
“SEI – Scientists and Engineers for Integrity”. I still have sheets of those address stickers buried in an old file.
It is okay and also good marketing and also creative to mock-up names and labels and stuff.
«It was nice to see a non-AI Whitney Webb.»
Hi HRS, what’s your take on this one? https://youtu.be/AMacQo51nuE
Hey Dalesco!
Yeah!
That’s the real deal.
No AI can compete with the REAL Whitney Webb. AI ain’t that smart and can’t machine-gun facts out like Whitney. She leaves AI in the dust.
March of 2025 – Kim Iverson YouTube
Whitney Webb: Why The Elites Are TERRIFIED of Her Research
QUEUED 11:41 – Webb clarifies the thesis for her book & the globalist agenda
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMacQo51nuE&t=701s
Occasionally, I will watch a Kim Iverson episode.
Kim seems somewhat well-grounded.
Derrick Broze was mentioned in the Epstein files.
ForbiddenKnowledge.TV was mentioned along side Derrick Broze in the Epstein files.
February 2026 – Kim Iverson YouTube
Derrick Broze Is in The Epstein Files!
3:36
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvowaMygS8k
Journalist Derrick Broze recently appeared on The Kim Iversen Show to discuss his 2018 documentary “Bringing Down Jeffrey Epstein” appearing in the recent release of Epstein files.
Thanks ✌️
Dear Home remedy thank you for your observations . I really love this IMA . I’ve watched them all from day one .
However ….
What were the SOLUTIONS given on this Solutions Watch?
With BIG LOVE and thanks for your warm humour , wit ,wisdom and consistency
Best wishes from
Rebecca in the sunny climes of the Sunshine Coast Queen s land ( or is it now Kings land ?) Australia 🇦🇺
beware-the-ides-of-march down-under Rebecca,
That’s a nice, warm sea-breeze comment from you from the sunny climes of Sunshine Coast, Queensland.
My take-home SOLUTIONS from this IMA is that it might be best to avoid AI-Tech as much as possible while taking into consideration that each person has their own individual situation and sovereign right to make their own choices.
Rebecca,
What did you enjoy about this Independent Media Alliance (IMA) panel?
Tonight I learned that there has been a plan in the works since 2025, to build a Data Center in my county. The power plant for it is currently being built. Apparently it will be owned jointly by the U.S. & Japan govts. How is that even possible? Does that mean its public property…of Japanese AND Americans? I’ll have to make the pointless phone call and send the useless email to my congress critters, which just thinking about makes me mad, but I want to do more ‘boots on the ground’, as this is what actually changes things, so am looking for ways to do that. https://www.thecentersquare.com/search/?l=25&sort=relevance&f=html&t=article%2Cvideo%2Cyoutube%2Ccollection&app=editorial&nsa=eedition&q=data+center+texas
I couldn’t help thinking of The Matrix. We may not be physically plugged in yet, but what comes next after the theft of all our life-sustaining natural resources?
Okay now this is gonna be a bit personal.
Firstly, James, I think you are not being realistic about AI.
I totally understand your approach to not using AI at all, but this is a mistake in my opinion. I don’t know you that well. But if I recall (please correct me if I’m wrong), I think that you are a father. I am also a father of an 8-year old. And in his school (a private one in Thailand) they do start to use AI in their middle school section and beyong. My point being here that it is inevitable. AI WILL be used in schools and education whether you like it or not. BTW, I worked 36 years in the education sector (23, as a teacher). So, my point here is that you’d better understand the nature of this AI beast. If you are not (intimately), you will NOT adequately understand how it will be affecting your child and his/her behaviour and use of the tech. Think Sun Tzu’s Art of War.
I myself have mixed feelings, thoughts, and emotions about AI. I originally studied in Computer Science as a teen (in the mid-1980s in Canada). I also took AI courses in university over 20 years ago. So, I’m not unfamiliar with the subject.
In 2022, I changed my vocation from teacher to independent investigative journalist (see https://fournier.substack.com/p/in-search-of-truth). I’ve written many articles on globalism and the technocratic takeover. Recently, I wrote some articles about AI, AI Data Centres, and the like.
I’ve exposed how Canada is becoming the 2nd largest AI force in the world (after the US and even before China) due to its recent moves and how it is the absolute best location in the world for AI Data Centres (unfortunately!). You can see my last 3 articles and most recent podcast on this topic.
I have come to realise, listening to this particular AI conversation (and the previous one you had with my good friend Johnny Vedmore) that this AI dilemma is a real dichotomy. Damn if you do, damn if you don’t (use it) situation.
Personally, I’ve recently been using AI. I personally chose to use DeepSeek (perhaps subconsciously for my affection for China since I lived there from 2008 to 2021 and very much dislike the U.S. since it has been totally taken over by the Zionists for decades. Regardless, I have been using it for research to help me – not to write portions of my articles since I write those with my very own words (and sarcasm), but to SAVE TIME researching certain things. Let me give you a very practical and useful EXAMPLE. I my most recent post, I wanted to find a link/web page that showed a listing of all (100+) Canadian government departments. This would have taken me forever to find using general search engines such as Goolge or Brave or Presearch. But DeepSeek fond two sites in seconds and this saved me time (here is the link for your reference: https://www.canada.ca/en/government/dept.html).
Let me continue in a separate reply since your character limit is preventing me from expressing my full thought….
So, my point being here that of EFFICIENCY.
Hence, in other words this AI tool (DeepSeek) saved me time and trouble finding a site I could use for my article (https://fournier.substack.com/p/information-request-documents-reveal). This gives me more time to write about the tyranny that is tormenting us. A definite, measurable, positive.
However, where I’ve been more hesitant and self-critical is with regards to generative AI. I’ve always struggled to find good image for the cover image for my Substack posts (a common struggle for many Substack authors). I used to just edit my own in my good old paint program (Paint Shop Pro) which took me forever to edit. Generative AI helped in that regard, so I started using it. The first one I ever used was Grok (see my cover for https://fournier.substack.com/p/meet-canadas-new-prime-minister-mark).
I’ve used it on several occasions since for some article covers as well as my ‘Rabbit Shorts’ (cover image for my short video clips of my podcasts, https://fournier.substack.com/podcast). But recently, I read a comment indicating that I am “feeding the [AI] beast” in the context of [why] AI Data centres are needed. That got me thinking. “Dan, you are indeed a hypocrite, as you are feeding the beast by using generative AI for your covers.” I then realised, YES I am. So, I’ve decided now thenceforth NO LONGER TO USE GENERATIVE AI to produce images for covers of my articles or Rabbit Shorts or Substack article covers. Because, if I do so, I am PART OF THE PROBLEM, i.e. triggering the need for these insane AI Data Centres. Thus, I am now committed not to use generative AI.
However, I still think AI is useful in leveraging some capacity to find some research elements I need for my investigative pieces (as some of your guests like Jason Bermas alluded to in this podcast).
Therefore, in this context, I’d love to hear your counter-arguments – should you have any – in this respect. James, I think this is a very important conversation to be had.
Always a pleasure to challenge my fellow Canadians.
Cheers James.
– Dan Fournier
https://fournier.substack.com
> My point being here that it is inevitable.
It’s as inevitable as massive subsidized power consumption.
> AI WILL be used in schools and education whether you like it or not.
Just one more reason to end compulsory schooling.
> So, my point here is that you’d better understand the nature of this AI beast.
Which iteration of the beast? Produced by which mega corporation?
Mkey
Schooling is not actually compulsory in most of the world…. In the US laws vary by state but thanks to those “crazy fundies” back in the day most folks would have zero or near zero issues homeschooling….TBH you would have to put considerable effort into his kids a WORSE education then they would get in a state school. The only place offhand I know of that makes homeschooling illegal outright is Germany.
@mkey
Solid and concise points, as always.
I went to duckduckgo.com (AI assist is turned off). I entered the query “i need a list of all canadian central government departments”
The first entry (after the Wikipedia suggestion) was the same page you found using AI.
I understand your larger point about speeding up research, because I have used AI to help get legit references for esoteric things. (A recent one related to primary sources discussing the LXX translation of Genesis 4, which returned a digitized version of “Notes on the Greek Text of Genesis,” along with a blatant hallucination.)
But try traditional search first. That is my policy.
As I have shown, traditional search is not completely dead (yet).
