09/09/2026
DON'T BELIEVE THE AI HYPE: Some people have likened AI to the invention of the calculator…
But the calculator didn’t make us all into Albert Einstein, most of us just used a calculator to write humorous things when held upside down. And this is turning out to be similar to what we are seeing with AI, where most people are just using AI tools to create crazy videos, stupid memes or fake news.
BUT IN REALITY: In my experience, so far, the reality is that the quality of AI content is extremely poor. More often than not it’s completely wrong, because most systems have been trained on vast amounts of information available on the internet, which itself is 99% complete rubbish. The only people that keep telling us that AI platforms are brilliant are the blue chip companies that have pumped billions of dollars into their AI research, and are now desperately trying to monetise their AI platforms.
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