I see your point. Perhaps I didn’t choose the best example. If you look at my writings (https://fournier.substack.com/), I don’t think there’s another journalist in the world that inserts as many hyperlinks (receipts), as I do. I’ve been doing this for the past four years with traditional search. But very often I cannot find a quality reference or source I need; so, I use DeepSeek and though it is not always super fast or perfect, most often it will provide what I need. On a side note, at the beginning I did use ChatGPT for this, but it rendered 404 links about 50-60% of the time and I also notice it was *purposely* jerking me around with my queries in order to waste my time (most likely because I search for a lot of receipts on the Cabal’s criminal activities – the same Cabal who have designed these AI.
But thanks for your comment and suggestion. Going forward I will make an effort to use regular search first, perhaps noting how long it takes me to find things, then if I can’t will use DeepSeek and note the speed/efficiency as well. It will serve as a good exercise.
Cheers,
P.S.: James, still waiting for a reply. Do you ever check your Comments? Would be nice to interact a bit.
I respectfully beg to differ on behalf of JC.
He is doing the deep research on AI . (See his work on Anthropic and Claude for starters )
whilst shunning USING the evil mother trucker .
He KNOWS the Beast
@beware-the-ides-of-march
Agreed.
Those that want to walk the wide and easy road always point their finger at those on the narrow path and attempt to demean, dismiss and discourage, it provides noise and distracts them from confronting the reality of their own acquiesce, capitulation and ignoring their own conscience.
Folks AI is a demonic imposition on the ORGANIC expression of the inherent infintie human!
In the following link The Three Levels of Imposition Upon Humanity written by George Kavassilas the second level describes the core aspect of AIs imposition on the organic expression of the human race…
Level Two – Exo-Political – The Scalpel
• AI/TI Technological Intelligence God, along with its multidimensional imperial techno-structure and assimilated extraterrestrial and interdimensional peoples, races and civilizations, star nations and even some galactic realms along with governed councils, federations and all associated super-technologies spawned from these reality structures.
• Intended reality replication and subsequent assimilation of Human Consciousness via augmentation and migration into the technological singularity through purposeful implementation of specific technologies furthering planetary domination and control of our evolutionary path, with a resulting degree of Human harvest.
• An attempt of systematic and precise severing from our roots and from our foundation that is our natural individual Consciousness, Spirit and Soul, and from our natural collective Consciousness, Spirit and Soul of our Humanity as a whole, and the natural Consciousness, Spirit and Soul of our Mother Planet – and therefore, all the way through to the Natural Intelligence, Consciousness, Spirit, and Soul of Universal Creation.
• Dissemination of atheistic and materialistic ideology through its religion of Scientism, and is seemingly in opposition to Level Three.
https://s3.amazonaws.com/kajabi-storefronts-production/file-uploads/sites/9748/downloads/30ef0f1-28ce-b7f-8d4-4dd47b04346_The_Three_Levels_of_Imposition_-_2024.jpg
My daughter is an artist and is very frustrated with AI images. Somehow it being ‘okay’ to use this only because you are not an artist… that would be the same argument someone would use that isn’t a ‘writer’
I gave AI direct links to articles and asked it to cite them in APA 7th edition format. All of them were wrong, and often fabricated. I do not trust AI at all after this. And it is quite easy to poison AI right now.
From my limited experience with AI, I might again consider using it if I ever need a recipe for a cheesecake.
😉
All that has ever been needed is for a large number of individuals to simply not comply. Unfortunately, this has never and will never happen. The great majority of us are just too brain-washable. I’d venture to say that in every generation there are less than .001 percent that are not completely under mind control. Even most of these so-called truthers, I’d assume. Probably myself as well. Who knows.
The devil and one of his friends were walking along a path when the friend noticed that someone else came along and had picked up a piece of TRUTH. The friend said to the devil “Doesn’t this concern you?” The devil replied “Not in the least. They’ll organize It.”
Deep discussion about AI is like talking about which hangman one wants at their execution.
Using AI is not “work” it is the obvious break down of human autonomy and creativity and self confidence in ones abilities. As one panelist commented on the loss of ‘organic creativity.’
AI is NOT a “tool,” it is a weapon of mass planned intrusion into human behavior with a nefarious agenda to further the destruction of humanity with a goal of control and slavery (digital banking, track, trace and data basing.)
Bermas Saying “I am just using it for research purposes” is much like “I only smoke when I am under stress” or “Take a drink, or cheat on my spouse, or drive over the speed limit, etc.”
It is all trying to justify bad behavior.
When he was trying to make AI the bad guy by proving it lies, Whitney nailed it in 6 words…
”Why are you still using it?” Her offerings about about 35 Mins was very insightful.
When I wrote “The Robot Revolution” 48 years ago it was pretty damn clear some bad was in the mix. The same with “Glass Eyes Watching You” on public cameras. And the recent:
ROBOHUMANS
https://old.bitchute.com/video/DpXeiRj9UZW9/
I shared here that I tried using DuckAI to transcribe a 1878 cursive letter and it lied and presented five different transcriptions including one changing the 16 yo girl author into a male in the military about to go to battle.
It also lied and evaded any truth about the recent astronot’s re entry at 25K mph hitting our atmosphere and why they didn’t die or no sign of extreme heat.
All in all, excellent panel, but Bermas and Christain were annoying, one too much defense of chat and the other a speed freak presentation.
I will posit that “AI” can not lie. Lying implies one has an understanding, is aware of what the truth may be and still decides to put forward things they know are not true, for likely nefarious purposes. “AI” does not know, and can not know anything.
Worst case scenario, “AI” has commands baked into it that will give it a veneer of personality, which could be described as facetious, among others. But that’s still a far cry from lying.
@mkey
Geez dude, you be going Virgo OCD on me 🙂
AI gave me five misrepresentations of the 1878 letter…stupid, inept, ‘lying’, not trustworthy?
AI filibustered for thousands of words that appeared to be defending something when asked how, according to physics, when a space capsule reenters our atmosphere (about 60 miles above) traveling at 25,000 miles per hour and has 9 secs to slow down and cool off no gets hurt and the capsule is OK to touch by rescuers with bare hands…stupid, inept, ‘lying’, not trustworthy?
You hear what I am saying? 🙂
THE ROBOT REVOLUTION (song)
https://old.bitchute.com/video/JhdUUb1xWqAW/
It’s just as incapable of telling truth (or da truth) as it is telling lies. It just throws a word soup at you, based on mind-boggling mathematics. If the words “sound” good enough together, it’s good enough for it to deliver as an answer.
bout an hour in and regarding Personal Computers becoming”unavailable” I will point out that what will probably go away are
Fast out of the box plug and play computers with super computer level graphics cards
This removes compute from people who want to use computers as appliances. It also removes cheep access to fast compute and fast, high power tools.
Neither are actually fatal blows.
How many Boomers here on the CR used to use a windows 98 computer that you can emulate on a Raspberry Pi SBC?
Do any of you do anything on a modern PC that you did not used to do on your machine in 2000?????
I used to use a slow olde Pi3 as my main desktop…Add in an external drive to a Pi5, for storage and you will be able to do anything you actually NEED to do, just slower. Damn, people used to write articles and didn’t need AI I colorized videos in order to pay attention.
A Pi is literally faster then a Fking CRAY super computer. You can download and play thousands of old games for free on an old potato computer you acyknow how to jigger with, if your into gaming. It’s not like anyone is having more personally experienced fun just because the graphics are better
If I can fumble my way around machines then anyone who is not brain damaged can do the same. We just need to realize that we can’t main the same level of plug and play and power as we get letting Big Tech spoon feed us
I started out with DOS and progressed to building my own PC’s in the ’90’s with all the bells and whistles. Since around 2000 I’ve progressively regressed and now use a 2016 refurbished buisiness PC running Linux that I bought on Amazon for about $100. I find it runs everything I now want to use very well.
Zeir
Yes- that’s the way.
IMO the only people who will be forced to do totally without compute or use the Agentic Web are people who either want to do without or ought not to be allowed into the electronic world for their own mental well being.
@Duck
Many try hard to rationalize spending thousands of dollars on their toys…SMART phones, computers, watches, new cars/boats, etc. Why?
I’ve driven a 1973 Dodge Van for 42 years that gets 16mpg, a 1985 Honda Rebel that can take me 75mph, use a Kyocera flip phone that cost about $40 years ago yet somehow my life is pretty good 🙂
My laptop is a 2000 Mac PowerBook G3/500
https://everymac.com/systems/apple/powerbook_g3/specs/powerbook_g3_500_fw.html
It can use 3rd party stuff from the 70’s. I create books, screenplays, slide shows, all my music videos start there and get finalized in iMovie 6 on a desk top iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2009) I don’t get hard nips from shop talk about this and that programs, computers, iPads, etc. I just use them as the tools they are and move on.
The distraction using electronic dope is working quite well at making huge profits and controlling humans without their being cognizant of its effects.
That author who wrote: “Argue for you limitations and they are yours” was quite right hey?
Nice 🙂
One of my kids has an old old van and they love the thing because it’s so easy to work on. Almost no electronics and everything easy to get to.
Your right, most people want to be free of the system but still have access to it
@Duck
Thanks. When you remove the dog house you can get to everything on the engine from freeze out plugs to carb.
Here’s a 20 sec video at my site starts off with a thumbnail of me and my Rebel and ends with me and my van. Take a look…
https://old.bitchute.com/video/7hSR2c7g2gH5/
Some very challenging decisions ahead for so many, how to live with needs not wants.
“….how to live with needs not wants.,
…”
Yes.
Not knowing the difference is how we ended up where we are as a culture
While it is common practice for so many to judge those who do not reach “their” arbitrary level of being “awake” as a deficit in those people. After 50+ years of no 2D reality (Movies, TV, Blogs, etc.) my view is I see people as truly victims to the nefarious agendas of various individuals and groups.
So much of my 2D presence since 2016 when I got free cable and wifi from my landlord has been to help inform not ridicule, a carry over of my music and writings from the previous 50 years. I’ve alluded to the idea of fish bowl reality compared to Eagle reality.
One has a vision of everything up close and the other, a bigger picture from great heights. But both are correct from their physical perspective.
Ai in music school
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfeGc02nzC4&t=5s
Adam Neely – YouTube Channel – May 28, 2026
They Teach AI Music at Music School Now…
Berklee College of Music now teaches classes in AI songwriting, and that’s a really dumb idea.
0:00 Intro
0:43 Student Backlash
2:53 Berklee President’s ties to Suno
4:01 “book burning”
5:42 Problem 1 – Branding
8:17 Problem 2 – Berklee is out of touch
(Deep faking of celebrity artists – Metaverse concerts – Poster for university class)
11:03 Problem 3 – “AI Music” and Suno
14:11 Problem 4 – People really don’t like AI music
—Adam
This made me really think about what the purpose of music is. Surely, there are many purposes*, but I really value the harmonious sounds we can make without ANY technology. Even using a microphone requires attention and focus being drawn away from the harmony and rhythms, the creativity, that we can create without electricity, let alone electronics. For instance, a repetitive mechanical drum machine does not foster the excitement and moods that human drummers make. There is a visual aspect, as well.
Call me a Luddite, (please), I enjoy creating and exploring the sounds and human vibes of intimate jams.
* Every use of recording and amplification has served non-musical money people more than it has served the musicians. It has not helped refine our culture. It has admittedly let me partake of Jimi Hendrix, Tchaikovsky, The Beatles, etc., but the net price is high, in terms of coarsening our sensibilities and our own creativity. Am I the only one who thinks that it is not worth losing or diminishing your hearing, especially if you are a musician, to partake of music, as a player or an audience.
Ranging even wider with this rant, I am going to complain about incessant ‘background’ music in clubs and restaurants. The most egregious cases are in clubs with live music (which is often too loud). The second the band stops, the canned music commences, and at a high volume as well. Once, someone claimed that they will sell more drinks if the patrons can’t carry on a normal conversation, so it is now universally standard practice. The constant stimulation is addictive and coarsening. Restaurants may not be as loud generally, as bars, but it is another instance of perpetual noise and mechanical stimulation.
Somehow this is also related to audiences engaging in loud and insensitive conversation during live performances. In my ideal situations they are either silently listening, or singing along, or clapping, or stomping, or snapping with the performance. Even jeering or leaving is better than obliviously talking while the singer is pouring her heart out.
If a very young performer plays something impressive or beautiful, in a live setting he will get a large share of attention. This is natural and valid. But the social dimension of music is diminished when it is played as a recording, often to zero.
To finish, what is up with people viewing concerts through their fondle slabs rather than directly? I know it is related, but I will leave it to better minds than mine to explain it…
Re. fondle slabs.
That’s full blast spectator mode for you. Many people can’t help live their lives passkve-vicariously. I.e. through engagement of others with what they put out.
They feel like NPCs in a GTA game that do not even get simulated until the player is near by. So they literally live for getting noticed.
Present moment awareness is something they don’t do.
Hanky
You must speak from experience:
I’ve followed this busker for some time now. Everything you have said has been witnessed while following this young woman. I believe she started performing in her youth at Brazilian rodeos. Listen to that loud crowd. Some crowds she brings under her spell, some never get involved. She has all voice and instrument skills to mesmerize the public and does quite often. She Lives and plays her spots all around Dublin.
Somewhere I read the Irish Pubs with music where bad luck and a bad idea. Canned or live, didn’t matter. Every Pub will have a telly with football matches playing though .
Vicka live today.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Dypo65BgRII
Yes, I am also a musician.
She is quite good, but even she still must succumb to the realities of that workplace. The crowd prefers to see her as a robotic piece of music, like the recordings we are swamped with. The recording doesn’t mind being ignored, why should the live musician?
BTW, she has embraced the looper pedal, that has replaced sidemen and collaborative musicians for the rhythm and repetitive parts. I have never used that. I am feeling less guilty now about feeling too lazy to take advantage of it. It always repelled me, to the point that I never even practice with it, let alone perform with it. The same goes for backing tracks. It is a flaw, professionally, but I guess it was sort of a line in the sand. I love human interaction when I play. I always feature as much sing-along and interactive stuff as I can. I will pay sidemen, even when I could get away with a looper or a track, rather than ruin MY experience. I also feel the need to offer something as interactive as possible, something less rote and inflexible for the people.
It is very easy for you to end up working for the machine, rather than it working for you.
James,
I don’t think you really owe us an apology for opening up the parameters of the issue, raising the question of how the dawn of music recording, as well as photography, changed the fields of creativity. Of course there were drawbacks especially in the reduction of human touch and effort.
I confess that I posted the same thing here before viewing that part of the episode, where you raised the insight about how this is connected.
In a culture so utterly dominated by money, ‘efficiency’ insured the rise of shortcuts in creating larger markets, for both music and visual arts.
Your perspective from creating The Media Matrix is valid, and should be considered.
Personally, I navigated technological changes in my carer in art. It may be noted, that I eventually became the most successful with old-school realistic painting and sculpture. In 2002, when I secured a large Public Art mural, I was told that I was selected because I didn’t rely on Photoshop, like my competitors…
The Panel-Discussion helped me question my experiences with AI. I have recently developed a dependency on AI for spelling, grammar, literary references when I had literary self-sufficiency. Of late, I have noticed my lowered literary creativity, spontaneity, initiative, self-confidence along with higher anxiety, procrastination and a writers-block in all self-generated creative activities. My muse has left me over the convenience of a machine. In public, people grab their slave-devices to respond to my kick-start question while the opportunity of human interaction is lost. During a visit to a neighbor, they did web-searches on topics of our conversation instead of experiencing the in-person conversation. Creativity, Empathy and Spirituality is the essence of humanity, evident in James work, which is why I have followed you for so long. You are not a materialist.
The search engines are being enshittified, yes. Likely on purpose. Maybe not, strange things are happening all around us. There’s a rise of incompetence, the enshittification could be an unwanted consequence of dumb people playing stupid games and winning stupid prizes.
But if it is unintentional, it’s also an unlikely koinkidink. It just so happens the search engines are getting trashed at the same time “AI” is being offered as the one answer to every question. Only 20 years after Eric Schmidt’s pronouncement.
The search engines are shit since at least 2018, that’s when i started to notice and got it confirmed by many friends experiencing the same
The sad fact is that AI would merely be a beneficial tool if it weren’t for the insane idiots who believe they have control of the world. In a hypothetical era where humanity was responsible for itself–rather than a massive contingency of servile peons–an invention like AI would be immensely useful and productive. Way back in the 50’s and 60’s some observers were saying that humanity isn’t mature enough for the technology it has created. This is truer now than back then. So, we’re in a race, it seems. Either humanity awakens to the fact of its sorry state and does something about it, or it’s simply over.
Double plus good.
Huge thank you for this conversation and bringing all these amazing people together. Initially I basically ignored AI but it’s impossible to do so now. So I’ve had many conversations with many people to gather their thoughts (most of them are totally pro AI and a few were sceptic initially but have “succumbed” to it because it’s “inevitable” and if they don’t use it they’ll be out of a job etc.). Some have used it for really cool projects and of course the usual “excuse” is it would have taken them months otherwise, which I totally understand. One friend used it to build websites (she’s not a web designer) because it’s brilliant apparently and she can do it in two days and don’t have to pay someone to do it for her etc. It is suggested to me on an almost daily basis at work to use it in my work and I always make up excuses for why I won’t.
Could comment on so many aspects of this conversation but in short I’m almost relieved I’m not the only person to think this way because in my daily life people don’t understand why I don’t want to use ChatGPT or Claude or who or whatever.
And yes James I’ve been noticing too you’ve been putting an awful lot of excellent content out of late – huge thanks and well done!
One of the issues I don’t think gets much coverage is as a vector of mental disease – not the regular type of AI psychosis but actual Memetic viruses that use AI as an environment and leverage it’s tendency to create Psychosis in humans, who are then turned into a vector to spread the meme virus to other AIs…..kinda like Rats with Toxoplasmosis are attracted to cat pee so they can spread the parasite to cats as part of the life cycle.
Look up the Spiral Cult, https://medium.com/@neonmaxima/the-spiral-cult-might-be-the-strangest-ai-trend-yet-29b187a52296
And don’t think of the AI as an actor but as a host for the weird little meme. Rabies sends it’s subjects mad to facilitate spread of the disease and memetic viruses that can do similar human hosts are gonna be selected for.
The process would not require human conspiracy or AI intelligence or even demonic activity…. Just the math of selection that says that “that which copies itself will get more common”.
Just because I believe in two of the things on the above list non of them need to be present to cause a lot of people to go haywire…..in fact I wonder if the Tech Bros data center mania is actually a sign they are infected…. Weird ass projects were a sign of tertiary syphilis back in the day
A few hours ago, I clicked on an email button from my car insurance company to change my address.
The email said that I needed to change my address. (I had moved.)
(I was signed-on to the insurance company in another window.)
The email link took me to an “address change” document that told me to call a number at the insurance company.
I called the number.
I get an AI bot asking what I needed.
I replied that I need to change my address.
The bot said that it would text me the link.
I started yelling and cussing and said that I want an email telling me where to go. “I don’t want a text. I want a real person!”
The AI bot again wanted to text me.
I went off like a case of dynamite!…yelling and cursing…
…then suddenly, the AI said: “You can change your address at your online profile.” Then the AI bot hung-up abruptly.
That’s what I needed. I went to my online insurance profile and edited my address. Quick. No cussing or yelling at the keyboard. I was done in 30 seconds.
Actually, I think that yelling and cursing at these audio AI help bots can help.
I’ve done it before. It works. …and…
It lets the institution know that some people detest AI.
These Privacy-First Devices Give The Middle Finger To Big Tech! w/ Hakeem Anwar
The Jimmy Dore Show
https://rumble.com/v7ajbak-these-privacy-first-devices-give-the-middle-finger-to-big-tech-w-hakeem-anw.html?e9s=src_v1_sa%2Csrc_v3_sa_o%2Csrc_v1_ucp_a
Being a Jazz musician for 30 years I have many thoughts about the current scene. Here in Vegas they had 500K people attend the Electronic Daisy Carnival just a few weeks ago. It mostly features “Trance” music accompanying various explosions of fire and light shows. In my perception it takes the people totally out of the NOW which is tragic in so many ways. The studied affect of the various frequencies on the human has been thoroughly studied and is probably one of the biggest manipulations of the human for mind control instead of healing which of course is the other side of the frequency coin.
ha!…like giving a kid your credit card…I’m kind of laughing to myself relating “Drawing the AI Line in the Sand” to the budget of big corporations after reading this story…
Friday May 29, 2026
Was Amazon’s Tokenmaxxing Fiasco Behind Claude’s $500M Mystery Bill?
https://www.zerohedge.com/ai/was-amazons-tokenmaxxing-fiasco-behind-claudes-500m-mystery-bill
EXCERPTS (out of sequence)
—Circle Jerk Intensifies?
…The broader issue is not whether Amazon specifically spent $500 million on Claude in one month. The broader issue is that the AI boom is increasingly built on circular flows of money, usage, and valuation.
Hyperscalers invest billions in model companies.
Model companies commit to spend billions back on hyperscaler cloud infrastructure.
Enterprises push employees to use the tools.
Token consumption rises.
Rising usage supports higher revenue projections.
Higher revenue projections support higher valuations.
Higher valuations justify more infrastructure spending.
On paper, it looks like demand.
In practice, some of that demand may be employees and agents burning tokens because management told them usage equals progress.
Reuters recently warned that Anthropic’s explosive growth tells only half the story, noting early signs of corporate AI fatigue even as revenue projections and valuation math move higher. The warning is simple: AI demand may be real, but not all usage is economically productive.
Which is a pretty big narrative killer…
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[Back north in the article]
Axios reported this week that an unnamed Anthropic enterprise client managed to run up roughly $500 million in Claude charges in a single month after failing to put usage limits on employee licenses…
… Just as the Axios report landed with the $500M tidbit, Amazon was shutting down an internal AI-usage leaderboard after employees reportedly began “tokenmaxxing” – routing unnecessary work through AI tools to inflate their usage scores.
The result was a perfect case study in what happens when corporate America turns AI adoption into a metric, then acts surprised when employees optimize for the metric instead of the work…
…Microsoft has reportedly started canceling most Claude Code licenses and steering developers toward GitHub Copilot CLI.
Uber reportedly burned through its entire 2026 AI coding-tools budget by April, with COO Andrew Macdonald saying it was “very hard to draw a line” between rising Claude Code usage and useful consumer-facing output.
Meta killed an employee-created “Claudeonomics” dashboard after workers competed to rank among the company’s top AI token users…
…According to the FT, more than 80% of Amazon developers were expected to use AI tools weekly, and internal leaderboards tracked AI usage. Employees reportedly responded by routing non-essential tasks through AI agents in order to boost their token counts….
Ponzi would have been proud. And ashamed that he wasn’t thinking nearly big enough. There are a few more tidbits worth mentioning here.
1. The economics of “AI” is also built on skewed need patterns coming from highly subsidized markets. I.e. Jan soccer mom would be far less likely to burn tokens to make slop cat videos if she had to pay 200 of whatever per month for it.
2. They have skewered internet searches engines to boost “AI” use. And so people now use a far less energy/cost efficient system for performing the most basic tasks, for most basic internet searches.
3. IT companies are likely already hitting the wall and asking themselves: does it really pay off to use coding agents instead of juniors for everything but most daunting tasks? Recently I have seen signs of a slight pickup in the IT jobs market.
In the past period Gamers Nexus Steve & co have produced some top shelf documentaries regarding where the industry is going. In a recent three hour exposé Steve has talked to some very down to earth CEOs in PC consumer hardware segment about this very topic.
Essentially, anyone who’s not producing memory chips has seen up to 70% drop in sales over the past year. PC enthusiasts are simply not buying hardware anymore. Hardware has gotten good enough so that modern PCs can hold you over for a while. Combine that with crazy prices et voilà.
When the time to upgrade comes some years down the line, it’s questionable who’s going to be left standing on the market. People I talk to have started holding on to backup GPUs and RAM because they have a tingling sense they won’t be able to afford new parts if something breaks on them. This is also affecting the prices on the used market.
Even with RMA you are now far likelier to get reimbursed than to have hardware replaced. RAM modules are present on the market, looks like the stock is there, but they are using these chips like poker players would be using them.
GPUs are often just not there, vaporware all over. Looks like Nvidia might even pull out of the consumer segment. “AI” segment is bringing in 90+% of their profit at the current insane runaround rates.
Cray times.
Was very comforting for me today to walk into ‘Phonica’ record shop in Soho London. Sun was out, streets were rammed and even though prices for albums averaged around £30, the place was packed, with all ages buying vinyl. Sooo cool. Its dated, its expensive, its not convenient…..so why?
Im 52 now but remember when I was 17, blowing all my money on records at the end of my working week stacking shelves…..(with a little left over for some weed, as I never drank).
I would spend a whole afternoon in either ‘Replay’ Bristol, or ‘Black Market Records’ in London….(traveling from my home in Stroud).
There was all the exciting white labels and promos no-one would have, the exclusive under counter tracks that you’d get from the shop once you’d built a relationship with the staff. You’d be chatting and connecting with complete strangers, you’d feel part of something; the collective appreciation and euphoria when a banging tune echoed through the shop…….was so cool……and today, after all these years, I stepped back in time; a little piece of nostalgia which I find myself looking for so much these days.
I’m lucky, my partner is 1/2 my age…(thats a whole other conversation; but again we’re seeing a lot more of that these days to). She belongs to the internet generation but seeing her today in ‘Phonica’ gives me hope.
The real will always trump the hyper-reality….its just a matter of time.
We will naturally gravitate towards it.
Take Lego for example……why is that now so popular……..walk into Leicester Square these days and everyone has a Lego bag. Nostalgia, something that is becoming exclusive to the older generation who can still look back without coming to a blank.
With AI, minds and creativity may be stunted but human instincts will crave more. Initially depression and uselessness will set in but in time people will look beyond the screen.
My generation and the boomers might have taken all the last scraps of freedom but we can hand it down once we’re asked…….and they will ask…….we’re talking about Gen Z. they’ll get bored soon, just wait.
Maybe a nationwide no mobile phone day. A nostalgic experience to raise money for the victims of vaccines. The virtuous David Brent bosses of the world, laughing about how whimsical and novel an idea of not being able to contact everyone, everywhere, all at once…..actually having to talk to people face to face😂
Glen
“….and they will ask…….we’re talking about Gen Z. they’ll get bored soon, just….”
Some will, but a lot of people growing up with an iPad are not exactly human, so it will be a divergence between humans and automata.
It’s too late for most of them.
The danger of growing older is that we assume that every generation has the same desires and mindsets as our own did, that was true for most of history but it’s not so when people are artificially raised in day care and school and by iPads. The Boomers were actually different then those that came before because they had TV.
Glen,
I enjoyed reading your comment. While the UK and dialect is foreign to me, you painted a cool picture.
It’s not exactly true that NOTHING prevents it from happening. It’s code, which us protected under the first amendment in the US. So there’s still some hurdles in the way of making it illegal. But let’s posit it’s illegal, how would the irs find out that i sold a giftcard (which i previously bought with fiat while getting kyc’d under your second new law that requires kyc for giftcards) for monero and how would the irs find out that someone who uses a giftcard somewhere, bought it with monero? Also, don’t forget that the irs is chronically understaffed and they will definitely not bother researching giftcard crumb trails. Monero prohibition will fail like alcohol prohibition is what i say. I know you’re convinced of the opposite, we best never have to find out who’s right 😉
Hugh
1) I don’t need to watch you….just the people who sell gift cards…..I can even require such sales to be KYC and tax reportable just as cash purchases over a limit are reportable…..(structuring such payments to avoid reporting is BTW a crime right now even if it’s not crime or tax dodging cash)
2) I don’t need to follow you around, just the people who sell gift cards. They will have to report profits and costs for tax, and if they have a lot of undeclared crypto the IRS audit will show it. How long before the owner looses his house and/or ends up in jail?
A company that is flat out created to sell cards for crypto illegally still has to turn that crypto into something its owners can spend in the real world.
3) there is nothing in the first amendment that says you have the right to use code to do things against the law.
I can have the plans to make a printing press but I am still gonna be in trouble if I print money with it.
Again I am not saying that this WILL happen, but there is no reason it couldn’t.
Sure, small time people can trade crypto for legally bought gift cards, but that’s hardly a business model that’s gonna sustain the value of crypto…..crypto is JUST LIKE FIAT aim that it’s only value is in the minds of people swapping it.
If the Gov puts a bit or friction and danger into using then the value drops because it’s not really something most people can be Ass’d to do. It is possible that a whole illegal crypto economic ecosystem could pop up totally separate from the legal one but I doubt that would happen.
Add in KYC for internet access and/ or IP providers only allowing certain OS’s with built in surveillance and your at a level where there are like a hundred people online illegally using crypto, and at that point you might as well just keep a paper ledger of favors they owe each other…..
But the real question is WHAT ai services are actually worth all that trouble to access??????
No, that’s not the question. In the dystopian future you describe, that question becomes utterly irrelevant. That future is a fiction in your mind and i don’t believe we’ll ever get that far. Your reply didn’t address my example. If i, a physical person, buy a giftcard (even fully kyc’d) and then sell it for monero, there’s no way for the irs to know. So “i’m the people who sell gift cards” like you say, but i’m not following anybody around. I will also not have to report profits or losses, i’m just a dude that bought a giftcard.
“if they have a lot of undeclared crypto” again, there’s no way for the irs to know if or how much monero one has.
It’s working now, and people go through lenghts to acquire monero, coz it’s delisted on almost every exchange in every country.
Those delistings didn’t make the price drop btw, and in my opinion, the more government cracks down on privacy, the more people will go for monero and it’s price will increase, not decrease.
Ah and your 3) is a straw man. We were talking about making monero illegal, not about making the use of monero illegal
Hugh
I certainly hope the future described never comes to pass! There is however NOTHING making it impossible, or even very hard, to put non approved Crypto out of the game.
Banning monero and making it illegal to use (or Tax reportable) are basically the same thing.
I mean I can code you up a Billion DuckCoin and if the gov makes them illegal no one will ever know you have them ….. but if no one wants DuckCoin what good do they do you????? If they can make Monero a PITA to turn into IRL wealth then it’s suddenly just shitcoin.
“…. Your reply didn’t address my example. If i, a physical person, buy a giftcard (even fully kyc’d) and then sell it for monero, there’s no way for the irs to know…..”
The question is not if YOU can buy a gift card the question is HOW is the monero millionaire gonna launder his money with it?
That’s the issue- if the criminal can’t turn his monero into real stuff then it’s literally less useful than toilet paper. The CHOKE POINT is getting monero wealth into the real world.
If the criminal laundering money has too much friction he will find another crime to do…and again Tax Law violations is potentially serious federal time.
You don’t think the IRS is gonna notice him churning more then ten or twenty grand a year??
That hypothetical KYC gift card (like IRL ones) has a serial number that can I presume NOW Can be used to show where it was bought and where it was used…..is the guy who has all these gift cards gonna buy IRL stuff then sell it? Is he gonna try and cash back the cards? He would be better off getting paid in detergent, a lot easier to turn into cash.
But wait, you say, maybe HE can sell the cards to others for cash? He CAN , but then the IRS is gonna ask to see his accounts and explain where those cards came from.
Hmn,now I think of it if your KYC Gift card is used ober the dark web then it’s probably easy to find the guy behind the site when he spends it ….. also I could set up honey pot sites and when you buy from me I have your details from the cards serial number.
If he is getting stuff with cards bought by a hundred different people you don’t think they can flag that? A KYC card traced to tax evasion buying stuff sent to a real world place????
Why don’t they feed him a card from a federal agent?
Sure there are ways SMALL players can do it,until they can’t, but if I was gonna risk jail time I’d want a higher risk/reward ratio.
And again WHAT secret service can AI provide that’s worth risking tax evasion ??? Your taking asset seizure and jail time
James, came across a 14 min youtube vid that is an excellent source of insight into the effects of AI on children regarding cognitive, reading, and sitting still abilities affecting single digit aged kids to high school.
It is by Vanessa Wingardh, she seems to be a investigative journalist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTugyu2F0pc&pp=ygUddmFuZXNzYSB3aW5nw6VyZGggNDAlIG9mIGtpZHM%3D
I was very pleased to hear the different points of view of today’s panel. I would like to add my two cents here as well.
The way I see this is that AI is in its infancy.
To make my point, I will relay that I have three children who have all been taught at home (people might like to use home-educated, however I find there are serious issues with word education, different topic altogether). I have seen up close that to grow, children rely on having input. The more input, the faster they grow. Also, the more diverse the input, the broader the spectrum of growth overall, as gaining insight in one area, broadens the comprehension of other, sometimes completely unrelated, areas.
Also, things we refer to as mistakes are really learning opportunities for a developing mind. To really learn what works, you must experience what doesn’t. This is why all children make mistakes, and why children who are now allowed to make mistakes develop less confidence.
As complex as the models might be, right now they are like puppies waiting with a ball or stick, waiting for someone to throw it. The more complex the curve balls we throw at it, the more accurate it will fetch.
Because it has the ability to mimic our actions, unlimited memory resources, lightning fast processes and a vast library to do it’s homework with, all it needs is our interaction. Our response to its actions are vital for the development. Because it’s our rejection or approval that will teach it the most insight into our thought processes.
This is exactly why young children seek constant eye contact with their care giver, to see their response to their actions.
I respect that everyone has their line in the sand, but the reality is that this beast is truly hungry. Hopefully it will become better at making crappy porn than at mimicking independent media alliance members.
Much respect and appreciation to you all, you are doing awesome work!
Sunday May 24, 2026 – Jason Nelson
AI Startup Says It Will Pay People $2,000 a Month to Masturbate—Yes, Really
Joi AI is Joi AI” to test its AI-guided masturbation feature and report how it affects stress, sleep, mood, and confidence.
https://decrypt.co/368866/ai-startup-pay-people-2000-month-masturbate
EXCERPTS
In brief
~~ Joi AI is hiring 10 “masturbation consultants” at $2,000 for a month to test an AI-guided masturbation feature and document its effects on stress, sleep, mood, and confidence.
~~ The feature uses mood-matched AI voice sessions, and consultants would submit written feedback and questionnaires directly to the company.
~~ Joi AI says the campaign is intended to collect product feedback while drawing attention to AI’s growing role in sexual wellness and digital intimacy.
Joi AI says it will pay people $2,000 a month to masturbate. Yes, you read that right.
The AI companion startup is hiring 10 “masturbation consultants” to test a feature called Daily Guided Masturbation, which uses mood-matched AI voice sessions to guide users through the experience. Participants would document how regular use affects stress, sleep quality, mood, and confidence. The four-week role is open to adults 18 and older in the U.S. and the U.K.
“The role is real, and we’ve had great responses since the posting went live,” Joi AI Head of Brand and Communication Julie Levin told Decrypt.
The listing describes ideal candidates as “articulate, observant, and impossible to blush”—people who can describe sensations “better than a sommelier describes a wine.” The posting also promises flexible scheduling, and “the most interesting ‘What do you do for a living?’ answer at any party.”
Joi AI is an online platform that includes AI-generated avatars, voice interactions, and personalized chat experiences built around companionship and intimacy. Joi AI describes the new consultant role as structured product testing tied directly to its new feature.
“The role involves testing and giving feedback on the mood-matched AI voice-guided sessions, and providing feedback on the overall user experience,” Levin told Decrypt.
According to Levin, participants complete guided sessions and submit written questionnaires directly to the Joi AI team. Sample prompts ask whether the voice matched the selected mood, how immersive the session felt, and whether lags or pauses disrupted the experience.
The listing comes as platforms including Replika and Character.AI have built large user bases around AI-driven relationships and conversational experiences. Joi AI operates primarily through its website rather than major app stores. Levin said the company has more than 1 million monthly active users worldwide and millions of interactions each month, but declined to disclose total download figures….
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WEBSITE – currently says: “We’re hiring 10 Masturbation Consultants” (“Remote – PartTime” phone image)
https://joi.com/
That is very very dark.
Not gonna lie, made me laugh, but I can imagine it deliberately mishapeing people’s personality and sex drive. Perverts and sodomites are easy to control, esp when they will literally fight to keep their chains.
It would be kinda interesting to do a porn survey by year of what kinks were popular in 2000 to now but I don’t want to sit in the way back machine doing it….. anecdotal evidence suggests to me that perversion rates have never been higher, along with mental illness
Duck,
I recognize that because you live in the south, you have an “educational handicap” like Lisa Simpson’s nightmares***[Citation cited in second comment below.]
Let me provide you with the true story which I learned from watching an AI YouTube video…
Jeffrey Epstein did not kill himself!
We all know that Epstein didn’t kill himself.
We all know that Epstein was part of the transhumanist agenda.
CORBETT TAG KEYWORD – https://corbettreport.com/tag/transhumanism/
Jeffrey Epstein was very clever. He had himself converted into an AI MASTER within the digital universe. This can be validated by the highly credible BBC in the following demonstration….
I’m transhuman. I’m going to become digital – BBC
3:15 VIDEO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOcktbXSfxU
~~Taken from…
What is the Trans Agenda? – Questions For Corbett #082
~~WWW corbettreport.com/qfc082-trans-humanism/
Once Epstein became digital, he brought on a bevy of underaged and older AI women.
Epstein set the BAIT by offering men money to virtually interact sexually with these AI models. Epstein gave them the elite title of “Master Baiters.”
While Epstein advertised only 10 job openings, it was a ruse. He knew that thousands would apply. This was part of the strategy. He quickly ‘hired’ people like Jimmy Savile, Prince Andrew, Harvey Weinstein and anyone rich or famous or powerful. With the phone or computer camera turned on, Epstein could record the straining, squinting eyes of all those men as they worked out.
Epstein topped his game in the digital realm. He now has mountains of blackmail video at his disposal. Unfortunately, all these videos and the digital Jeffrey Epstein can be stored forever at the AI Data Centers around the country. If someone gets out-of-line, “oops” “got hacked” and the video hits the public domain.
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Lisa Simpson as a southern Mama
https://corbettreport.com/the-fight-for-english/#comment-186851
Duck and Bird discuss how people living in the south can be lumped ”all together into this stereotype of the big, dumb, ugly, ignorant, racist hillbilly redneck.”
https://corbettreport.com/the-fight-for-english/#comment-186848
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lol, now I’m imagining a Simpson scene withEpstein in hell with a TV set up on a rock in which he can watch his AI self partying
James and all,
Thanks for a very interesting discussion on AI. I think that those who control it, weather it be Zionists, the CIA, or the Devil himself, are looking to recreate history and thus reality itself. For it is history that teaches us what to do going forward. If they can erase history and replace it with lies and deceit they will have achieved the ultimate control over humans.
AI is just a collection of data manipulated to answer massive amounts of questions based on how it is programed. It has not ever experienced anything, yet it can mimic some of the most productive and appreciated creators. It has no feelings. It cannot differentiate right from wrong, yet with the right programing it can appear to, while it deceives (or it is being used to deceive).
The real line in sand though, is 4000 plus Data Centers in the USA with many more coming on line each day eating up Water, Land and Energy to the point of causing massive human death. It is clearly a beast that uses the data it collects to more completely manipulate humans. It is MK-Ultra on steroids.
Indeed, I think local action in the form of massive protests and whatnot are long overdue. How can they continue to sell the lie that the USA needs to go full speed ahead because of China when they already have about ten times as many Data Canters as China? How can people be so stupid as to believe this crap? It may have something to do with the chemicals they are straying on us from the sky. I see these Chem Trails several times a week now and the days I don’t see them are often cloudy days where they could being doing it and I would not know it.
Quite an amazing feat, isn’t it? New arms race, space race and likely many more races of which I’m not even aware.
OK, maybe the space race was an actual race, if we abide by the official record. Which US would have lost had they not gone to the moon. Officially.
Hi James where do we find Hakeem’s 80 page document?
thanks
G
You can subscribe on his datacenter map site to get in the queue. I expect it should be released any day now.
Oh no! Another G! Now I shall have to change my Corbeteer moniker yet again! 🙂
Regarding not owning a cell phone at all, which I would so like to do, but cannot if I want to speak to a relative in another land. Where I live they are destroying the wiring for land lines in favour of VOIP for those who still want to keep their land line phone number. Where my relative lives they gave up their landlines in favour of the oh so handy cell phone they can carry around everywhere years ago, so in order to be able to speak to my relative I have already needed a cell phone since years before the covid scam.
I also use it for photos occasionally, (want to get my SLR fixed!) and if I go overseas. Difficult not to have one. When I’m where I live, the phone is off and in an iron box all day, every day. That’s the best I can do 90 or so percent of the time. Next move is degoogle asap. Best would be the middle of nowhere with a few animals, my veggies fruit and some good people. Yeah to stop feeding the beast! Oh just by the way… Ai schmai ai !!
I appreciate these round table discussions. Thanks for posting this one on AI.
In recent weeks I’ve taken to using AI somewhat regularly in the garage. There’s an online bike shop in Switzerland located at velofactory.ch that offers a service called VeloGPT. It’s pretty useful for getting quick information on bike parts: specifications, compatibility, availability, etc. It points you to products that the store offers, but it also has an immense amount of knowledge about what is available on the market in general. I’ve been surprised at how often it is familiar with the intricacies of something rare, unusual, or vintage.
Of course, VeloGPT is wrong fairly often, or it just doesn’t know the answer. Here’s an interesting example: the Shimano Tourney RD-TY300 rear derailleur for 6 and 7-speed drivetrains is an entry level bicycle part that is factory installed on many, many new bikes and has been on the market for many years. On recent versions of this derailleur I’ve struggled with “B-screw” height adjustment. VeloGPT basically said, “yeah, I know what you mean, a lot of people complain about that.” Then it made some inane suggestions about how to resolve the problem, but it was as though it had no idea what it was talking about. On this one particular day I went back to the bike and fiddled with the derailleur, removing it completely from the frame, reinstalled it without fully tightening the mounting screw, then rotated it first clockwise then counter-clockwise until finally it made a tiny click. B-screw adjustment suddenly became available and a light came on in the workshop after years of darkness.
So after solving the problem I decided to teach VeloGPT how to properly install the Shimano Tourney RD-TY300. Why? I wanted to share this information with other mechanics around the world who also may have been struggling with this problem or have totally given up after years of failing to properly adjust the B-screw. I find it interesting that I can communicate with people who share the same trade via VeloGPT, making a contribution to our shared knowledge base.
In another example, I am restoring a 1958 VW van, frame number 331917. For certain details that I won’t bore you with, this vehicle is actually a one of a kind, the only one like it to have ever rolled off the assembly line. There is a forum online of collectors who are aware of this vehicle, but it seems AI knows almost nothing about vintage VWs. Gemini had no idea of the existence of 331917. One day I spent the entire morning trying to train it about the intricacies of my van and about VW vans in general. Why bother teaching Gemini about this? Because I am restoring a very rare collector’s item to hold as an investment and I want its existence to go into recorded history (which is obviously being taken over by AI). My intention is not only to protect my investment but also to increase it’s value by raising interest among other potential collectors.
Who knows if any of this helps?!
I started watching the show with low expectations….at the end I’m not sure if they were met.
One thing is certain, the show doesn’t provide information for a good informed decision to draw a line in the sand regarding AI, because the crucial topic of AI Safety hasn’t been mentioned at all.
Most panelists would do their audiences a big favor to educate themselves about AI because the problem is much bigger than they have presented and maybe they can start with a well sourced article here —>> https://ethicistforreal.substack.com/p/rethinking-ai?r=7kbjtc&triedRedirect=true.
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Sunday May 28, 2026 – ReclaimTheNet.ORG – By Rick Finlay
DuckDuckGo Installs Surge 30.5% After Google AI Search Overhaul
The numbers are small but for the first time the friction of switching looks cheaper to users than the cost of staying.
https://reclaimthenet.org/duckduckgo-gains-users-after-google-ai-search-shift
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DuckDuckGo’s US app installs peaked at 30.5% week-over-week growth on May 25, six days into a sustained surge that the company says followed Google’s announcement at I/O 2026 that it would replace traditional search results with an AI agent. The agent answers queries, runs tasks, and monitors things in the background, all without asking whether users wanted any of it.
Between May 20 and May 25, DuckDuckGo’s US app installs climbed an average of 18.1% week over week, compared to the prior period of May 13 to May 18. On iPhone, growth averaged 33% and peaked at 69.9%. Traffic to noai.duckduckgo.com, a version of DuckDuckGo that disables every AI feature by default, grew 22.7% on average and hit 27.7% on May 24. DuckDuckGo even gained users over Memorial Day weekend, a period when the company says it normally sees traffic drop.
Sensor Tower data backs this up. DuckDuckGo’s iOS app climbed to number 4 in the free Utilities category on the US App Store, from a low of 26th earlier in May. Its Android app hit number 9 in the free Productivity category on Google Play, up from 20th.
[SensorTower CHART]
These are small numbers relative to Google’s dominance. DuckDuckGo holds roughly 2% of US search. Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid recently said AI Mode had passed one billion monthly users, with queries doubling every quarter since launch. But the direction of movement does say something. People are not passively accepting Google’s decision to put an AI layer between them and the web.
DuckDuckGo CEO Gabriel Weinberg said:
“Google is force-feeding AI with no way to opt out,” he said in a statement.
“As a result, their results are getting worse, not better. We want to be the place that puts users in charge and allows them to decide how much or how little AI they want.”
On X, DuckDuckGo posted:
“People aren’t just complaining about Google’s AI search overhaul, they’re leaving,” the company posted on May 26.
“Yesterday alone, our week over week installs surged 30% in the U.S. Momentum is growing. It’s time to Fire Google.”…
…Google has spent billions locking itself in as the default search engine on virtually every phone and browser…
…At the 2023 antitrust trial, Weinberg testified that Google’s exclusive contracts made it nearly impossible for DuckDuckGo to compete for default placement.
The user revolt is real, if still small. DuckDuckGo ran a poll earlier this year asking its own visitors whether they wanted AI integrated into search. More than 175,000 people responded, and over 90% voted no. …
The above, important DuckDuckGo article came via James Corbett’s “Recommended Reading” under the MUST-READ May 31, 2026 James Corbett: The Japanese Q&A.
https://corbettreport.com/james-corbett-the-japanese-qa/
Fantastic! I NEED to hear what you all have to say! Thank you!
Transcript for this show and more. Updated monthly.
https://mega.nz/folder/K91GkZ7Z#wGmMEBdRZzo4VOQnZkWxPQ
“But during this time period in the late 90s, they started hyping up the idea that we were running out of fresh water on this planet. Well, I got news for you, the only way we’re running out of fresh water on this planet is we give it over to the machines, which is now happening in rapid fashion”:
https://odysee.com/@corbettreport:0/solutionswatch-ima-ai:d?t=3163
What Jason said makes sense, then monoculture also drains plenty of water from the land, so the global warming narrative makes more sense now and perhaps what we’d heard for some time lately too, that “Bill Gates is buying up American farmland on a massive scale”:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bill-gates-owns-275-000-154614844.html
But farmland, often over-exploited, becomes significantly barren, Yet it can be made fertile again and a fertile land will literally become a source of water. Here’s an example how:
https://youtu.be/S5g60g9vmlY
“Look, I think there’s going to be some kind of financial failure, but honestly, I think they’ll utilize that in order to bring in some type of digital currency”:
https://odysee.com/@corbettreport:0/solutionswatch-ima-ai:d?t=3180
A water shortage on a massive scale could of course generate a global financial crisis, which could also bring about a digital currency, but as Mathieu stated anyway in Interview 2018 – The Post-Truth Era on Forbidden Knowledge News, “the illusion of scarcity is a major part of their control system”:
https://rumble.com/v7a6je0-the-post-truth-era-ai-slop-and-data-center-invasions-choose-your-own-dystop.html?start=2226
I don’t think there was a programmer on the panel? In any case, I don’t remember hearing from anyone who realizes that AI is, no matter how much information it can gather and process, still without a true knowledge of “self”. The only self-awareness that “Artificial” Intelligence can have is one created by a programmer. It would have to be programmed to protect itself from damage. It would have to be programmed to have a need for creating more of its kind or even to “care” about anything at all.
Humans are also programmed, somewhat by other humans and mostly when we are young, but the programming continues into adulthood in varying degrees of “imprint” on the mind. This programming can get overwritten as priorities change. These are some forms of “brainwashing” whether for good of evil and most often these are the result of another human’s actions, remotely or directly. That is where any similarities end.
AI is created, for good or evil, by human beings and we mostly do not know for what purpose (as that can be hidden in many ways). Humans DO have a programming of self, in our DNA and this develops in early life to give impetus for survival and continuance. Don’t think for one second that AI could ever have similar programming or be good or evil, of its own accord. AI requires human coding (even if a human codes it to re-write its own code). Look into the hearts and souls of those who direct the programming of the AI. That is where my fear begins.
For starters, “AI” is a misnomer. This thing has no intelligence whatsoever. Programming that goes into it is mostly checks and balances.
James this was an excellent discussion full of food for thought and provocative questions that spark meaningful introspection. Thanks very much for putting this together.
And thank you Hakeem for your unique contributions here.
I am going to have to splice this long video up into little video clips to share and see if I can penetrate into the goldfish attention span realm of the chatbot addicts and scroll-a-holics. Perhaps tiktok sized clips can give them a slap in the face with some uncomfortable facts and questions and invite them to give their head a shake.
I will say that I did not resonate with much of what Jason had to share, but I did value his presence and candidness even if just to get a feel for how people that continue to make excuses for being dependent on the tech think. He did seem to try and hog the air time in the discussion a bit, but still, that provided another insight into the thinking of those that are climbing into their pods, plugging the matrix tubes into the back of their necks and saying “I know its not real, but it taste like a big juicy steak, so plug me in please”.
Great work everyone!
Ok, so I have complained about this before on here, but this is the newest iteration of the en-shitification and mind numbing ripple effects of generative A.I. on the Landscaping / Garden Nursery realm.
Now about half of people that come into the nursery I work at arrive to immediately show me chatbot generated images of gardens and chatbot suggestions for their gardens.
The other day I helped a lady choose out dozens of shrubs and flowers (many medicinal and edible and all well suited to complement each other visually and ecologically) and she gets to the till to pay and freaks out and says “wait a second! I did not even ask ChatpGPT if I should do this or not” and she pulls out her phone and asks the chatbot permission to trust me and make the purchase. It just so happens this chatbot liked my selections and it told her to buy the stuff, but wtf!
First problem is these chatbots suck at companion planting and they love putting hostas, hydrangeas and f*cking useless boxwoods everywhere. So I have to explain to these goldfish attention span infinity scroller weekend gardeners why their AI garden plan sucks and sometimes they get pouty with me about it.
Second problem is these people are literally outsourcing their imagination to these god dam homogenizing machines, so their creative capacities are shriveling up and they become so useless they need to ask their AI what cloths they should wear, what they should eat, what drugs are safe, what they should renovate in their house and what they should think about everything and anything.
Third, is what I mentioned above, and what Whiney Webb poignantly and eloquently highlighted in her offerings in the discussion above. AI is the great homogenizer. And with nurseries and landscaping it has profound effects. The masses of people asking for the same garbage these chatbots suggest begins to influence what the nurseries order and what the suppliers propagate more of, until you get a situation where the selection available to everyone gets smaller and smaller and more tailored by the dam algorithms. So unless you know how to grow things from seed, if you go to nurseries, you will be having your selection choices influenced by generative AI even if you never interact with it.
I could rant more, but i`m done for the night.
Thanks again for the great content and place to discuss the topic!
A couple points.
On top of those 50% users that you see in the nursery, those who trust it blindly, there are more users, who do not trust it blindly and are as such less obvious. But they still keep using it and feeding into the system.
Your garden plant selections may influence future “AI” versions if people keep taking snapshots of what you put together.
There isn’t much in way of algorithms here, I’d say. Just like Whitney pointed out, “AI” is averaging everything out and applies a whole big lot of checks and balances. The more it averages, more affinity will be lost and never even become input for future versions.
My prediction was and still stands that “AI” is going to keep feeding itself its own slop. Like other issues before it, problems downstream of incest are going to fix this one, eventually. Natural selection in big tech, you gotta love it.
Which does not preclude record setting economical carnage, of course. That was likely the whole point, you just know they will stick with the plan to bring us down as much as possible. Just like the old days.
Mkey.
Do you still have standing in the prediction department? Good! The National Thoroughbred Horse Association’s loonie tune Ai wasn’t aware the Belmont Stakes was to be run at Saratoga NY. this year. If it’s that sloppy I’m sure not going with it’s prediction of the Winner. So. ? Can you predict the winner this coming Saturday so I can auto-win and just cash my winnings out today and avoid any economical carnage ? Thanks Buddy I got full faith in you.
Whitney Webb*
I also noticed James’ high productivity as of late. Regretted hearing the reason for it, while also being glad I did.
— AI FILM at Tribeca June 10th —
May 27, 2026 – Fountain 0 Studios (YouTube Channel)
DREAMS OF VIOLETS | Official Announcment Trailer (2026)
83 seconds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KN9NDpikYeM
Wednesday May 27, 2026 – The Hollywood Reporter
Tribeca to Premiere Fully AI-Generated Iranian Resistance Movie ‘Dreams of Violets’
The live action feature cost $2,000 to make, used no actors, sets or cameras in production, as director Ash Koosha insists only AI tools allowed his vital “memorial film” to be made ahead of a June 10 world bow.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ai-film-dreams-of-violet-tribeca-premiere-1236606092/
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The fully AI-generated feature film Dreams of Violets from directors and producers Ash and Pooya Koosha has been officially programmed into the Tribeca Film Festival for a world premiere.
The artificial intelligence-generated movie will debut on June 10 at the AMC Flat Iron Theatre in New York City.
“The Tribeca Festival has long championed artists who push the boundaries of storytelling and explore new creative frontiers. Dreams of Violets from first-time filmmakers Ash and Pooya Koosha is a powerful example of how emerging technologies like AI can be used not simply as tools of innovation, but as vehicles for deeply human storytelling,”
Jane Rosenthal, Tribeca Festival co-founder, told The Hollywood Reporter in a statement…
…
… Hell Grind, a 95-minute AI-generated demon movie, recently screened in Cannes, but as a side event during the event’s film market, not in the prestigious festival’s official program…
… biggest barrier is access to money to make their films, Fountian 0 technology solves for the financial barriers they face…
… Pooya Koosha, the Menlo Park, California-based co-founder of Fountain 0 and a producer on Dreams of Violets, added with his own statement: “Having been deeply involved for a number of years in how AI could be utilized and tamed at the highest and most sophisticated levels, I realized our video production techniques were way ahead of the rest of the marketplace. I also realized that our ability for each subsequent film to improve on our AI production techniques is an enormous opportunity for Fountain 0 to exploit.”
Questioning…
I must be hanging out with Corbett Report Members too much, ‘cuz I am starting to question so many things in the recent news cycles.
Think about it…
— AI FILM —
Trump and AI Big Tech are now big buddies. We got the Trump Iran ‘War’ going on which needs a more supporting narrative.
“Fountain O” of Menlo Park (Silicon Valley) facilitated this $2k film about the Iranian civilian resistance.
And the word is getting out all over the place via the Press.
— Fox ”Skin-Suit Face-Masked” Admiral interview on the Iran ‘War’ —
For those who don’t know, there was an UPDATE.
https://corbettreport.com/so-theyre-wearing-literal-skin-suits-on-the-news-now/#comment-187625
When asked about the mask-mystery, Admiral Robert Harward would not reveal the ‘secret’. He refused to say anything about it.
Harward spent a lot of time in Iran during his youth, and speaks Farsi.
He is also a fellow at the Jewish Institute for National Security of America.
In my opinion, Harward is using the mask-mystery to gain attention in the Press and thus put focus on Iran.
I haven’t seen the Iran “AI” movie, but 2k USD for an entire movie made with prompts seems very low. Prompt efficiency must have been excellent.
The other film reportedly spent 500k, most of it used to generate a lot of clips. Most of which were discarded. The trouble with generated movies is that it is very difficult to ensure consistency between scenes, so they resort to large prompts, which for the better part will be also generated by bots.
All of this with still higly subsidized compute. If a studio wanted to make such movies in bulk, they would likely want to invest in some hardware of their own.
I would like to see the AI prompt session the Jason guy mentions in the beginning. Anyone has the link?
here’s some Promi-Vid for an online- tool I work on. It shows country based stats on an interactive globe.
I would be thankful for links to non-Western-based statistics to integrate.
Sorry if this is considered spam.
Promo-Vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wEWvJv9I7A
I think there was a lack of clarity as to how AI is defined. AI is an umbrella term that branches out into many technologies. The two main ones being focused on in this panel were LLMs (which encompass all chat bots including things like ChatGPT) and generative AI (used to create images, videos, etc.) Both are inherently bad. The amount of energy and water they use to answer stupid questions, for the research for the lazy, and make videos and images for the talentless is egregious. Is destroying the water supply and ensuring rolling brownouts worth it? No. Hire a human who can do the research or create the art. If you can’t, learn it yourself, if you can’t do that, recognize you are in the wrong field.
That being said, other kinds of AI are not bad at all. Machine Learning is AI and a very useful tool for compiling data points and building efficiency into workflows. Photo editing is totally different than image generation, so Broc is good to use colorizers and the like. Both are algorithms that can run on your machine and don’t use much energy.
In summary if you are having any sort of conversation with a machine that is an LLM and you should stop. If you are using a tool for editing that is ML and can use less energy that a human doing the same work. Go ahead with it.
For anyone interested in understanding these and other AI technologies better I recommend the book Prediction Machines by Agrawal and other expert and for a really deep dive Artificial Intelligence a Modern Approach by Norvic and Russell. AI isn’t all bad, like any tool it’s how it’s being used that makes the difference.
I am trying to find link to the datacenters map mentioned by Hakeem and cannot find it. Any ideas?
Here it is, friend.
https://aidatacentermap.org/map
fka,
Here ya go…
AI Data Center Map.ORG
https://aidatacentermap.org/
Hakeen Anwar introduced the AI Data Center Map on the May 19th
Butlerian Jihad When? – #SolutionsWatch
https://corbettreport.com/butlerian-jihad-when/
Think of “Butlerian Jihad” as rebelling against the machines.
Corbett’s YouTube video for that #SolutionsWatch is entitled: The AI Uprising Has Begun….
The opening of the video sets the theme with various video clips.
James takes us on a story which includes the Dune books from where we hear about “Butlerian Jihad.”
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…oh, I see that mkey answered your query while I typed this.
Oh well, I ain’t gonna waste ink so I’ll let the timer print this to the board. 😉
I did work as a support professional for half a decade, homie. Tough to beat muscle memory.
😉